Started with a hashtag, now we here. Blay, who’s a writer and cultural critic extraordinaire, first used #carefreeblackgirl back in 2013. Now, for her debut book, she’s going deep on the subject and grappling with what it’s like to be online and offline, seen and unseen, as a Black woman in today’s culture. She blends…
Read More “Carefree Black Girls” by Zeba BlayThis is the ultimate Nashville Hot Chicken Recipe!! Spicy and crispy golden brown fried chicken gets an extra coating of hot spiced glaze taking it over the top. This tastes just as delicious as the Best Hot chicken in Nashville! Serve with Collard Greens or Mustard Greens and Baked Mac and Cheese for the best Nashville meal ever!
Read More Nashville Hot ChickenBy COLLEEN SLEVIN October 27, 2021 DENVER (AP) — The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the…
Read More United States issues its 1st passport with ‘X’ gender markerBY KRISSY GASBARRE OCTOBER 25, 2021 A massive food poisoning outbreak led to a traceback investigation, which discovered a recent nationwide Salmonella outbreak originated with onions that had been sourced from Mexico. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published information that reveals 652 people have gotten sick and 202 hospitalized, with cases reported in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas,…
Read More Onions From These Popular Brands Are Being Recalled After 200 People Were HospitalizedIt’s time to set the record straight. By Kimberly Holland October 11, 2021 In a 2016 story titled “I Just Found Out Canned Pumpkin Isn’t Pumpkin At All, And My Whole Life is Basically a Lie,” a writer with our sister publication MyRecipes spelled out how she believed canned pumpkin was actually squash, not pumpkin. The story,…
Read More Canned Pumpkin Actually Is Pumpkin, but Not the Kind You CarveThis Chile Colorado recipe combines tender pieces of beef with a rich and flavorful red chile sauce. Serve with rice for an authentic Mexican dinner! Prep Time:15 mins Cook Time:1 hr 35 mins Author: Isabel Eats Ingredients For the red chile sauce 8 dried Guajillo chiles, stems removed and seeded 2 dried Ancho chiles, stems removed and seeded 1 dried Arbol chile, stem removed and seeded…
Read More Authentic Chile Colorado (the best)Kintsugi’s reading pile Patricia Briggs, Wild Sign (Alpha and Omega series) Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series) Talia Hibbert, Act Your Age, Eve Brown ( Brown Sisters series) Dana Stabenow, Spoils of the Dead (Liam Campbell series) Barbara Hambly, The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January series) Les Payne, The Dead are…
Read More Who & What Am I Reading Now?By DAN GOLDBERG 05/25/2020 Commander Daniel W. Armstrong, a tall, handsome, aristocratic-looking man with an upright gait and an immaculate uniform, looked the 16 black men over. He was the white officer in charge of the black camp, a man whose willingness to work with African American enlistees earned praise from the higher-ups in Washington. “Do you…
Read More The Golden Thirteen: The Forgotten Story of How 13 Black Men Broke the Navy’s Toughest Color BarrierBy Precious Fondren For most of her life, Debra Willett had a vague idea about who her grandfather was. She knew he had fought in France in World War I at some point. But she didn’t grasp the importance of what her grandfather, who died in 1956, had accomplished until she began doing some genealogy research…
Read More Honoring the Forgotten Harlem Hellfighters: An Exceptional Unit of Black SoldiersMilitary.com | By Bethanne Kelly Patrick The opportunity for African-Americans to enlist and serve in the Marine Corps came in 1942 as the Corps began to recruit qualified African-American men. The men who enlisted in response completed recruit training at Montford Point, North Carolina during a time and place where racism and segregation were a part of everyday…
Read More The Montford Point Marinesbig apple crumb cake SERVINGS: 12 TO 16 TIME: 30 MINUTES PREP, 1 HOUR BAKING SOURCE: SMITTEN KITCHEN Cakes with fresh chunks of fruit taste good on the first day and fantastic on the second day, when everything has a chance to settle. In this case, the topping adheres better on the second day. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t…
Read More Apple Crumb CakeSarah K. Burris and Raw Story October 25, 2021 A slate of Republican members of Congress is being outed by those who attended planning meetings for the protest that resulted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a new report in Rolling Stone. Two sources, according to their story, revealed that Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ),…
Read More Pro-Trump activists reveal Republican elected officials who participated in planning of Jan. 6 rallies: reportGivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Join the movement and…
Read More The Countdown to the World’s Biggest Day of Generosity is On – November 30, 2021Dear Supporters, The holidays are fast approaching…and we are in need of holiday food for our families! Canned Hams/Canned Meat Cranberry Sauce/Canned Fruit/Oranges/Apples …
Read More If you live in South CarolinaMy shrimp and grits isn’t so much a recipe as it is a way of cooking something delicious. Start the grits. I like to use stone-ground or old-fashioned grits. I use 1 cup of liquid for every 1/4 cup of dry grits. I also substitute half of the water with whole milk and add 1/2…
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