Q&A with Maurice ‘Chef Blāque’ Shelton, Winner of Netflix’s Sugar Rush & Owner of Black Rose Pastries
byBorn and raised on the south side of Chicago, Maurice Shelton aka “Chef Blāque”, has always had a passion for food and an eye for…
Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Maurice Shelton aka “Chef Blāque”, has always had a passion for food and an eye for…
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Black playwright August Wilson once observed that “Those who would deny Black Americans their culture would also deny them their history and the inherent…