Southern Sass: Marcus Samuelsson Would Cook Catfish for Hillary Clinton

11.04.2016

Marcus Samuelsson Would Cook Catfish for Hillary Clinton

Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, was raised in Sweden and lives in Harlem. He's got restaurants in New York, Chicago, Sweden, Norway and Bermuda. He has cooked for the Obamas and is friends

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November 04, 2016

Marcus Samuelsson Would Cook Catfish for Hillary Clinton
The Chef Talks Red Rooster, Harlem and a Hypothetical Dinner for Presidents

Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, was raised in Sweden and lives in Harlem. He's got restaurants in New York, Chicago, Sweden, Norway and Bermuda. He has cooked for the Obamas and is friends with John Legend. And his personal story is one of the more interesting stories you'll find, among chefs, or anyone.

But he's already told that tale, so his new work, The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem, is a focused look at the food, people and history making up the neighborhood that he calls home.

It's a good read. Especially if you like compelling characters, humorous anecdotes, music and fried-chicken recipes you'll want to snatch right off the page (you can ogle those here).

So we got Chef Samuelsson on the phone to ask him a few questions about his new book, Harlem and, obviously, what he'd cook for each presidential candidate.