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Hot Like Fire! Racing to Win. And Who Gets to Frame the Story of Modern Caribbean Dining?

Restaurants

Politics

Hot Like Fire! Racing to Win. And Who Gets to Frame the Story of Modern Caribbean Dining?

Started from the bottom, but still first up in here.

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

So, Lego Animations > Press Briefings, Do I Have That Right?

Politics

Rhetoric

So, Lego Animations > Press Briefings, Do I Have That Right?

The theater of war has an AI-generated back beat.

Apr 7, 2026

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9 min read

Media

Rhetoric

Of Individual and Corporate Blaccents

As Dionne Farris once sang, 'I know what you're doing. Yeah.'

Apr 1, 2026

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14 min read

In NYC, Fine-ish, French-ish, Uncomfortably American Dining

Restaurants

Media

Arts Practice

In NYC, Fine-ish, French-ish, Uncomfortably American Dining

And: With respect to fallow time, Georgia's Hambidge Center intros AAPI arts fellowship

Mar 24, 2026

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11 min read

Oh Snap, Are We Hosting the Homies Again?

Entertaining

Arts Practice

Oh Snap, Are We Hosting the Homies Again?

A reflection on home entertaining, and building creatively with The Maroon Life from Nicole A. Taylor and Adrian Franks.

Mar 17, 2026

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16 min read

The Abuses Reported at Noma are Absolutely Relevant to You

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Media

The Abuses Reported at Noma are Absolutely Relevant to You

Horrific accounts of chef René Redzepi punching, stabbing, belittling, and harassing staff and unpaid interns over a decade-plus have me connecting dots across the globe

Mar 10, 2026

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17 min read