In honor of Women’s History Month, we have spent March 2021 in conversation with people who are making women’s history right now: our community of members, supporters, and staff. As part of our work to shape women’s history for future generations at this historic moment, we asked the Hot Bread Kitchen community what women’s history […]
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Asian-American Solidarity Statement
Authored by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Allyship Committee On the heels of the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown in the United States and a noted rise in anti-Asian harassment, eight people—six of them Asian women—were killed in Georgia yesterday in an apparent hate crime. With this horrific loss of life amid a spate […]
Women’s History is happening right now.
On International Women’s Day, do more than celebrate women’s history—shape it. Support our 2021 Women’s History Month campaign. “I have impacted women’s history by changing the trajectory of my own life.” Onasia, Hot Bread Kitchen workforce member Last March, at the start of Women’s History Month, we had no idea how much women’s history was […]
Co-Packing Resources for Small Businesses
Growing operations by partnering with a co-packer is a great way to scale your packaged goods business. Get tips from Hot Bread Kitchen and Brewing the American Dream.
Maryam Boddie’s Shrimp & Grits
Ingredients Grits 1 cup grits ¼ teaspoon salt 4 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, grated 3 tablespoons butter 2 1/2 cups of water 1 1/2 cup heavy cream Shrimp 4 Tablespoons butter 1 large onion, chopped (around 1 cup) 1 bell pepper, chopped (around 1/2 cup) 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 cup grape tomatoes, sliced Bay leaf ½ teaspoon dried thyme 1 Tablespoon corn starch […]
“Abundance and paying homage”: Chef Lexis Gonzalez shares her family culinary history as part of a larger African-American story
Few chefs capture the variety and singularity of African diasporic cuisines as deftly as Chef Lexis Gonzalez, founder and owner of Lady Lexis Sweets, an East Harlem-based business making sweet and savory foods. Chef Lexis’s Boricua-Geechee dishes are not only a reflection of her family’s roots in Puerto Rico and the low country of the […]
