Anela Malik is a food blogger & food writer who focuses on food politics and telling diverse food stories. Anela chats about her work that supports Black owned restaurants and walks us through:

How to plan your content based on your mission statement. The equipment and apps she uses to create food content. The importance of networking as a content creator and how to genuinely build relationships.

Mentioned in this episode

How to Support Black Owned Restaurants & Food Businesses Long Term on ProFoodMaker.com Ben’s Chili Bowl DMV Black-Owned Restaurants Open During COVID-19 on FeedTheMalik.com How You Can Support DC Black-Owned Restaurants Now Washingtonian article Black owned restaurant resource bank (upcoming; will update with a link later) Software that Anela uses for her social media content: Adobe Premier Rush Adobe Lightroom Parker Arrow Lightroom presets Emulsio video stabilizer iPhone app Instories app for iOS and Android phones Later visual planning and scheduling tool for Instagram. Also has a library of free resources

 

Food & Politics reading

Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty “As COVID-19 Disrupts the Industrial Meat System, Independent Processors Have a Moment to Shine” on Civil Eats People of Color are at Greater Risk of COVID-19. Systemic Racism in the Food System Plays a Role on Civil Eats The D.C. Region Doesn’t Have Full-Time Food Critics of Color. Why That Matters on Washington City Paper The Sickness in Our Food Supply on The New York Review on Books

Connect with Anela Malik & Feed the Malik

Instagram: @feedthemalik

Website: feedthemalik.com

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