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Vanessa Hayford

Vanessa has a serious passion for food and can usually be found searching for new eats in Toronto. Aside from her culinary pastimes, she has previously worked as an immigration caseworker for a local Member of Parliament, and she is currently a Master’s of Global Affairs candidate at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Guides

Four African Eats to Spice Up your Valentine’s Day

By Vanessa Hayford

It’s that time of the year again – Valentine’s Day is upon us! Whether the annual day of love gives you feelings of excitement…

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Lifestyle

The Humble History of Soul Food

By Vanessa Hayford

Soul food is one of the most popular and recognizable types of cooking coming out of the United States. For centuries, Black Americans have…

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Lifestyle, West African

The Scoop on Jollof: Why West Africa Holds its Rice Dish Dear

By Vanessa Hayford

Every culture and community has that one revered dish. The dish with a recipe that is passed down from generation to generation and is…

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caribbean, Lifestyle

Caribana: Toronto’s Celebration of Caribbean Culture

By Vanessa Hayford

Caribana has become a key highlight of summer in Toronto. It’s hard to imagine an August long weekend without the opportunity to whine ya…

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Black Foodie explores food through a Black Lens. We spotlight the best of African, Caribbean and Southern Cuisine. Discover our stories, culture, traditions and flavors. Want to know how to really make jerk chicken? Where to go for the best food festivals? How to make hot sauce from scratch? Black Owned Restaurants in your area? THEN WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED!
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“The word “restaurant” comes from the Latin “restaurare,” to renew, and even without dining rooms, without regular menus and service, without consistent customers, even in the midst of a global pandemic, mass unemployment and deep uncertainty, restaurants are tapping into their extraordinary power to make people feel safe, nourished and restored.

I’m both moved by this, and infuriated. The survival of restaurants is at the top of every chef and restaurateur’s mind, along with how to rebuild the industry before it disappears, but restaurants don’t exist without the people who run them.

And it’s impossible to ignore that restaurant workers at every level, even those taking extreme precautions, are putting themselves at great risk each day to make us dinner.”
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Is My Takeout Risking Lives or Saving Restaurants?
Online orders and no-contact pickup can be an economic lifeline, but someone still has to make the food.
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