The Food Griot

06/06/2026

Exciting stuff coming up - sharing my Linktree here so you can stay in the loop! https://linktr.ee/thefoodgriot?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYxGBP1RhckjhCE4uilWpKTy5wsWuBaVPcpXP5wIilstkiXRHI-S5s1SbQ_aem_IB20Qw0IFtMOe_ZyCoqrhQ

Culinary History • Food Media • Drink Design • Strategic Spirits Sales + Consult

05/05/2026

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❣️Feliz Cinco De Mayo
indeed! …GOOD NEWS: Eléctrico Mezcal's Tobalá Joven
that was just voted THE BEST AGAVE SPIRIT at the 2026 L.A. Spirits Awards is now available in NYC: at Penn Cellars at Penn Station: Location: LIRR Concourse, New York, NY 10001 - located halfway down the concourse between 7th & 8th Aves...
AND in BROOKLYN, NY: at Bed-Vyne Wine & Spirits: 385 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216...🙌🏼 🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌😋...

What a way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the announcement that Eléctrico Tobalá Joven Mezcal has been voted THE BEST AGAVE SPIRIT at the 2026 L.A. Spirits Awards!!!!!

Feliz Cinco de Mayo all you Eléctrico Mezcal aficionados!!!

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05/04/2026

These Easter-Egg Inspired, Eléctrico Mezcal (made with the award winning lemon grass-distilled expression 😋), Naturally Colored (or on premise!) Are as Delicious as they are Delightful to behold! Yes, each color represents a different flavor experience. Check out today's TFC Culinary & Cultural Calendar post for a bigger sip -- and haveThe Food Griotr , divine and week ahead ! [📸: original photography from The Food Griot with no AI elements ]
👉🏾https://www.thefoodgriot.com/patreon-calendar/eastersunday2026falls-onsundayapril5th-thisyear

22/03/2026

FYI for 🌎 WORLD 💧WATER 💦 DAY, the National Clean Water Collective is hosting this FREE online forum taking place later TODAY: Sunday, March 22, 2026 ⏰: 5 PM – 7 PM EST. See pics for QR code and/or click onto post for more info + to register for a link to JOIN the conversation. SHARE this with your network....See you there!
Special shoutout to NCWC's Founder, Syrah Scott for organizing and facilitating this important event.

https://www.thefoodgriot.com/patreon-calendar/worldwaterdayeventonmarch22-2026fromsyrahscott

11/03/2026

Sharing this lovely surprise 👇🏾: Grateful to be spotlighted in KBXX 97.9 The Box's “31 Days, 31 Women” feature 🙏🏾
Here’s to a honoring the untold stories of countless women who’ve so profoundly shaped our nation’s table for centuries.

Tonya Hopkins — The Food Griot — is preserving the stories that shaped American cuisine.

A celebrated culinary historian and storyteller, she brings to light the often‑overlooked contributions of Black chefs and food innovators through TV, radio, podcasts, museums, and cultural institutions.

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate Tonya for bringing history to life — and ensuring these vital stories are never forgotten.

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18/01/2026

Around now's a fitting time to ponder the extreme contrasts of how both the wettest AND the driest January in took place in the same month: January, 1920 (with Jan 17th as the transition day) —in relation to today's similar extreme when it comes to alcohol consumption (with the pivot day usually being after Dec. 31st and by January 1st of any year): That self-imposed, usually temporary abstinence practice called ...

When otherwise socially spontaneous people decide (or at least state the goal) to stop drinking for the entire 31 days collectively called “January” — further egged-on this year by a barrage of new “science backed data” (that conflicts with previously accepted science backed data, mind you) now flooding terrestrial and digital airwaves everywhere to declare that alcohol of any kind or amount is… (click post to continue reading as i clutch the invisible string of pearls at my neckline)…

A Century (Plus Six — 106!) Years Ago Today…

03/01/2026

By the time comes to a close, each illuminated candle is shining BRIGHTly in unison. By design, the 7 day holiday culminates with the principle of ( ) which always falls on the very first day of the . A built in“CTA” to and let YOUR lovely light shine bright all year long!…

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29/12/2025

Hey it's Day! Sooo much old and new world comes with this perfect for winter soup... Learn more about it from links you'll find on my website (under the 'shows' tab) to a podcast episode I devoted to it and to several videos i'm featured in telling the fascinating story about early America's most famous soup (e.g., it was George Washington's fave...AND it even played a role in the 🧑🏾‍🍳🥘🌶️🔥..)

22/10/2025

Mezcal Day may technically (and randomly) be just one day — but there’s so much exciting mezcal-related magic that follows it.

And there's a beautifully, subtly smoky super-premium spirit centrally situated in the mix: it's called Eléctrico Mezcal ⚡️✨

Together, with Eléctrico's elegant expressions -- Let's get ready for REMEMBRANCE!— aka the Season of Grace & Guidance— a rich, reflective, soulful stretch of autumnal time that really gains traction on the first major tentpole dates of Día de los Mu***os (Nov 1st–2nd).

DID YOU KNOW -- this inclusively soul-filled season continues just past mid-November (til Nov 20th) — right before we shift into the Seasons of Gratitude and later, Giving?…

📅 Stay tuned to learn more on what I’ve recently re-discovered and now share on this interesting 3-week interval of time — and how to make the most of it — via links you'll find on my The Food Griot website and Linktree 🔗...

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07/09/2025

✨ Did you know that TODAY is International 🥓 Day?! ✨
(which falls on a different date each year)...SO.. in today's TFG 'culinary calendar' brief blogpost, I share a slice of Hidden History behind this smoky, savory, sizzling delight. Read on to learn more on: 🇺🇸 American BACON’s 🥓 Origin Story❣️👀
👉 https://www.thefoodgriot.com/patreon-calendar/bacon-day-3mm4d-tmmba

Many folks don’t contemplate the reality that bacon 🥓 comes in many different varieties and styles around the world. No surprise, of course, that I DO — and perhaps you too, since you’re reading this lol. The most accessible example I can think of is Canadian bacon — which is very differe...