cookout
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Bring Some Trustworthy Potato Salad Because You Are Invited to Questlove's Potluck
Y’all hungry? Well, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is inviting you to his potluck. Well, kind of. You’re invited to watch his new show on Food Network, Questlove’s Potluck. Here’s what to goes down in the series: With an exciting array of invited guests, this entirely remotely-shot production will bring friends together as they virtually share their…
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Drank Options to Bring to a Memorial Day Cookout for the Person Who Never Knows What to Bring
One truism in life: Never trust a person who has no idea what liquor to bring to a cookout. There are exceptions to this rule, of course. If you are not a drinker, then you are excused. Just bring several bags of ice; there is always a need for ice. If you are a person…
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Black Folks Who, Though Invited, Probably Wouldn’t Come to the Cookout
Ah, #TheCookout. That grand bastion of blackness where nobody ever reneges during spades, and the brown liquor, Popeyes chicken and red Kool-Aid or McDonald’s sweet tea never runs out. The cookout is a mythical place where all are gathered in both Jesus’ (and Allah’s and … well you get the point) and blackness’s names to…
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The NAACP Invited Trump to the Cookout, but He Said ‘Nah’
You know how there’s the one person at your job, at your church or in your sorority who you can’t stand, but you have to invite them to the cookout because you invited everyone else, and you don’t want to be the asshole? Well, Reuters reports that in January, when the NAACP invited Donald Trump…
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Watch: Your Ultimate Guide to Black BBQs
Summertime is here, and with this glorious time of year comes one of the favorite pastimes of black people everywhere—BBQs! There’s something so special about the way black folks cook, eat and fellowship in the great outdoors. And as such, there are rules: Make sure the potato salad is made by a reputable and reliable…
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White Folks Can’t Just Come to the Cookout Because They Perform Blackness
Whenever a white person does something remotely decent related to black people or black culture—be it displaying basic decency or performing some act with competence—a chorus of Negroes will declare, “They can come to the cookout!” For our new white readers, “the cookout” is essentially what most of us across these United States refer to…
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Will I Attend Your Memorial Day Cookout, Or Nah? (A Flowchart)
Because I can’t let bad cookout decisions happen to good people.