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Chefs who expanded the canon

Bryant Terry

Bryant Terry is the chef, activist, and editor-in-chief of 4 Color Books who has, more than anyone, expanded Black American cooking into plant-forward, globally diasporic, politically grounded territory. Vegetable Kingdom and Black Food (which he edited) are foundational.

He is currently the chef-in-residence at MoAD in San Francisco. His model of the cookbook as art object, political document, and community resource is a template for the field.

Key works

  • Vegetable Kingdom
  • Black Food (editor)
  • Afro-Vegan
Last updated · April 30, 2026