“We have to teach that new generation to look beyond fine dining and the celebrity world and notice the local, everyday people who have really influenced cuisine and cooking,” explains Pierce. “That’s what makes Anthony Bourdain so appealing. You know that you can take him anywhere and he appreciates how people connect with their food, and how they deliver that food to their community.”
“I think about all the community gardens around the country, and the endless possibilities if we called on grocers to give them a distribution arm. I’m a believer that everyone has a role to play. The more the merrier. Those people in Zimbabwe, the community gardener in South Los Angeles, that farmer’s market in Michigan, and Whole Foods and Publix and Le Bernadin and Daniel—we are all of the same world. And there but by the grace of God go I. “
Actor Wendell Pierce Puts His Money Where His Community Is was originally published on blackdoctor.org
