Khadjiah Johnson

On Sundays, a wholesome culinary experience regularly occurred between a young Eric Adjepong and his father, Benjamin, inside a yellow taxi. They zoomed by New York City staples and ate delectable meals along the way. From Madison Square Garden to The Bronx Zoo, they traversed the boroughs and made up for lost time. On their journeys, a recurring guilty pleasure for Benjamin was Burger King’s onion rings.

Food Network’s resident fly guy chef Eric Adjepong understands that flavor is built in the fabric of Black history. Ghana to the World: Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the Past is a delicious look into how West Africa, the Caribbean and African-American culture converges then expands on one another. Ghana to the World is a poetic merge about life’s various flavors coming together on a cohesive plate.

It’s New Yorker night on Beat Bobby Flay. Comedian Desus Nice, host of Desus Pieces, joins chef Alex Guranaschelli at the judges' table to watch chefs duke it out for the chance to beat Bobby Flay. Desus is a man of many flavors. From fermented shark in Iceland to Crown Fried Chicken, a neighborhood staple in Brooklyn and the Bronx, he says his palate doesn’t discriminate. Bring on the Beef Our first contestant, chef David Viana, rolls through the gate swinging Thor’s meat mallet.