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Boswell’s Jamaican Grill: Bold Caribbean Legacy In The Big Easy
Chef Kaala Lawla runs the boat at the oldest registered Jamaican restaurant in New Orleans.
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"The HBCU food culture is a smorgasbord of heritage and pride."
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“I have been making this in my kitchen for friends and family for almost 20 years.”
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Expert restaurant guides curated by our extended community
Tamera Mowry-Housley’s Guide To Black-Owned Napa
Napa, CA
Touchdown Tastes: A Black-Owned Food Guide To New Orleans
New Orleans
HBCU Buzz's Luke Lawal Shares His Top DC Eats
Washington, DC
David Castro's FAMU-Foodie Guide
Tallahassee, FL
Darren & Danessa’s Guide to Phenomenal Black-Owned Spots in Tampa
Tampa, Fl
Renae Bluitt's Black-Owned Food & Bev Favs in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY
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Here’s How Two Apps Are Connecting Black Owned Restaurants With New Customers
“As we put it out there into the world, we saw people immediately gravitate and tell us frankly, ‘I’ve been looking for an app like this,’ and we still hear this to this day,” Edwards, EatOkra’s CEO and CTO, told CNBC.
Eat Okra Holds First Ever Culinary Creatives Conference For Black Food Entrepreneurs
Earlier this week, eatokra held its inaugural Culinary Creatives Conference, shifting its work from an app to in-person for a day
Eat Okra Ceo Anthony Edwards Discusses Partnership With Pepsi Dig In
EatOkra CEO/Co-Founder Anthony Edwards discusses the company’s partnership with Pepsi Dig In, what’s next for EatOkra, and what it’s like working with his wife and Co-Founder Janique Edwards at the company that connects Black-owned restaurants with customers
Eat Okra Holds First Ever Culinary Creatives Conference For Black Food Entrepreneurs
EatOkra held its inaugural Culinary Creatives Conference, shifting its work from the app to in-person for a day, in one of its largest initiatives yet
