BLACK NEW YORKER: Norma Jean Darden never cooked during her supermodel days. And she certainly wasn’t fed Southern staples like short ribs or Louisiana catfish in between European runway gigs during the early-mid ’70s.
She needed to stay thin. Plus-sized models weren’t a thing back then. In fact, just being a Black woman on the catwalk was groundbreaking at the time.
“They always told us, ‘Well, the white people in the South won’t buy our product if we use you.’ I said, ‘Well, you’re in the North, and it’s time to break that taboo.’” But Darden knew modeling was a “rainbow” career. So when she was asked to bring refreshments by the designer she was working for, Darden found a new way to steal the show—through her cooking. Soon, she crossed paths with another trailblazer, David Dinkins. New York City’s first Black mayor introduced Darden to the beau monde around town, not as a famous supermodel, but as a prolific caterer. She served up meals at The Met and Whitney, places where Black New Yorkers never catered before.
“[Critic] Rex Reed said the most amazing thing—he said I was one playwright who could eat my words,” said Darden. “I thought that was so funny because I was one of the first to do a play, where you ate food in intermission and then discuss foods in the second half.”Labor Awards Breakfast. On the menu will be grits, shrimp creole and biscuits, with fresh berries, granola and yogurt for those who can’t eat the seafood. As for her secret recipes? There are none, says Darden.
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