I love living; cooking ethnic, vegan cuisines; teaching literature; writing poetry; playwriting; jewelry making; and most of all, raising beautiful, confident, spiritual daughters.
Music
The Blues, Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder, Minnie Riperton, Earth, Wind and Fire, The Blues, Marvin Gaye, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Dead Prez, KRS-1, Tribe Called Quest, Anthony Hamilton, Lupe Fiasco, Cassandra Wilson, Lalah Hathaway, Jill Scott, Amel Larrieux, Robin Thicke, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, India Arie, Liz Wright, Leela James, Did I mention The Blues?
Movies
Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cadilac Records, The Great Debaters, Crash, Last King of Scotland, Lackawanna Blues, The Color Purple, Whale Rider, Cooley High, Sparkle, Notebook, Damaged, Glory Road, Something the Lord Made, Laramie Project, Brown Sugar, Angels in America, Waitress, Capote, Let's Do It Again, The Piano, What About Bob?
Television
cooking shows. . .I hope to have my own some day
Books
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, The Conjure Woman, Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road, Blood on the Forge, Maud Martha, Uncle Tom's Children, The Dutchman, The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Temple of My Familiar, Macbeth, The Catcher in the Rye, Pride and Prejudice, Master Harold and the Boys, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, In Our Time, A Streetcar Named Desire, Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf, The Piano Lesson, Fences
Heroes
My late mother, Diane Moore Mondie, Grandmother Josie Buckner, Great Aunt Eula B., Big Mama Odessa, Muhammad Ali, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Sojourner Truth, Maria Stewart, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frank D. Robinson (the friend, artist/creator of the funky painting in the background of my myspace page as well as the funky T-Shirts that I wear in the slideshows)
Vita, Vegan Soul Chef's Details
Status:
Divorced
Here for:
Networking
Hometown:
Memphis
Ethnicity:
Black / African descent
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
Mom/Teacher/Scholar/Poet/Chef
Vita, Vegan Soul Chef's Companies
Vita's Eatery Washington, DC US Owner/Chef
Vita, Vegan Soul Chef is moving boldly in the world! Posted at 2:14 AM May 15 view more
About me: I teach literature by day, own a vegan cooking service called Vita's Eatery, write poetry, and if this isn't enough, I enjoy raising my two beautiful daughters, Yetunde and Niara.
The Washington Post published an affirming article about me and Vita's Eatery, complete with some of my most delicious Vegan Soul Food recipes. Read the article and find out more about my vegan cooking services at www.vitaseatery.com.
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet individuals and organizations interested in life affirming vegetarian/vegan food and cooking services like lessons, workshops, and catering for small groups. If this is you or someone you know, contact me at vita@vitaseatery.com. Delicious food, new friends and authentic fellowship result from my cooking lessons because I absolutely love what I do. See the slideshow of my latest cooking lesson on Indian Cuisine:
Slideshow of Vegan Soul Food lesson:
I also teach lessons on preparing Raw Vegan dishes. See slideshow below:
I visited, studied in, and learn to make traditional Ghanaian dishes which I have veganized: See the slideshow below:
Look at these delicious vegan breakfast items:
Me and my daughters outside of cooking. . .
ARC AND HUE will be available at the NYC book party on Sunday, Sept.
20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY
10012. Between Houston & Bleecker, near the F & 6 trains.
Just a quick reminder to all of my friends, that the wait is finally over….Yay? Finally completed my first full length album; “Mind Muzik 101,” which will also be available for download on CD Baby, and Digstation. Please feel free to visit my page for more details, and please spread the word. As always, thanks for all your support. We hope to hear from you soon.
Hey we're launching our brand new website for Blendintv. com in the next week or so and we're looking for Chefs to feature both on the site and the show. If you know anyone or are a chef yourself let us know!!!
"Women, Sex, and Desire" Workshop with Gesel Mason
Saturday, October 18 at Joe's Movement Emporium 3309 Bunker Hill Road Mount Rainier, MD 20712 301-699-1819
Free discussion from 3-4:30 Movement workshop (women only) from 5-7pm $35
Be a part of the creative process for Gesel Mason's new project in this one-day workshop with Gesel Mason at Joe's Movement Emporium. We'll start with a discussion of issues surrounding sexuality and desire (in its many forms), and then find ways to embody and explore these ideas through movement, writing and improvisation.
The discussion is FREE and open to the public and the workshop is for female movers advanced-beginning and up, and ages 18 and up. Come if you're curious, nervous, confident, shy, vocal, sexually active, celibate, judgmental, open-minded, modest, ostentatious, fearless, scared, young, old, opinionated, indifferent....you get the idea. Whatever your perspective--come to share, learn and be challenged.
Women, Sex, and Desire: Sometimes You Feel Like a Ho, Sometimes You Don't is a multi-media investigation on how women navigate sex, desire, choice, and perception. The project is meant to challenge our cultural programming, examine our belief systems, and reflect the struggle, humor, and pleasure we encounter as sexual beings, in an effort to empower ourselves and inform our sexual choices, whatever they may be.
Gesel Mason Performance Projects is looking for dancers to be a part of the development of a new project, "Women, Sex, and Desire: Sometimes You Feel Like a Ho, Sometimes You Don't"
Dancers must be available for rehearsals on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, and Sunday afternoons. Rehearsals will begin in October in preparation for performanc
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Vegetarian, Vegan, Raw Foods, Organic, Healthy Lifestyle? Veggie Fest Chicagoland 2008 has it all Come to Veggie Fest-Chicagoland’s Most Popular Vegetarian Festival
FREE GIVEAWAYS
See cooking demonstrations featuring juicing, French and Indian cuisine, soul food and much more. Enjoy all types of vegetarian food from world class food vendors. Listen and dance to live music throughout the day . Featured guest, Richard Dworsky, world renowned keyboardist and musical director of A Prairie Home Companion will be performing. Kids will enjoy having their faced painted, playing in the moon jump, laughing with the clowns and participating in an interactive magic show with a world class magician. Hear the latest research about the vegetarian diet and heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, and stress-related illnesses presented by physicians, nurses and other health care professionals and learn how changing your diet can change your life. Experience how being a vegetarian can have a profound impact on your meditation practices and your overall outlook on life.
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