Five comforting recipes to celebrate Black Thanksgiving traditions
LA TimesWhen I can, I like to drive down to my parents’ home in Riverside the day before Thanksgiving. Food The warmth of Black traditions around the Thanksgiving table Black chefs across L.A. introduce us to the recipes that define their Thanksgiving holidays, including lamb biriyani, macaroni pie and carrot cake. At “AfriCali” cookbook author Kiano Moju’s West Hollywood condo, I watched Moju, her mother and her aunt make Swahili lamb biriyani and sukuma wiki, two staple dishes you’ll find served across Kenya. Culinary artist Nia Lee evokes home with a carrot cake recipe passed down from their mother via Patti LaBelle’s cookbook, with their own adaptations that celebrate the life and work of LGBTQ+ activist Marsha P. Johnson. 6 dozen cookies Nia Lee’s ‘Pay It No Mind’ Carrot Cake Culinary artist Nia Lee uses food as a conduit to build community and manifest delicious futures, which means that every ingredient in her “Pay It No Mind” carrot cake recipe, adapted from one of Patti LaBelle’s cookbooks to honor LGBTQ+ activist Marsha P. Johnson, serves a metaphorical purpose.
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