<p>In the summer of 2020 AphroChic chatted on Instagram Live with Chef Alexander Smalls about his latest book, <a href='https://rstyle.me/cz-n/gpkdvacrhax'>Meals, Music &amp; Muses</a> and his diverse journey through the worlds of music, food and business. Here we present the edited conversation, where we talked about his journey, which started in rural South Carolina and took him around the world as a celebrated opera singer before bringing him to  New York as an equally renowned restaurateur. We talk with Alexander about his youth, his career on the stage and in the kitchen and the beautiful window that African American food traditions provide on our history, our culture and our diaspora. </p><p>Pre-order <a href='https://rstyle.me/cz-n/gk6tvicrhax'>AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home</a> to explore more of Chef Alexander Smalls’ story and his Harlem home.</p>

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Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason are the founders of AphroChic, a brand focused on celebrating the history and cultures of the African Diaspora through modern media and design. Following the release of their bestselling book, AphroChic: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Family Home, hailed as “one of the most important design books of our time,” the couple is expanding the conversation on Black life. Hosted from the library of their AphroFarmhouse, each month Hays and Mason sit down with creatives, innovators and tastemakers from across the African Diaspora, discussing Black culture, art, food, fashion, music, wellness, society and homes, exploring new paradigms that can help us all design a better world.&nbsp;