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Reclaiming not just West African- inflected foodways but also tracing how they traveled the world as a foundation for contemporary cuisines. A claim for culinary recognition also came with one for cultural knowledge. Grosvenor argued that exploring how African American foodways are part of the American project is a way to reckon with the legacies of enslavement and colonial extraction.Since discovering her work in 2008, I’ve delved into her expansive and interdisciplinary ideas across various mediums. Her performance skills infuse her writing with a powerful urgency, making it meant to be spoken aloud. This is evident in everything from her cooking demonstrations on public television to her role in the first all-Black soap opera, Personal Problems (1980). She captivated NPR audiences with her melodic storytelling and wrote several cookbooks that explore the culinary traditions of the African diaspora. Writers, artists, and nonprofit leaders all honor Grosvenor’s legacy in reclaiming Black diasporic food traditions. While I wasn’t the first to appreciate her work, I found her voice ahead of her time and somehow, right on time.Born in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Grosvenor moved to North Philadelphia when she was eight years old. At the age of 19, she journeyed to Paris to become bohemian and pursue theater, beginning a lifelong commitment to performance. After her time in Paris, Grosvenor settled in New York to hone her theatrical and culinary skills and became a familiar face in Black Arts Movement circles. Her cooking was renowned among friends and collaborators, including Amiri and Amina Baraka, Larry Neal, James Baldwin, and Niki Giovanni. Grosvenor’s daughter, Kali, wrote poetry which caught the eye of a friend who also happened to be a publisher. Poems by Kali: A Little Black Girl Speaks Her Mind (1970) opened the door for Grosvenor to self-publish and write Vibration Cooking or Travel Notes of a Geeche Girl, (1970) which would become her most famous work. A few years later, she published Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off, A Domestic Rap (1972).