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Alexander Smalls: From Opera Singer to Restaurateur
45 minutes Posted Apr 9, 2020 at 11:50 pm.
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Alexander Smalls is a James Beard Award winning chef, author, and raconteur, and the visionary co-owner of renowned restaurants Minton’s and The Cecil, which was named “Best New Restaurant in America” by Esquire in 2014. His new book,"Meals, Music and Muses: Recipes From My African American Kitchen" was published in February 2020 from Flatiron Books. Smalls is also a world-renowned opera singer and the winner of both a Grammy Award and a Tony Award for the cast recording of Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, with the Houston Grand Opera.

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