"Standing on a strong autobiographical foundation, shot through with self-awareness and studded with (delicious) recipes, Kwame Onwuachi's story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world." βQuestlove
By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi had openedβand closedβone of the most talked about restaurants in America. He had launched his own catering company with twenty thousand dollars that he made from selling candy on the subway, yet he'd been told he would never make it on television because his cooking wasn't "Southern" enough. In this inspiring memoir about the intersection of race, fame, and food, he shares the remarkable story of his culinary coming-of-age.
Growing up in the Bronx, as a boy Onwuachi was sent to rural Nigeria by his mother to "learn respect." However, the hard-won knowledge gained in Africa was not enough to keep him from the...
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