What happens when you take seven content creators, each wildly successful with their own sites, and unite them under one website with a very important mission?
The answer is the brand new site Black People's Recipes.
On this episode of Mediavine On Air, Senior Director of Marketing Jenny guy is sitting down with two of the creators, Brandi Crawford of Stay Snatched and Tanya Harris of My Forking Life, to dish about what they've got cooking with their new venture.
We’ll hear how the seven women are blending their visions and backgrounds to empower one another and their readers, while building a new online destination for African, African-American and Caribbean cuisine.
Listen to the episode, watch the Teal Talk or read the transcript below!
Helpful Resources
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Black People's Recipes*
Stay Snatched*
My Forking Life*
Resource List from the Livestream*
Brandi's Appearance on Good Morning America*
Tanya's Appearance on BFF with the Chef
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9IZXuQ6O6Y&t=1s
Transcript
JENNY GUY: Hello. Welcome one and all to another Teal Talk Tuesday in almost March. I have to take a moment and ask an important question. Am I the only one that finds it incredibly rude every single time I'm reminded that we're already almost in the third month of the year 2022? I can't be the only one. I feel assaulted every time.
To be perfectly honest I was struggling like pre-COVID to accept that 2008 was not just a couple of years ago anymore. But with everything that happened in 2020 and 2021, like any hope that I had of knowing the date or not feeling just completely attacked by the date went out the window. So that's where I am. So I hope I'm not alone.
Anyway, here we are on 2/22/22. It's a palindrome day. I'm your host for Teal Talk, Jenny Guy, and I am so happy that we are all here together, whatever the year or date may be. Today I am joined by two powerhouse content creators who have done something incredibly brave and maybe just like a little bit crazy.
They have partnered up with five other extremely successful publishers and done an additional website. So Black People's Recipes debuted at the end of January in 2022, and we cannot think of a better way to continue with our Black History Month content than to hear the story of how it all came to be.
So please join me in welcoming back to Teal Talk the wonderful Tanya Harris and for the first time Brandi Crawford. Hello, ladies. Welcome.
BRANDI CRAWFORD: Hello.
TANYA HARRIS: Hey.
BRANDI CRAWFORD: Thank you so much.
JENNY GUY: I'm going to read the very incredibly impressive bios for each of them. So Brandi Crawford is the recipe developer and food photographer behind Stay Snatched, where she shares quick and easy healthy recipes that...
