Marcus Samuelsson Speaks out on Being a Black Cook in America
The celebrity chef features locals Adrian Miller and Brother Luck in his newest cookbook,
The Rise, which highlights American Black culinary professionals and the complexity of Black food culture.Denise Mickelsen •
February 4, 2021
Marcus Samuelsson about his new cookbook,
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food, and he slows down a beat. As an Ethiopian-born, Sweden-raised immigrant with 13 restaurants spread across the United States and the globe, host of a public television series, and national co-chair for Careers through Culinary Arts Program (CCAP), Samuelsson has plenty say about what it means to be a Black cook in America today and how Black culinary excellence is finally being recognized.