About the Author
Osayi Endolyn is a James Beard Award–winning writer whose work explores food and identity. She’s been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Time, among others. Endolyn is coauthor, with Marcus Samuelsson, of the national bestseller The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. She’s appeared on Netflix’s Chef’s Table and Ugly Delicious, and Hulu’s The Next Thing You Eat. Her writing is featured in the Museum of Food and Drink’s African/American: Making the Nation’s Table, as part of the historic exhibit’s Legacy Quilt. Endolyn is the recipient of the UC Berkeley–11th Hour Food & Farming Journalism Fellowship and was named to Southern Living’s list of 30 Women Moving Southern Food Forward. Endolyn is on the board of trustees for the Edna Lewis Foundation and Radical Xchange and worked with PepsiCo’s inaugural Dig In initiative in support of Black-owned restaurants. Along with forthcoming book collaborations, Endolyn is writing a narrative that explores American restaurant and dining culture. A California native and former resident of the South, she lives in New York.
