Byron Hurt, the filmmaker who is probably best known for the documentary, Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes, has started an online fundraising campaign to complete his latest project, Soul Food Junkies.
Nikki Giovanni on beer, government secrets and the first black woman in space. And food:
We are foodies, my family and I. My grandmother was an extraordinary cook. Her miniature Parker House rolls have been known to float the roof off a flooded house in hurricane season. Grandpapa made pineapple ice cream so rich and creamy, with those surprising chunks that burst with citrusy flavor. My sister, Gary Ann, made spring rolls so perfectly the Chinese complained to the State Department, and my Aunt fries chicken just short of burning that has been known to make the Colonel denounce his own KFC. Mommy was the best bean cooker in this world—and still is, I’m sure, in the next. I do a pretty swell pot roast myself. We are, in other words, dangerous when it comes to food.
