Jamaican chef shares vegan culture with Eatonville community
Chef Jenn Ross is the owner of Dajen Eats Café and Creamery
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EATONVILLE, Fla. – Central Floridians looking for a taste of Jamaica don’t have to travel far.
Chef Jenn Ross is the owner of Dajen Eats Café and Creamery and she is serving up some of the best vegan food with a Jamaican flare in Central Florida.
What started out as a dream, has now become a reality for Ross. She came to America by herself when she was just 16. Aspiring to be a lawyer, she settled down in Lake Wales, Florida, and began law school at Warner University. Her love for food pushed her to change her career path as a lawyer and she set out to fulfill her dream of being a chef.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 by Renata Sago (NPR)
Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins, posing in a garden, one of her favorite places.
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Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins was the oldest resident of Eatonville, Fla., one of the oldest Black incorporated towns. She died last month at home in her sleep or, as town residents put it, “on her own terms.” She was 102.
Dinkins was a fiery elder who loved God, gardening, and a good town committee meeting. She also knew the Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston and helped initiate the festival that has brought more than a million people to the area since its start in 1990.
Lonnie Graham
Originally published on December 14, 2020 10:03 am
Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins was the oldest resident of Eatonville, Fla., one of the oldest Black incorporated towns. She died last month at home in her sleep or, as town residents put it, on her own terms. She was 102.
Dinkins was a fiery elder who loved God, gardening, and a good town committee meeting. She also knew the Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston and helped initiate the festival that has brought more than a million people to the area since its start in 1990.
She would tell you in a second that the town barely had a light, and that Hurston, its most famous resident, was telling the truth when she described Eatonville as a city of five lakes, three croquet courts, 300 brown skins, 300 good swimmers, plenty of guavas, two schools, and no jailhouse.
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