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Chef Ray Anthony Barrett reconciles life through food and art
Ray Anthony Barrett stepped back from a career as an artist to express himself through food. As other chefs pivoted to takeout, he decided to retreat from Los Angeles and hit reset.
By Evan Kleiman • • 8m ListenRay Anthony Barrett stepped back from a career as an artist to express himself through food. As other chefs pivoted to takeout, he decided to retreat from Los Angeles and hit reset. With his catering business Cinqué, Barrett collaborated with Minh Phan of porridge+puffs for a Juneteenth menu for the past two years. He is celebrating differently this month and returns to Los Angeles, where he will join LA Times staff writer Donovan X. Ramsey in discussion of Black foodways with Kevin Bludso, John Cleveland, and Kim Prince via Zoom on June 19 at 6 pm.
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Juneteenth, ‘High on the Hog,’ restaurants return- 0:00Chef Ray Anthony Barrett reconciles life through food and artYou’re reading this
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- 23:51Where to eat now that pandemic restrictions are gone: Restaurant picks from Bill Addison
- 30:52‘In the Weeds’ with Swingers: Resurrecting the iconic late night diner
- 38:58Revisiting Evan Kleiman’s conversation with Pulitzer winner Marcia Chatelain
- 48:51Berries at the farmers market: An embarrassment of riches
The full episode
1 of 6Juneteenth, ‘High on the Hog,’ restaurants return- 0:00Chef Ray Anthony Barrett reconciles life through food and artYou’re reading this
- 8:59‘High on the Hog’: The major role African Americans played in shaping US cuisine
- 23:51Where to eat now that pandemic restrictions are gone: Restaurant picks from Bill Addison
- 30:52‘In the Weeds’ with Swingers: Resurrecting the iconic late night diner
- 38:58Revisiting Evan Kleiman’s conversation with Pulitzer winner Marcia Chatelain
- 48:51Berries at the farmers market: An embarrassment of riches