With dishes from the South, Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa itself, Mahari aims to draw connections between foods of the African diaspora.
Playlist Southern Food
Southern Food
Extra Cheesy Grits from a New Season of 'Cook's Country'
Daniel HautzingerAs Cook's Country launches its 17th season and its editor in chief releases a book called When Southern Women Cook, try a recipe for extra cheesy grits.
The Historic South Shore Cultural Center Gets a New Restaurant Full of Soul
Daniel HautzingerThe South Shore Cultural Center was once a country club that excluded Black people. Now it's home to a soul food restaurant owned by a Black entrepreneur.
After Eight Years as a Partner at Luella's Southern Kitchen, Tyris Bell Opens an Eclectic BBQ Joint
Daniel HautzingerTyris Bell helped his brother Darnell Reed open Luella's Southern Kitchen and worked there for the past eight years. Now he has opened his own place, an eclectic barbecue joint in Canaryville. Don't worry, it still has mac 'n' cheese.
Make the Mac 'n' Cheese from Luella's and Bell Heir's BBQ at Home
Daniel HautzingerWhen Tyris Bell decided to open his own restaurant, Bell Heir's BBQ in Canaryville, after opening Luella's Southern Kitchen and working there for eight years, he decided to keep mac 'n' cheese on the menu, and use a recipe that's "basically the same."
A Nostalgic Jambalaya Recipe from Virtue Chef and 'Top Chef' Contestant Damarr Brown
Meredith FrancisDamarr Brown, the Chef de Cuisine at Virtue in Hyde Park, wasn't sure he wanted to do Top Chef at first. But after his mentor, Chef Erick Williams, encouraged him to take the opportunity, he went far in the competition. Brown discusses representation in the Chicago restaurant industry and shares his recipe for Chicken and Andouille Jambalaya.
