"You're a caged animal when you're working under everybody else. You learn things from different people, but until you get your own spotlight to be able to show who you are, then you really don't know what it is you're doing. I think a lot of what I'm doing is influenced by memories from home... The influence comes from me just finally being able to cook whatever the hell I want, without anybody telling me what I can and I can't do."
"What happened to when we didn't have phones? I'm at that age—I'm 43-years-old—where we didn't have phones. You actually had to talk to somebody. You got to sit down and have a conversation. And the first thing people want to do now is take a picture with your phone. Your phone wants to eat before you eat. Your phone smells the food before you smell the food."
"We're building a nostalgic thing. We're going to do it through a Black lens, through Black culture, through actual community."
Curator Ask JG and Chef Shawn Phillips of Tartufino have launched a supper club series celebrating Black and Brown chefs in San Francisco. Phillips describes the opportunity as liberating, allowing him to cook without restrictions and showcase his culinary identity influenced by personal memories. The series intentionally prohibits phones and photography, encouraging diners to engage in genuine conversation and presence. Phillips emphasizes how phones have replaced authentic dining experiences, with devices consuming food before people do. JG frames the initiative as building something nostalgic through Black culture and actual community connection, creating a welcoming alternative for those who have felt excluded at certain San Francisco restaurants.
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