Hi!

Welcome to The Itis!

This is a new start for The Itis. I'll share my own recipes, recipes that have inspired me, photos and videos of me cooking, and so much more. This isn't just a cooking and food blog. I love the culture and significance of food from the African diaspora.

 

What do we eat?

Why do we eat certain things historically and socio-politically?

How has food helped shape how we see the world around us?

Where is the culture of Diasporic food going in the future?

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These are important questions and ones that I plan to spend my life trying to answer.

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Food is not just fuel for our bodies. Food, to me, has a more sentient presence. It can communicate and nurture and heal our minds, bodies, and souls.

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"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are."

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin