Nyami

Nyami A pop-up restaurant and culinary collective of Black chefs and artists investing in the Black community

"i love vegetables because they grow in the dirt - and that's where the real essence of life is, darling.in the dirt." 🖤...
31/10/2020

"i love vegetables because they grow in the dirt - and that's where the real essence of life is, darling.
in the dirt." 🖤🖤🖤

the late queens Eartha Kitt and B. Smith cooking up soup 👑

setting the mawnin mood right ⁠🙌🏽⁠hard dough breadblack garlic thyme butter⁠
14/10/2020

setting the mawnin mood right ⁠🙌🏽
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hard dough bread
black garlic thyme butter⁠

07/10/2020

Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was a culinary anthropologist, artist, and food writer. ⁠
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"It occurred to me that people very causally say Spanish rice, French fries, Italian spaghetti, Chinese cabbage, Mexican beans, Swedish meatballs, Danish pastry, English muffins, and Swiss Cheese. And with the exception of black bottom pie, there is no reference to black people’s contribution to the culinary arts.”⁠
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but it's time ✊🏽⁠

Ackee, ankye, achee, akee, or ayee is derived from the original name Ankye which comes from the Twi language of Ghana, a...
06/10/2020

Ackee, ankye, achee, akee, or ayee is derived from the original name Ankye which comes from the Twi language of Ghana, and is thought to have been brought to Jamaica in the mid 1700s. 🇯🇲⁠
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Ackee is a beautifully versatile ingredient - creamy in texture, with subtle bitter notes at the finish. ⁠
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If you haven't already been blessed by this spread, came all the way through with some gorgeous work for 🔥⁠⁣⁠"Food has...
05/10/2020

If you haven't already been blessed by this spread, came all the way through with some gorgeous work for 🔥⁠
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"Food has been central to resistance and revolution and it was an honor to photograph three Black women creating change one dish at a time as amazing chefs."⁠
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'Feeding the Revolution' is a story featuring & her beautiful mother Louisena Dufleurant Joseph. ⁠
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The Jamaican dutch pot or 'dutchie' is an absolute staple and one of the most notable items of cookware in Jamaican cuis...
30/09/2020

The Jamaican dutch pot or 'dutchie' is an absolute staple and one of the most notable items of cookware in Jamaican cuisine. ⁠
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The 'dutch pot' can be used for cooking, braising, frying, roasting and baking. 🥄⁠
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img. Dutch Pot, 2018.

Out here bringing you sustenance from our shoot last month and cheffing up the possibility as we enter into this new pha...
29/09/2020

Out here bringing you sustenance from our shoot last month and cheffing up the possibility as we enter into this new phase ⁠
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FRIED OKRA IN SCOTCH BONNET OIL, PICKLED CHILLIES, WALNUTS, MICRO LEMON BALM, & HIBISCUS SALT from
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we’ve paused the launch of nyami’s restaurant but are still handing out sustenance for everyone!⁠⁠we’re ready to big up ...
25/09/2020

we’ve paused the launch of nyami’s restaurant but are still handing out sustenance for everyone!⁠
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we’re ready to big up the collectives that have been monumental to us all and can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on 🔥⁠
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STAY TUNED.

Big up - a former launchpad for Black women working in food based in & nyami's home from now on! 🔥⁠⁠Feels good to add ...
09/09/2020

Big up - a former launchpad for Black women working in food based in & nyami's home from now on! 🔥⁠
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Feels good to add to the roster of Black women chefs that have passed through this space so far. ⁠
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15.10.20⁠
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Nyami Nyami - an ancestral spirit of the Zambezi River, believed to protect the people and give them sustenance in diffi...
08/09/2020

Nyami Nyami - an ancestral spirit of the Zambezi River, believed to protect the people and give them sustenance in difficult times.⁠
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Nyami - bringing light to the respective nature in which Black chefs create through food and replenishing those that have inspired us.⁠
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The Domestic Science of Sunday Dinner."There is the soaking of the peas; the red kidney beansdried out from hard life, w...
06/09/2020

The Domestic Science of Sunday Dinner.

"There is the soaking of the peas; the red kidney beans
dried out from hard life, which need to be revived
through the water process, overnight osmosis ...
Your efforts will return to you
As aromas of contentment, harbingers of feasting
And well being on Sunday afternoon."

Lorna Goodison - 1996



"What does it mean to push against the limits of the culinary archive, but also the preservation of our histories? By pu...
05/09/2020

"What does it mean to push against the limits of the culinary archive, but also the preservation of our histories? By pushing against the now, they are also a pivotal part in the process of redefining what the ‘now’ means.” - via
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Beautiful piece by Kat Lopez {} exploring the way these five Black woman chefs are ─ in their own way and collectively ─ changing London's food culture.
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