Alexander Smalls: In the African Community, Food Is Currency

Food with Mark Bittman

Sweetness and Light

Nutrition, Arts, Food, Culture, Cooking, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The chef and cookbook writer talks to Mark and Kate about being a Black man in opera, and why he left the art behind to become a chef; traveling through Africa and the beauty of educating others on the continent's cooking traditions; and the one food tradition he encountered in his journeys that shocked him.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Food with Mark Bitman.
0:05.0	As usual, you can reach out to us at food at markbitman.com,
0:10.0	as well as at bitman project.com where you can find our thrice weekly newsletter
0:15.4	subscription sign up and a jillion good recipes more being added all the
0:20.9	time and lots of other great stuff. This week you'll find Mary Beth
0:24.2	Albright's piece on using food as a tool to help anxiety, especially around the
0:28.6	election. And news about the release of how to cook everything kids check it out bitman project
0:34.2	dot com be right back Hello, it's Renee. I'm Courtney here and our podcast is currently sponsored by NHS blood and transplant.
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1:30.0	UK. We'll get back to the conversation in a minute, but first I wanted to tell you about my favorite
1:37.0	cruise line Regent Seven Seas.
1:39.2	I grew up in Manhattan and we did not do boating, ever. In fact, I didn't get much experience on boats or
1:46.1	ships until I was a bit older and now I love them and this may surprise you
1:50.1	but I have lately been loving going on cruises. I'm actually planning one for this winter now.
1:55.6	I'm one of those people that really enjoys the constant motion. I find it to be a real comfort and I sleep better on board than anywhere else.
2:04.0	Another upside, maybe even the biggest upside of travel by cruising is just being on that ship,
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