Lelani Lewis: Flipping the Script on Code Noir

Food with Mark Bittman

Sweetness and Light

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

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this revisited episode, from last year, the thoughtful and talented chef Lelani Lewis talks to Mark and Kate about why she named her dinner series and cookbook Code Noir, after a monstrous set of French regulations put into effect by Louis XIV; why some island cultures gradually veer towards the cultural homogeneity of the US; why pulling on heartstrings is sometimes the best way; and her showboat recipe.

Get Lelani Lewis’s recipe for Plantain and Pumpkin Curry: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/lelani-lewiss-plantain-and-pumpkin-curry/

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