Eden Hagos (right) the founder of Black Foodie, sits with fellow African content creator Yvonne Ben.
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While “Black Canada” is a useful blanket term and important organizing identity, a closer look reveals a detailed tapestry of communities that also deserves visibility.
Enslaved Africans built landmarks like the White House, the U.S. Capitol and New York’s Wall Street.
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While a Florida curriculum implies that enslaved Africans ‘benefited’ from skills acquired through slavery, history shows they brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity.
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My research on chefs’ mental health shows restaurants valorise isolation, abuse and violence – but The Bear avoids idealising this obsessive mindset.
The British cook Jamie Oliver, whose series The Naked Chef premiered in 1999, is one of the most notable examples of rock star chefs.
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Today, chefs – and some women chefs too – are listened to, admired and respected. But it wasn’t always that way.
Without spices, our meals would have less color and flavor.
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Humans have figured out how to season their food with virtually every part of plants.
By reflecting on sugar’s origins, we can trace the pathways that have made this commodity so abundant.
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By reflecting on the violent origins of the Canadian sugar industry, we can bring wider attention to the exploitation underpinning the history of Canadian cuisine.
A man carries a tray of freshly baked bread outside a bread factory on Dec. 15, 2016, in Cairo.
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Viewed from Cairo, the war in Ukraine poses an existential threat to something Egyptians can’t do without: abundant, cheap bread.
A tub of palm oil in Nimba County, Liberia.
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Palm oil is one of the 21st century’s most contentious agricultural commodities, but its relationship with humans goes back thousands of years.
In 2019, Chagossian sega was listed as world heritage by Unesco.
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When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.