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Joe Randall, Chef Who Celebrated Black Cooking Traditions, Dies at 79

By: Clay Risen — 1 March 2026 at 13:56

He helped bring the African American cooking of the Carolina Lowcountry to the world and became known as the “dean of Southern Cuisine.”

Chef Joe Randall, executive chef and owner of his self-titled cooking school, in 2016. “He made it clear that Black foodways are foundational to American cuisine, not a footnote to it,” the chef Marcus Samuelsson said.

Savannah Guthrie, in New Video, Promises to Pay for Her Mother’s Return

By: Reis Thebault — 8 February 2026 at 03:03

The “Today” show anchor, in a message on social media with her siblings, said the return of their mother Nancy “is the only way we will have peace.”