Mashama Bailey, Edouardo Jordan, and the Reclamation Generation

One of 13 entries · EAST AFRICAN SLAVE ROUTES + CONTEMPORARY BLACK CULINARY RECLAMATION + ITALIAN REGIONAL DEEP

I · Origin

The generation of African American chefs who rose to national prominence in the 2010s represents the most significant moment of culinary reclamation in African American history — chefs who explicitly named the African and African American sources of American food, documented them in their menus and their writing, and received the James Beard Awards and Michelin stars that had been systematically denied to their predecessors.

II · Description

The contemporary African American fine dining movement.

I Preparation II General III Pastry Technique IV Heat Application V Wet Heat VI Presentation And Philosophy VII Sauce Making VIII Grains And Dough IX Preparation And Service X Viral

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