Educational Resources
This page houses a list of videos, podcasts, articles and cookbooks by or about BIPOC wellness educators, makers and thought leaders.
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What to Watch
Black Food Folks
Community discussions among chefs, pastry chefs, event planners, food writers, and culinary historians on Instagram Live/IGTV
What to Listen To
Call Your Girlfriend Podcast
Co-founded by Aminatou Sow, a podcast that celebrates sisterhood, and being a woman through experiences and humanity, while recognizing the importance of having a tribe around you. "In fact, this support system is what proves to be a key factor in the success (and sanity) of black women"
Communal Table Podcast
Devita Davison Talks About Food Apartheid, Farming, and Fixing a Broken System
Hot Grease: Soul Summit '15
A Conversation about Race & Food
James Beard Award winning chef and author best known for cooking the food of the African Diaspora
The Food Heaven Podcast - Registered dietitian nutritionists Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones talk to different health & nutrition experts about how we can live healthier, more balanced lives
What to Read
Articles
A Critic for All Seasons - What would restaurant criticism look like if it represented diners like me? (Korsha Wilson)
Addressing the Root Causes of Food Insecurity in the U.S.—Disparities and Discrimination (S. Evans)
Cookbooks, Not Restaurants, Are Giving Black Foodways An Identity (Therese Nelson)
Dear White Chefs: Stop Talking, Start Listening (Korsha Wilson)
Getting at the Roots of Food Insecurity in America ( Children's Health Watch)
I need to talk to spiritual white women about white supremacy (Part One) and (Part Two) (Layla F. Saad)
Structural Racialization and Food Insecurity in the United States (E. Elsheikh and N.Barhoum)
The pathology of American racism is making the pathology of the coronavirus worse (S. Patton)
The Racial Time Bomb in the Covid-19 Crisis (Charles M. Blow)
We Started in the Same Fashion as the Black Panthers: Feeding Our People (Candice Elder)
Why We're Overdue For More Diversity In The Wellness Space (Briana Owens)
Yoga: How White People can Respect what was Never Theirs to Begin With (M. Butler and S. Price)
Books
Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within (Latham Thomas)
Profiles
7 Black Women Changing The Way We Look At Wellness (Kimberly Wilson)
Briana Owens, Founder of Spiked Spin, is Making Fitness More Accessible and Inclusive For Black Women (Siraad Dirshe)
She Rewrote the History of American Cooking (Therese Nelson, about Toni Tipton-Martin)
She Was a Soul Food Sensation. Then, 19 Years Ago, She Disappeared. (Mayukh Sen, about Princess Pamela)
Cookbooks
Artisan Bryan (Sourdough Baking) (Bryan Ford)
Black Girl Baking (James Beard Award nominated) (Jerrelle Guy)
Brown Sugar Kitchen - New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland (Tanya Holland)
Cooking Solo - The Fun of Cooking for Yourself (Klancy Miller)
Cooking with my Mother (Haitian cooking) (Elsy Dinvil)
In Bibi’s Kitchen (a collection of stories and recipes from bibis (grandmothers) in eight African countries) (Hawa Hassan & Julia Turshen)
Living Lively (plant-based) (Haile Thomas)
Princess Pamela's Soul Food Cookbook: A Mouth-Watering Treasury of Afro-American Recipes (Princess Pamela)
Rachel Ama’s Vegan Eats (Rachel Ama)
Sweet Potato Soul (vegan Southern food) (Jenné Claiborne)
The Africa Cookbook - Tastes of a Continent (Jessica B. Harris)
The Dooky Chase Cookbook (Creole recipes) (Leah Chase)
The New Way to Cake (Benjamina Ebuehi)
The Up South Cookbook (Nicole Taylor)
Vegetable Kingdom (Bryant Terry)
Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen (Zoe Adjonyoh)
Wellness Events
Pillow Talk Sessions - An intimate conversation series honoring curious minds, community, and food & feelings in a safe and open space
The Sister Table - food brand and brunch club which encourages women from all backgrounds to come together and have meaningful dining experiences
Well Summit
Weekend-long wellness events
Courses
Rachel Cargle's 30-day Do The Work course
Black Owned Bookstores
Photo by Semicolon Bookstore
Cafe Con Libros- Feminist Bookstore
Feminist community bookstore and coffeeshop catering to folks who are book lovers, coffee aficionados, or both. Located in Brooklyn, NY
Harriet’s Bookshop
Independent bookshop and writing space celebrating female writers, activists and artists. Located in Philadelphia, PA
Loyalty Bookstore
Offers a selection of books that highlight the diverse voices and creatives that make our communities great. Located in Washington, DC
Mahogany Books
Dedicated to meeting the literary needs of readers in search of books written for, by, or about people of African Diaspora. Located in Washington, DC
Semicolon Bookstore
Black Women-owned safe space that was created to merge minds through books and art alike. Located in Chicago, IL
Sistah Sci Fi
Cauldron of all things afro-futurism, mysticism, science fiction, voodoo, magical realism, speculative fiction and horror- casting spells to uplift literature written by Black women
The LIT Bar
Haven that inspires reading, encourages healthy social connections, highlights diverse voices and increases intellectual visibility. Located in the Bronx, NY
Uncle Bobbie’s
Community space designed for sharing, building, earning, laughing, debating, eating and building. Coffee shop and bookstore in Philadelphia, PA
Other Educational Sources
Black Culinary History (website)
A place for preserving and paying homage to Black culinary heritage while supporting the work that will build Black culinary future through storytelling and archiving