Today’s conversation is with chef and activist Zoe Adjonyoh. Zoe is the founder and creative brainchild behind Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen and author of one of New York Times most notable cookbooks of 2021. Exploring identity, belonging,and culture, Zoe’s career is one of pivots and pirouettes that ultimately land her at home with herself and her love of Ghanian food, family, and justice. 
In today’s episode, we explore themes of identity, justice, ancestry, family, and well, of course, food. Zoe’s story will inspire anyone whose path feels non-linear or circuitous. Remember, you are right where you are supposed to be…always..in all the ways.  As Zoe reminds us, those whispers of the universe are always speaking to us


Things that we mention
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html (What is a Black hole?  Let’s ask NASA )
https://www.zoesghanakitchen.com/recipes/nkatsenkwan-groundnut-stew (Peanut Stew)
https://www.zoesghanakitchen.com/ (Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen Site)
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cooking-up-consciousness-podcast/id1559219638 (Cooking up consciousness) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party (British National Party)
https://www.voraciousbooks.com/titles/zoe-adjonyoh/zoes-ghana-kitchen/9780316335034/ (Zoe's Ghana Kitchen: An Introduction to New African Cuisine)
https://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/511860933/james-baldwin-in-his-own-searing-revelatory-words-i-am-not-your-negro (James Baldwin, In his own searing revelatory words,’I am not your Negro’)


What was happening in the 1980s in London
From the New York Time Archives: 
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/world/neo-nazis-accused-in-london-riots.html (Neo-nazis accoused of London Riots, July 5 1981 )


And also from the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/dining/best-cookbooks.html (The Best Cookbooks of 2021)


This conversation was recorded on December 16, 2021 and February 1, 2022 


Host https://www.instagram.com/dario.studio/ (Dario Calmese) 
Producer https://www.instagram.com/carmendharris/ (Carmen D. Harris)  
Production Assistant: Coniqua Johnson 
Visual Art Direction and Designs: 
http://riverwildmen.com/ (River Wildmen), https://www.instagram.com/afrovisualism/ (AfroVisualism)
Original Music composed by http://www.dariocalmese.com/ (Dario Calmese) 
Visit us at https://www.blackimagination.com/oral-history (blackimagination.com )