Marcus Samuelsson

PAC NYC: A New Performing Arts Center Opens in Lower Manhattan
By Beverly Stephen New York City has a brand-new tourist attraction. The Perelman Performing Arts Center, now called PAC NYC, was inaugurated on September 13 not by a ribbon cutting but by a ribbon “connecting.” The idea is that the arts connect the community, and the past connects to the

Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson Gives his Compatriots the Respect They Deserve
By Beverly Stephen “Black food matters,” so declares Marcus Samuelsson in his new book The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. Note that the title is not “soul food” but rather the “soul of American food.” Samuelsson laments that “many readers may still think that Black