E42. Zoe Adjonyoh: Exploring Identity Through Cuisine.

Today’s conversation is with chef and activist Zoe Adjonyoh. Zoe is the founder and creative brainchild behind Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen and author of one of New York Times most notable cookbooks of 2021. Exploring identity, belonging,and culture, Zoe’s career is one of pivots and pirouettes that ultimately land her at home with herself and her love of Ghanian food, family, and justice. In today’s episode, we explore themes of identity, justice, ancestry, family, and well, of course, food. Zoe’s story will inspire anyone whose path feels non-linear or circuitous. Remember, you are right where you are supposed to be…always..in all the ways.  As Zoe reminds us, those whispers of the universe are always speaking to usThings that we mentionWhat is a Black hole?  Let’s ask NASA Peanut StewZoe’s Ghana Kitchen SiteCooking up consciousness British National PartyZoe's Ghana Kitchen: An Introduction to New African CuisineJames Baldwin, In his own searing revelatory words,’I am not your Negro’What was happening in the 1980s in LondonFrom the New York Time Archives: Neo-nazis accoused of London Riots, July 5 1981 And also from the New York TimesThe Best Cookbooks of 2021This conversation was recorded on December 16, 2021 and February 1, 2022 Host Dario Calmese Producer Carmen D. Harris  Production Assistant: Coniqua Johnson Visual Art Direction and Designs: River Wildmen, AfroVisualismOriginal Music composed by Dario Calmese Visit us at blackimagination.com