Black, white, and The Grey : the story of an unexpected friendship and a beloved restaurant / Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano ; photographs by Andrew Thomas Lee and Marcus Kenney.
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TextPublisher: California : Lorena Jones Books, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781984856203
- 1984856200
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A story about the trials and triumphs of a Black chef from Queens, New York, and a White media entrepreneur from Staten Island who built a relationship and a restaurant in the Deep South, hoping to bridge biases and get people talking about race, gender, class, and culture.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GARDEN & GUN . " Black, White, and The Grey blew me away."-David Chang
In this dual memoir,MashamaBailey andJohn O.Morisano take turns telling how they went from tentative business partners to dear friends while turning a dilapidated formerly segregated Greyhound bus station intoThe Grey, nowone of the most celebrated restaurants in the country. Recounting the trying process of building their restaurant business, they examine their most painful and joyous times, revealing how they came to understand their differences, recognize their biases, and continuously challenge themselves and each other to be better.
Through it all, Bailey and Morisano display the uncommon vulnerability, humor, and humanity that anchor their relationship, showing how two citizens commit to playing their own small part in advancing equality against a backdrop of racism.
Includes index.
"Food brings people together, but can it help heal the racial divide? At The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, a rising-star black woman chef and a food-obsessed white businessman are equal partners who're breaking barriers--one plate at a time. Black, White, and The Grey is a story about the mission, trials, and triumphs of two individuals who had little in common--except an obsession for great food--until they came together through an awakened determination to play a part in bridging the deep cultural divide in America during a time of profound national division, activated racism, and raging classism. Media startup defector John O. Morisano and chef/partner Mashama Bailey tell the story, in stereo, of how they went from guarded business partners to best friends as they turned a dilapidated Jim Crow-era Greyhound bus station into one of the hottest restaurants in the country, as they faced their own and their community's inherent biases through their honest unflinching conversations with each other. Morisano provides the baseline and Bailey elucidates, commenting--and correcting--his retelling as they reveal the rawness, vulnerability, and humanity that make their partnership so inspiring. A recipe caps each chapter, peppering the narrative with food from their story. Morisano and Bailey set out to build a restaurant and, in the process, committed themselves to having difficult conversations with each other about how their experiences as a white male and a black woman in America had shaped their understanding of race, class, and culture. It's a conversation that every American needs to eavesdrop on. And, anyone who is fascinated by chef and restaurant culture will enjoy the behind-the-scenes details of building and running a destination restaurant--in this case, one with profound historical significance in Georgia's colonial capital"-- Provided by publisher.
Prologue: Finding joy / by Mashama Bailey -- Introduction / by John O. Morisano -- WM seeking aspirational BF for business relationship -- Then there were two -- Hard work, heartbreak, and hope -- Epilogue / by John O. Morisano.