Black Smoke: The History Of African American Barbecue

Join rocket scientist and BBQ historian Howard Conyers, PhD and pitmasters Ed and Ryan Mitchell, for a virtual celebration in homage to the Black culinary heritage of American BBQ and a conversation led by culinary historian Adrian Miller, author of the upcoming book, Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue, that explores the preservation of African American foodways, Black perseverance, culinary innovation, and entrepreneurship. MOFAD will also be premiering the debut screening of their original virtual reality short film featuring Jones Bar-B-Q as part of our upcoming exhibition, African/American: Making the Nation's Table. Tickets are $15 and the event will be live on Zoom from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For tickets and more information please click here.