Food columnist Lachelle Cunningham writes about chasing her great-grandmother’s fried green tomatoes, giving a Juneteenth keynote at Carleton College and finally claiming her voice as a writer, a healer and a social justice thought leader, with recipes for fried green tomatoes and potlikker mocktails.
Lachelle Cunningham
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What the potlikker broth holds
Chef Lachelle Cunningham writes about potlikker, her Uncle Moe Burton’s legacy as a community organizer and cooperative grocer, and the unbroken line between feeding people, organizing people and building community power.
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My name, my legacy and the paper that started it all
Chef Lachelle Cunningham shares the story behind her name, her family’s deep roots near the Spokesman-Recorder corridor and her Abundance Salad recipe with fire cider vinaigrette as a celebration of legacy, freedom and community.