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African Diaspora in Chicago
Today my most recent article, which also happens to be my second feature, appeared on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times food section. It’s a piece on –surprise, surprise– the food of the Diaspora in Chicago. Of course they published it as the big Black History Month food feature but hey, I’ll take what I (and the people) can get! I highlight a couple of restaurants, grocery stores –although there are lots more throughout the city and suburbs that I just couldn’t include because of space and word count concerns. The article is also accompanied by the first recipe I’ve ever written on my own, for oxtails the way I remember eating them as a kid. Check the link below:
Cuisine of the African Diaspora Woven Into Chicago’s Neighborhoods
Enjoy and please share feedback or your favorite “diasporal” spots in Chicago or your wherever you are!
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