American Quote by Marcus Samuelsson

I get so tickled when that pilot happens to be an African American because I rarely see that. The same is true when I…

— Marcus Samuelsson

I'm a black man from the South. I like my food!

— Jason Winston George

Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.

— Poppy Z. Brite

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef.

— Marcus Samuelsson

My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African-American, so I had a pretty diverse culinary background to work with.

— Ayesha Curry

As a Black woman and a Black person my experience has been very different. I have a deep love and connection for my country…

— Madeleine Madden

As a chef, I love to travel and taste different cuisine styles and different flavours.

— Jock Zonfrillo

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

— Nipsey Hussle

I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.

— Wadada Leo Smith

I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.

— Bill Duke

While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

I'm a black man in America, so I'm going to be misunderstood.

— Tracy Morgan