My conversation is with chef, travel guru, and fellow South Jersey girl Kalisa Marie Martin. Kalisa has roots in both the US and Jamaica, is a classically trained chef with degrees in food science and culinary arts, and has built an extensive career in food media. She left her role as Brand Director for renowned digital food publication, Tasting Table to the launch popular lifestyle travel company, The Runaway. Her current YouTube channel, Kalisa Marie Eats, is a fun, romantic, and travel...

Let’s get into this conversation with the sauce Queen, Chef India Johnson. Chef India grew up inspired by all cuisines, as a professional chef her food cooking style is based on fresh, local, and classic ingredients with cultural and exotic twists. Her food is an artistic interpretation of many cuisines she enjoys and her craft is ever-evolving. She is currently working on the launch of her product line Sauce Queen Sauce Queen was created for anyone who appreciates a pantry staple that is...

Joining the conversation this week is kitchen manager/head chef of the St. James School in Philadelphia, Deborah Anthony. I met Deborah when I worked for the Vetri Community Partnership, I led the kitchen at Girard College in the summer for the Vetri collaboration with the ESF Dream Camp Foundation. Debra was the heart and soul of the kitchen, and one of the most talented chefs I know. Most of our earliest food memories come from childhood, and the Chef Deborah has been engaged in the noble...

Joining the conversation this week is co-founder and CPO of Dope Coffee, Chel Loyd. She is the creative force behind Dope Coffee's incredible product offerings like their face and body scrub, organic coffee infused syrup, and coffee infused beard and scalp oil. Dope Coffee is based in Atlanta, Georgia, but they are posed for a global take over.

In this episode we talk about rediscovering our roots, finding healing in returning home, and the inspiration behind Chef Maya's new project Black Roux Farms.

This episode is not your traditional interview format. It is a closer look at the current state of black food and black lives. It's as if the state of the union was being given by two dope black women.

To reward everyone for getting through the first week of quarantine and social distancing like grown-ups...A BONUS EPISODE available tonight! I had a refreshing and timely chat with chef @marthasdaughter Nyanyika Banda about her journey, closing her restaurant, and her new work Mid.dle Passage @mid.dlepassage, and the gift of being open and flexible....because life isn't linear.

This week's conversation was both aspirational and reenergizing. Talking with Rahanna reminded me that what we do is invaluable and worth fighting for. I hope as we watch the ever-changing present we can find hope in knowing that the future of the culinary industry is in the very talented and capable hands of young people like Chef Martinez.

Black Food Folks is a fellowship of black professionals working in food and beverage, food media, and events. The group was co-founded by Brooklyn-based photographer, Clay Willams and Director of Culinary Community Initiatives for the James Beard Foundation, Colleen Vincent. We discuss the necessity of sharing our own food stories, the current challenges facing the community of black food professionals, and what the future could look like for black food.

"Grace is just your typical Kenyan-Jersey girl—with a love of $2 pizza slices and East African curry that runs equally deep. Growing up in a diverse community in New Jersey, Grace developed an appreciation for the cultural connections in food while going shopping with her mom to recreate dishes from home (which often included an Indian grocer, Korean market, Latin produce stand, and Halal butcher, just to name a few). After finishing college in New Jersey, Grace made her lifelong love of NYC...

What to do between the seasons of the Afros and Knives podcast? Keep the conversation going! This first episode of Between the Seasons is just a brief overview of what we'll get into. Host Tiffani is talking about everything from current events to the personal challenges that come with a career in service.

This week’s conversation is with chef, writer, and black food historian Therese Nelson. This is that unapologetically Black episode… we celebrate the diaspora, the roots of American cuisine, and the future of black foodways.

This week’s conversation is with storyteller, writer and creator of the blog Fed and Bougie. Brittany Hutson. We deep dive into black food, food media, and food revolutions. This is a two-parter which was bound to happen sooner or later...let’s jump in.

This week’s conversation is with wine luminary, visionary, and leader Nicole Kearney of vegan wine brand Sip and Share Wines. We talk about beginnings, building a legacy and the wisdom of quitting what no longer serves you.

This week’s episode of the Afros and Knives podcast honors Author and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison who said…”If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.”

An introduction to the host and creator of the Afros and Knives podcast, Chef Tiffani Rozier

This week’s conversation is chef and owner of Evelyn’s Food Love in Chicago, and Founder of Black Food and Beverage, Angela Burke. We talk about the importance of ownership and community.

This week’s conversation is with certified wine and bourbon expert and founder of Bubbles and Bourbon.

What does it mean to be a visionary or thought leader? What is a legacy and how do you build one?

Nina is a new voice in the culinary industry looking to learn and grow.

Desiree is a 20-something, self-professed, wine lover. Her accidental entry into the world of wine and spirits started out as a part-time side gig and turned into a full-time passion. In true millennial fashion, she quit her traditional corporate job to pursue a career in wine.

Elle Simone Scott is a culinary maverick. Always drawn to creative food culture, Elle has been dazzling the culinary world since 2003, quickly becoming a highly sought after Food Stylist and Culinary Producer. Elle has collaborated and contributed her unique styling abilities most recently to America’s Test Kitchen. Also Food Network, Food Network Magazine, The Cooking Channel, CBS, ABC’s The Chew and Bravo.

A show featuring conversations with the queens of food, wine and hospitality. We are celebrating their accomplishments and discussing solutions to issues unique to black women working in the industry.