Black Girls Eat

Host and plant-based advocate LA Dunn breaks down The Great American Meat Out Day (March 20), celebrates Chocolate Caramel and spends time with social media sensation, Chef Lioness to find out how she works her magic with dance and food. Learn more at https://blackgirlseat.com  

Black Girls Eat Host and Plant-Based advocate LA Dunn spends time with the team from the Nourish Spot and learns how the juice, smoothie and salad bar in Jamaica, Queens got started and how they pivoted during the pandemic to meet the needs of the community. There's also a celebration of Strawberry Ice Cream and a nod to microwave popcorn!

Host and plant based advocate LA Dunn spends time with Nikki Glover, CEO of The Courageous Spoon, an intimate catering business she founded in order to pursue her dreams.  Nikki shares her journey as a business woman and how she and her husband fought Covid-19 with a plant powered punch. 

Host and plant based advocate, LA spreads the word about the new ice cream flavor from Ben, Jerry and Colin Kapernick and spends some time with music industry icon, Leslie Segar. Leslie AKA Big Lez burst onto the scene as a gymnast turned dancer. She has performed with many of our favorite artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, LL Cool J, and the late Heavy D. In this intimate conversation, Lez stops by to share her thoughts about food, navigating Covid and provides insight into how she works to eat well, feel well and live well. 

Plant based advocate LA Dunn celebrates the birth of the Ritz cracker and spends time with social justice warrior, Chef Kimberly Renee. Listen and learn more about her company Might Be Vegan and its latest initiative Food Love. Together, they discuss her restaurant dreams, the power of making your own cheese and equity and access to healthy food choices for people of color. 

Plant-Based advocate LA Dunn shares part two of her conversation with celebrity "Chairstylist" Felicia Burrows and learns more about Black Hair, her adventures with Julia Roberts, Snoop Dogg and Chaka Khan and what it's really like for Black models who hit the runway for the likes of Marc Jacobs, Valentino, Dior and more.  Of course, LA takes talks strategy for meal prep and takes time to recognize the birth of the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

Plant-based advocate, LA Dunn checks in this week with suggestions for those who want to know how to start eating mostly plants and celebrates Halloween with the Caramel Apple. She also spends time with celebrity Chairstylist, Felicia Burrows who shares how Black women have been navigating hair during the pandemic and why she thinks we should just stick to the basics when it comes to taking care of our tresses. Here's a hint...she's not a fan of co-washing!

This week, plant based advocate LA Dunn spends some time with Janine Saulsbury, CEO of Share for Life to learn more about her feeding program that has helped thousands of New Yorkers who have been impacted by Covid-19. Find out how LA feels about National Bologna Day and what "Baloney" meant to her childhood. Finally, get the inside scoop on LA's first attempt at making falafel and her visit to Dubai via Zoom with her college girlfriends.

Back for a brand new season. Plant-based advocate LA Dunn celebrates National Pasta Day and her beloved Bucatini Pasta. She also spends time with the doctor who helped influence her investigation into whole foods, super foods and organic foods. Meet Rheumatologist, Dr. Maggie Cadet and learn more about issues in Black health care, eating to support a healthy immune system and how to advocate for yourself when choosing a physician. 

LA decides to stop being a punk and finally makes a tofu dish. She also finds a vegan cheese she can live with and shares a surf and turf memory from a Beefsteak Charlies restaurant in NYC. Listen to find out why she breaks her own rule around receiving kitchen items as Valentine's Day gifts and find out what Black History lesson she learned from Uncle Snoop D-O Double G. Follow on FB & IG @therealblackgirlseat and on Twitter @blkgirlseat Intro and Outro: What You Want Me to Do? by Mela Machinko, Courtesy of War Media, LLC.  

Don't sit on the side lines for the big game or the even bigger party. Hear what LA has to say about surviving Super Bowl Parties. Find out how she feels about getting to 31 days without eating anything that had a parent or a face and check out her first impression of vegan cheese.    Follow Black Girls Eat on IG and FB @therealblackgirlseat   Visit: www.blackgirlseat.com for recipes and swag   Intro and Outro: What You Want Me to Do by Mela Machinko -Courtesy of War Media, LLC.

The 2nd Season Kick Off- Lizzo, African-American Women, Obesity , WTF is Veganuary? and Oh yeah...Happy Birthday to Peanut Butter.

You know it's a wrap when someone starts off with, "What You Not Gonna Do". Listen to this episode to hear what LA thinks about kitchen superheroes, the state of family farming and how preparing in advance can help ease the pain of transitioning to plant based meals.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlseat/message

Listen to what LA has to say about how to handle the naysayers who won't support your food decisions and learn how a trip to Japan influenced this weeks Instagram video.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlseat/message

LA is joined by her 9 year old daughter in a post-Thanksgiving podcast that gives new meaning to the term "Black Friday." Find out what kids think of kid menus and why grown-ups need to know the real reason that kids don't like vegetables.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlseat/message

The Impossible Burger has arrived. Will there be an Impossible Turkey waiting for you at Nana's house? How ready are you for a plant-based holiday and how come we can't find any vanilla? What's the one food that you must have on your plate and who is the one person that's not allowed to contribute to Thanksgiving at all? We are giving thanks, giving advice and giving laughter in this episode as we prepare for the one day of the year that brings us all to the table.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlseat/message

Get to know host LA Dunn in this inaugural episode of the Black Girls Eat Podcast. Hear all about her introduction to plant based nutrition and how growing up in the Bronx had an influence on her relationship with fruits and vegetables.  Get ready to laugh and learn as LA shares her perspective on leafy greens, chia seeds and how to make the perfect quinoa. Don't take it all so seriously and please consult your own medical professional! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackgirlseat/message

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