Tag: anthony bourdain

stardustedflower:

jehovahhthickness:

luvyourselfsomeesteem:

straggletag:

knowledgeequalsblackpower:

i scrolled passed this several times before actually reading it. i’m not used to two white men talking sense…

Alton Brown is no fucking joke a legend. 

Alton Brown definitely is a Culinary genius. I go to Culinary school and on assignments where I studied Southern cuisine I made a serious point to call it Soul Food or Black Southern Cuisine and emphasize that it’s entirely rooted in the black culture and slavery. I will never let ppl forget it is black people who educated white Americans to cook. There is a lot of of culture appropriation and whitewashing even in Culinary and they will have you believe whites are the masters of Southern food and Korean BBQ I swear ta gawd. 

I love both of these chefs

“Not used to two white people talking sense” 😂😂

THIS is how you do it. I love cooking shows, but I regularly have to turn off or change channel from entitled white dudes shovelling shit talking about black food or Indian food or Asian food without talking about slavery or colonialism, or doing so only using euphemisms wreathed in ‘glory days’ white supremacy. YOU CAN SAY BLACK. YOU CAN SAY SLAVERY. BY NOT DOING SO, YOU’RE ERASING THE ORIGINS OF THE FOOD YOU CLAIM YOU LOVE SO YOU CAN STOMACH IT WITHOUT FOR A MOMENT CONSIDERING YOUR PART IN THAT SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE.

aliofbabylon:

“I used to believe that the human race as a whole was basically a few steps above wolves. That given the slightest change in circumstances, we would all, sooner or later, tear each other to shreds. That we were, at root, self-interested, cowardly, envious and potentially dangerous in groups. I have since come to believe — after many meals with many different people in many, many different places — that though there is no shortage of people who would do us harm, we are essentially good. That the world is, in fact, filled with mostly good and decent people who are simply doing the best they can. Everybody, it turns out, is proud of their food (when they have it). They enjoy sharing it with others (if they can). They love their children. They like a good joke. Sitting at the table has allowed me a privileged perspective and access that others, looking principally for “the story,” do not, I believe, always get. People feel free, with a goofy American guy who has expressed interest only in their food and what they do for fun, to tell stories about themselves — to let their guard down, to be and to reveal, on occasion, their truest selves. … People, wherever they live, are not statistics. They are not abstractions. … I’m not saying that sitting down with people and sharing a plate is the answer to world peace. Not by a long shot. But it can’t hurt.” – Anthony Bourdain