a conversation with Vanessa Parish
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Key Points From This Episode:
Vanessa's personal story; life in North Carolina, moving to LA, and her passion for culinary arts.
The different avenues and projects that Vanessa is working on currently!
Experiences of collaboration and how bigger companies have responded to Vanessa.
Difficulties and limitations that Vanessa experienced working with Tasty and BuzzFeed.
Vanessa's choice to start her own business in order to authentically vocalize her identity and expertise.
The personality that Vanessa puts into all of her work so that it shines through to those who taste her food.
Vanessa's trip to Italy and the amazing local restaurants she visited!
The recipes and flavors that Vanessa loved growing up and her commitment to carrying on this legacy.
Vanessa's indigenous family heritage: Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, and Blackfoot.
Looking to the future of all the exciting work that Vanessa is busy with!
Aspirations to the position of defense attorney and Vanessa's advocation for incarcerated people.
How to connect with Vanessa and all of her exciting ventures online!
This week we are blessed to be joined by the inspiring, talented, and lovely Vanessa Parish, who is the brains, heart, and soul behind the multifaceted food and lifestyle brand, A Pinch of Brown Sugar! Vanessa is also an active board member of the Queer Food Foundation, and you can find her on a host of different online platforms talking about and creating amazing and delicious food that she cares about. In this conversation, we get to hear from Vanessa about her journey as someone at the intersection of Black and indigenous identity, what this has meant for her career in the culinary world, the good and bad experiences she has had, and the lessons she has carried forward with her. Despite having faced hurdles and adversity that many others have not, Vanessa's strength and positivity shine through; she talks about how she decided to go at it alone in order to truly express herself in an unrestrained way, and what good, thoughtful and beautiful food means to her! We also talk about her family, early interest in flavors, and she gives us the inside scoop on the future of her many projects. At the end of our chat, Vanessa opens up about her path towards a legal career and her goal of helping and representing incarcerated people in the future. So if you are looking for some great energy and inspiration or to just hear a story of a Black, queer woman doing her thing to the utmost degree, be sure to listen in today!
