"PDF_ Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
“Kwame Onwuachi’ story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African American communities but around the world.” (Questlove) By the time he was 27 years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened - and closed - one of the most talked-about restaurants in America. He had launched his own catering company with 20,000 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 “outhern” 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 temptation and easy money of the streets when he returned home. But through food, he broke out of a dangerous downward spiral, embarking on a
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