Tonya Hopkins | @thefoodgriot

Tonya Hopkins | @thefoodgriot has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in July 2022. The social media accounts linked to from Tonya Hopkins | @thefoodgriot are: • Facebook • Instagram • TikTok • LinkedIn • WhatsApp • Patreon • Email Besides social media accounts, thefoodgriot has populated their site with: • See Tonya's (TFG's) Cameo in “James 🎥 Hemings: Ghost In America’s Kitchen” Documentary film • JULY is 🍨 ICE CREAM MONTH🍦Enjoy this short but sweet podcast episode re: American Ice Cream-Making’s Missing History_ by Tonya Hopkins aka TFG • BLACK ENTERPRISE's "Kwanzaa Menu" press coverage: Food Network Finally Celebrates Kwanzaa with a Holiday Special Hosted by Tonya Hopkins aka The Food Griot • NPR Audio: "Kwanzaa Feast: Here's What Makes It Great... " My sister & I share highlights... • NPR Audio: "Kwanzaa's celebrated by many — we'll find out what's on the menu"— The Food Griot • The Perfect Kwanzaa Menu --How to Put It Together! • Kwanzaa cookies made simple and naturally nutritious— by Tonya Hopkins aka The Food Griot • If You Lost Your Home or Business in the CA wildfires Here's What to do NEXT • FEMA Disaster Relief Assistance • Emergency Support for Marginalized Businesses Impacted by CA Wildfires • Tonya Hopkins hosts Food Network’s First-Ever 7 Episode Kwanzaa Series... • LA County Fire - Community Resources - Bio Site of LINKS • Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory_Donate and/or Share 🙏🏽 • LA Regional Food Bank Greater | Los Angeles Wildfires Update • FEATURED IN: Black Marylanders have had a major influence on food history • An Interview with Tonya Hopkins in APHROCHIC’s 1st Ever Activism Issue: Food as a Narrative for Liberation —The Food Griot • GRAVY Podcast Features Tonya Hopkins IN: "America’s Lost Peanut and the Price of Bringing it Back" — The Food Griot • Enjoy 30 days of Hulu for FREE • Claim 10 free meals* from HelloFresh • Famous (Founding) Foodies: Lasting Culinary Legacies of Thomas Jefferson, James Hemings and Edna Lewis • 🎥 James Hemings - an "MIA" HAMILTON character! | A mini vid by Tonya Hopkins • 🥂ALL ABOUT 🍸TFG 🍷 (The Food Griot) DRINKs!🍹...Storytelling via Custom Cocktail Design, Demos, Engaging Experiences, Specials...& Yes Strategic Spirits SALES for High-End Establishments... • 🔥Check Out Chef Chevalier's DELISH Cooking DEMO! 👀 + My Talk with TOP Texan CHEFS 🧑🏾‍🍳👨🏿‍🍳👨🏽‍🍳: "Know Your Black Texas FOOD History" via James Beard.org for Juneteenth • 🚀 Time Travel with Chef Carla Hall & "T Hop" (that's me!) on ABC📺 sharing Juneteenth History + Contemporary Food demos for Freedom Season: curried sweet potato 🍠 salad 🥗+ watermelon 🍉 strawberry 🍓slushie, 🍖 BBQ pork! • Audible & Edible Ice Cream History - That Blends in Missing Facts & Lots of FLAVOR! 🍨🍦+🍓🍵 🍒🍫🍃🍵 = 😋🙌🏾🙌🏾 • Check out TFG's (The Food Griot's) DAILY-ish Culinary & Cultural Calendar as it unfolds DAY BY DAY... • The Dish: Behind the history of the iconic NYC sandwich the chopped cheese • On CBS' "The Dish": Behind the history of a now iconic NYC sandwich the CHOPPED CHEESE - CBS News • 🎧 The Man Who Commanded Jefferson's Kitchen (Part 1 of 3: The James Hemings Story) on ATK PODCASTS producer: Otis Gray • 🎥 James Hemings and the Birth of American Haute Cuisine_Panel Discussion, Film Screening, Tasing Event • TFG Reads James Hemings' Manumission Letter from Thomas Jefferson_on ATK Podcast Series | Produced by Otis Gray • Shining a Light on Harriet Tubman's Hidden Culinary Legacy (+ Find Out Why She's Honored March 10th Each Year)... — The Food Griot • Shining a Light on Harriet Tubman's Hidden Culinary Legacy (+ Find Out Why She's Honored March 10th Each Year)... | Patreon • Pepper Pot Women and Black Culinary Entrepreneurship in Philadelphia — The Food Griot • All of March is Women's Month and March 8th is International Women's Day (IWD) each year... — The Food Griot • Women & Cocktail Culture (Overview, Recap & Replay of an LDNY Panel) _for Women's History Month SPECIAL_ — The Food Griot • You Can Still Celebrate 💐SPRING's Equinox☀️🌎🐍 with This Cosmic Cocktail & TFG Toast ✨🥂 💫 • THE Battle of Brooklyn took place outside MY window 250 yrs ago & was the 1st battle against the British in America’s Revolutionary War (Aug 27–29th 1776)... • One Guess Who America’s Original Cider Makers Were? 👩🏽‍🌾🌳🧑🏾‍🍳🍎🍏🍺 • At the Boston Tea Party — Wanna know what KIND of TEA & HOW MUCH got dumped? • A Tale of Two RUMS: America’s Rev War with the British Empire Started in BROOKLYN!.. • Enjoy These Easter-Egg Inspired, Naturally Colored Cocktails: Delicious and Delightful to Behold! -- Easter Week 2026 • Still Celebrating 🇺🇸 America's 250th 🎂 with Revolutionary Era Eating Options!.... • Colonial era history served up in one pot_Culinary Historian Tonya Hopkins & Chef Ashbell McElveen reclaim the city’s pepper pot soup story • The Most Important Chef in American History Is Still Waiting for His Flowers 💐 — Good News is They Can Still Get Delivered. By Tonya Hopkins -- NOW on SUBSTACK ✍🏽 • Tonya "The Food (& Drink!) Griot" | On Substack ✍🏽 • Toast with "NYC's BEST 2-Ingredient Drink" As History Keeps Happening in this GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD🗽🎶 • 🇺🇸 JULY 4th Just Represents A Symbolic Spark 🧨of what became an 8 & 1/2 Yr War -- So Keep Celebratin' Your BIG 'Ol Bday, 'Merica! 🎆 🎇✨🎂 🗽🎉🥳 • 📻 MILK STREET RADIO’s SUMMER SPECIAL🍦☀️🍅: Hear my convo with host, Christopher Kimball... • Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network (MALAN) • HELP World Central Kitchen (WTC) provide fresh meals to communities in California devastated by the fires... • UPCOMING EVENTS: TFG's (The Food Griot's) Hub for Real & Virtual Happenings • Tonya's aka "The Food Griot's" WEBSITE with new SEARCH function & MORE • 🎥 Watch James Hemings: Ghost in America's Kitchen | Documentary • 📆TG'S Culinary & Cultural CALENDAR Content to Celebrate Each Day! • Why I Love Kwanzaa & You Can Too🎄 ❤️🖤💚 TFG Featured in FOOD & WINE Mag!... • Here's Why I Recognize it's "James Hemings' JULY now EACH year ... • James Hemings and America's First French Fries (On French Fry Day) • Venmo | Tonya Hopkins • Special Guest, Tonya Hopkins on "Roots, Hearts, and Soul" a PODCAST by Diaspora Chefs...(Episode 18 - 01/07/25) • Check Out TFG's DAILY(ish) Culinary & Cultural Calendar 🗓️ • FORBES: "EatOkra App Connects Foodies With Black-Owned Restaurants" by Richard Fowler_Tonya aka The Food Griot's Quoted • FORBES: Award-Winning Jamaican Foodways & Chefs (TFG Connect Cultural & Culinary History Dots from Past to Present) • JOIN Tonya aka "The Food Griot's" PATREON to Support Her Work + Access Extra Content & Scoop • A Uniquely American SemiQuincentennial SOUP to Celebrate 250 🇺🇸Yrs 🧑🏾‍🍳🌶️🥘 "This Soup Helped US Win The Revolutionary War!"_Savor my PepperPot PODCAST Episode + get the RECIPE too... • SIGN-UP for Flavorful UPDATES! Stay informed of Tonya's / TFG's Creative Content, Adventures & SCOOP! • Pay The Food Griot using PayPal.Me • BOOK Tonya aka "The Food Griot" (TFG) to SPEAK 🎤 or DEMO 🍹👩🏽‍🍳🔥 and Elevate Your Next EVENTs! • Tonya aka "The Food Griot" on Facebook • Tonya Hopkins a.k.a "The Food Griot" on YouTube via ARTIVISTUS • Follow @TheFoodGriot on IG • Follow Tonya @TheFoodGriot on TikTok... • Connect with Tonya aka The Food Griot on LinkedIn • DOWNLOAD the SPILL App & Follow @TheFoodGriot there!☕️ 🫖 • James Beard Foundation Honors Chef James Hemings + 5 Chefs Today Recreate Dishes from the 1790 "Room Where it Happened" Dinner _VVH TV • You’ve scored $130 OFF Good Chop • FORBES Mag "Kwanzaa Menu" press coverage: "A Food Network FIRST: Many know Tonya Hopkins “The Food Griot”..." • VARIETY's "Kwanzaa Menu" (EXCLUSIVE) press coverage: Food Network’s First-Ever Kwanzaa Series is hosted by culinary scholar Tonya Hopkins... • FOOD NETWORK: Black-Owned BIZes Stars LOVE! Carla Hall picks “T Hop” aka TONYA HOPKINS The Food Griot... • “James Hemings, America's First Classically Trained Chef & Culinary Founding Father” By Tonya Hopkins • CUISINE NOIR's "Kwanzaa Menu" press coverage: Tonya Hopkins Hosts Food Network First KWANZAA Special with Delicious Dishes and Special Guests! • WATCH "Chasing Flavor" on MAX! It’s soo good! (+ I'm in TWO Episodes😎🍦🍨🥧 ...!) • FOOD52: Tonya's Take on the Origins of Chicken Fried Steak:Behind the Recipe w/ Chef Millie Peartree’s Series: Episode 1 • TFG on FOOD52 to tell the Story of: Jamaican 🇯🇲 Bully Beef | Behind The Recipe with Millie Peartree • COOKING ISSUES: The Tonya Hopkins Episode | on “Cooking Issues” with Dave Arnold • TFG's Kwanzaa History [Podcast Episode]: "What’s On Your Kwanzaa Table? By Tonya Hopkins aka The Food Griot for "FOODIZEN" • THE ROOT's "Kwanzaa Menu" press coverage: Food Network Showcases New Kwanzaa Series hosted by Tonya Hopkins featuring diasporic recipes ... • RADIO: "The Kwanzaa Menu" Special Guests on “Savory & Sweet" Show: Actors Kareem Grimes of CW’s “All American” & Taja V. Simpson of BET’s “The Oval” | Each cooks with Tonya on Food Network's first.. • TV: FOX SOUL talks KWANZAA with Tonya Hopkins, host of Food Network's "The Kwanzaa Menu" -- Convo starts at TIMESTAMP: 51:00 • Food Network's “The Kwanzaa Menu” WATCH all 7-episodes hosted by Tonya Hopkins aka The Food Griot • RADIO: "The KWANZAA MENU" Chefs talk w/ Tonya on her "Savory & Sweet" Show