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Fighting racism with flour and sugar
Paola Velez was riding high at the beginning of 2020.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readPaola Velez was riding high at the beginning of 2020. Not yet 30 years old, she garnered a James Beard Rising Star semifinalist nomination and graced the cover of “Washingtonian”magazine, as the hotshot pastry chef at Kwame Onwuachi’s Washington, D.C. restaurant Kith/Kin. Then following the death of George Floyd, she recruited colleagues to flour their rolling pins and level their measuring spoons for a fundraiser like no other. Bakers Against Racism raised more than $1.6 million in a single day.
Currently, Velez is the Executive Pastry Chef of Maydan and Compass Rose in Washington DC where she recently launched La Bodega Bakery.
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The power of giving back by baking, farming, and eating dim sum- 0:00Fighting racism with flour and sugarYou’re reading this
- 13:19Losing legacy Chinese restaurants and stores in New York City
- 22:41Resettling refugees starting from day 1 of the pandemic
- 30:55Solving inequity and injustice in LA’s food landscape
- 41:38Farming with youth and the formerly incarcerated to feed the community
- 47:36No Us Without You: feeding a family of 4 for a week with $33
The full episode
1 of 6The power of giving back by baking, farming, and eating dim sum- 0:00Fighting racism with flour and sugarYou’re reading this
- 13:19Losing legacy Chinese restaurants and stores in New York City
- 22:41Resettling refugees starting from day 1 of the pandemic
- 30:55Solving inequity and injustice in LA’s food landscape
- 41:38Farming with youth and the formerly incarcerated to feed the community
- 47:36No Us Without You: feeding a family of 4 for a week with $33