My Story

Hey food fam, I’m grateful y’all are dining with us. Some call this food Soul Food, some call it Southern. Whatever terminology you like is fine with us because it has the same origin. A lot of the food on this menu has history steeped in the southern states during slavery. During these times slaves used ingredients from Africa and America to create dishes that were unique and flavorful. When the African slaves were freed they passed on these culinary methods and traditions to their kids who passed it on to their kids and so forth. My tough as nails grandmother raised 10 kids on this food as a single mother in the projects of Chicago. I was also born in Chicago and often moved back and forth from there to Utah a large part of my life. Whenever I moved I always stayed in homeless shelters, with relatives, foster care, crack houses and the like.