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• FOOD NETWORK: Tonya Hopkins Hosts "The Kwanzaa Menu" online Holiday TV Show • HBO/MAX: TFG Featured In "Chasing Flavor With Carla Hall" • FOOD52: TFG (The Food Griot) Explains Chicken Fried Steak in "Behind The Recipe with Chef Millie Peartree" • FOOD52: TFG's Take On Jamaican Bully Beef in "Behind The Recipe with Chef Millie Peartree" • MILK STREET: The Food Griot's Featured In Their SUMMER SHOW! • RADIO: Tonya Hopkins Hosts "Savory & Sweet Food History & Culture" • ABC Television: 1st Food Historian Featured on Daily Network TV Show "The Chew!" (TWICE!) • PODCAST Special Guest: The Tonya Hopkins Episode on “COOKING ISSUES” with Dave Arnold • TFG PODCAST: The Food Griot for 'FOODIZEN' in The Philadelphia Citizen • BROADCAST Special Guest: The Food Griot's Regular Segment on the "CROSSWURDz" Show
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Home About About Tonya Sightings: Special People & Places Patreon Shows • FOOD NETWORK: Tonya Hopkins Hosts "The Kwanzaa Menu" online Holiday TV Show • HBO/MAX: TFG Featured In "Chasing Flavor With Carla Hall" • FOOD52: TFG (The Food Griot) Explains Chicken Fried Steak in "Behind The Recipe with Chef Millie Peartree" • FOOD52: TFG's Take On Jamaican Bully Beef in "Behind The Recipe with Chef Millie Peartree" • MILK STREET: The Food Griot's Featured In Their SUMMER SHOW! • RADIO: Tonya Hopkins Hosts "Savory & Sweet Food History & Culture" • ABC Television: 1st Food Historian Featured on Daily Network TV Show "The Chew!" (TWICE!) • PODCAST Special Guest: The Tonya Hopkins Episode on “COOKING ISSUES” with Dave Arnold • TFG PODCAST: The Food Griot for 'FOODIZEN' in The Philadelphia Citizen • BROADCAST Special Guest: The Food Griot's Regular Segment on the "CROSSWURDz" Show ARTICLES & Info All Topics Food Beer Spirits Wine Wisdom Published Articles Featured In The Food Griot's Culinary & Cultural Calendar
The Food Griot
Tonya Hopkins, a.k.a “The Food Griot” is a Culinary History Consultant, Wine & Spirits Storyteller, Cocktail Cognoscenti and Provider of Nonfiction Food & Drink Narratives Across Many Mediums.
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Proprietor of Uncle Waithleys etc. etc.

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LoLo's Seafood Shack Proprietors Leticia Skai Young and Chef Raymond Mohan

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MOFAD

Stephen Satterfield, Dr. Jessica B. Harris

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At Gage & Tollner

with LRW & St. John…

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NY Botanical Garden Event

The Bronx

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Philadelphia...
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Happy New Year!

Skee Wee! 🩷💚…

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Happy Easter

with JC

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Kitty Babies

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Christmas in Cali 2024
Christmas in Cali 2024

DHP, KTP & Me :)

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