Jun 06 2023 34 mins
On the podcast this week: Chala June (they/he), a National Magazine Award-nominated food writer, chef, and cannabis advocate based in Brooklyn, NY. Formerly the associate print editor for Bon Appétit, Chala’s work often draws on his Black and queer identities and how they inform his lifelong passion for culinary culture and social justice. Chala has led virtual cooking classes for organizations like Queer Food Foundation and MoMA Teens, contributed articles and recipes for publications like Cherry Bomb, Culture Cheese, and CN Traveler, and most recently moderated a panel at the Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference (LMCC).
Chala sits down to discuss the shifting cultural dynamic in New York between mainstream and socially impacted communities, experimenting with infused foods in the kitchen (Weed grits! Blood orange olive oil cake!), their cannabis routine from escaping the psychic assault of the MTA to the joy of a luxurious drag at the end of the day, the importance of proper dosing before going into a CostCo on someone else’s tab, how plant medicine helped them during their transition, what’s happening in queer black drag culture, and their predictions for what’s next in infused foods.
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