Dear Mrs. Tipton-Martin,
Do you know just how much you meant to me as a little Black girl?
The very first dessert I ever made was a Lemon Meringue Pie.
Someone needs to guide you in the proper making of a meringue.
Simply Recipes / Clarkson Potter / Pableaux Johnson
That’s not something I would’ve known without someone willing to teach me.
But what if there’s no one there to teach?
You, the woman who’s devoted her time to teaching others the foodways of your culture.
You stepped up to teach the rest of us.
I held fast to that idea, even when my dreams were deferred in support of others.
I persevered in an industry that wasn’t always welcoming to women, especially women with my skin tone.
Thank you for being my mentor, even if you had no clue I was watching.
