Contributors
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Georgia native Nicole A. Taylor has been an artisan candy maker, an activist, and a social media maven, and is currently the host of Hot Grease, a progressive food culture radio program on Heritage Radio Network. A member of Food Systems Network NYC, Southern Foodways Alliance, NOFA-NY, Slow Food USA, and a frequent panelist at New York City food events. Nicole worked as a community outreach consultant for the Brooklyn Food Coalition and raised funds for the Urban Justice Center through the Vendy Awards. She is featured in America I Am: Pass it Down Cookbook. This special keepsake cookbook preserves African Americans’ collective food history through touching essays, celebratory menus, and over 130 soul-filled and soul-inspired recipes.
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Danielle Deadwyler is an assortment of artistic ability. The born and raised Atlantan has arts roots in theatrical performance, dance, and writing. As a professional actor, she has performed in productions and readings with various Atlanta theatre groups including, Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre and the Alliance Theatre. As a budding short film maker, her project "Brummagem" was listed as a semi-finalist in the first annual Creative Loafing shorts contest. Also a writer and poet, she is an observer of all things pop culture and gender-centric; not to mention a freak for food as an experimental home cook. She has published creative material with The Art Section and in Achiote Press's chapbook "Speaking Truths". She frequently posts Culture and Events themed essays as an Atlanta Examiner. Follow Danielle on twitter.
Shannon Mustipher's love for food and sharing it with others began in a family of skilled home cooks with agrarian roots in Charleston, SC. Inspired by the flavors and heritage of regional American cuisines and historic cooking predating mass production and industrialization, Shannon is devoted to preserving and advancing the art and craft of slow food. Her monthly dinner parties invite guests to pitch in and create meals together from scratch using locally grown, caught, and foraged ingredients. Currently, Ms. Mustipher lives in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn dividing her time between an apprenticeship with BK Farmyards, growing a vegtable and herb garden, and private chef, recipe development, and consulting work. Read Shannon's tumblr here and connect with her via twitter.