11 April 2021
Black, White, and the Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant
A story about the trials and triumphs of a Black chef from Queens, New York, and a White media entrepreneur from Staten Island who built a relationship and a restaurant in the Deep South, hoping to bridge biases and get people talking about race, gender, class, and culture.
In this dual memoir, Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano take turns telling how they went from tentative business partners to dear friends while turning a dilapidated formerly segregated Greyhound bus station into The Grey, now one of the most celebrated restaurants in the country. Recounting the trying process of building their restaurant business, they examine their most painful and joyous times, revealing how they came to understand their differences, recognize their biases, and continuously challenge themselves and each other to be better.
Through it all, Bailey and Morisano display the uncommon vulnerability, humor, and humanity that anchor their relationship, showing how two citizens commit to playing their own small part in advancing equality against a backdrop of racism.
| Title | : | Black, White, and the Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| ISBN | : | 9781984856203 |
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Powerful. When we talk about equity and race in this nation there’s no clearer example of the mistrust, bias and the work that needs to be done than the examples laid out in this book. That a Black ...
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Black, White, and the Grey by Mashama Bailey & John O. Morisano is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late January.Each restaurateur finding worth in themselves and what they cook, and each contrib...
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3.5 but rounding up...
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I live in Savannah and love The Grey. I pre-ordered this book sometime ago, thinking it would be a nice little memoir about the experiences of the founders opening the restaurant. It is anything but! ...
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