How This West African Duo Is Redefining Floral Design, One Stem At a Time Follow their journey on IG @Reflorishnyc ON THE ORIGINS OF REFLORISH. Reflorish started in October 2020 after months of brainstorming how to enter a new space that neither one of us had previous experience in. Our business is rooted in a […]
“The women in my family were my culinary inspirations and my earliest food memories took place in their kitchens.”
“As a child, I’d often roam the outskirts of Accra with my schoolmates, pooling together what little change we had in order to share and enjoy the smile-evoking flavors of Ghana. Be it a protein such as goat, chicken or fish, a multitude of fresh vegetables or “bready” carbs, shito made everything taste as it should — joyful.”
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Paw Paw with one of his infamous catches. I’m a Taurus. One of our many superior traits is our need for stability. To feel grounded. For me, food has always had an interesting way of keeping me grounded. Bringing me back to my center. Wrapping me up like a warm hug on a chilly day. […]
Baby Megan doing what she does best in the kitchen. I never knew where life was going to take me. But my dad, dad always knew. Before I was born, my parents saw a psychic who told them that I was going to grow up to be a very creative human. A right brain type […]
“The good thing about food is that you can teach yourself how to do anything, including how to cook for yourself or even assemble. That’s something that has helped me gain that confidence where I know I can teach myself anything in a work capacity.”
It’s not that I don’t have fond food memories from childhood, it’s that the moments were inconsequential … I completely took them for granted. Like most Southern matriarchs, my grandmothers threw down in the kitchen — massive pots of gumbo on Christmas; ornate Thanksgiving spreads that always tested the counters’ perimeters; sickly sweet lemonade paired […]
“The beauty of life is that we are continuously building on a path that someone before us paved. As Black Women, we have a responsibility to always build on the beauty of our essence, and we hope to do that by celebrating each other through flowers.”
