Chef Leah Branch of The Roosevelt will be among the Black culinary talents featured at The Function, a barbecue and fish fry celebrating Virginia’s food traditions and African American chefs, Saturday, Sept. 27 at Shalom Farms in North Side.
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Black chefs to take center stage during barbecue, fish fry
When you examine the flavors and history of food in the United States, one thing becomes clear: Large swaths of American cuisine as we know it today — particularly that of the South — are indelibly marked by the contributions of African Americans.
