Episode 231: Klancy Miller (Author, For The Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food)

Andrew Talks to Chefs

Author Klancy MIller sits down to discuss her recently published book For the Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food, and the life and career that lead to her writing it. Her conversation with Andrew covers her early Francophile tendencies, matriculation at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, time in Michelin three-star pastry kitchens, and her pivot to writing.

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