Here's Hoping with Jayda G Recipes for Life and Being Genre-Free with Denai Moore
Jamaican-British music artist and food writer, Denai Moore shares with Jayda how she balances her dual passions for music and food, as well as how her Jamaican roots shape her culinary creations and inspire hope and confidence in her music career. Denai discusses the creative processes behind her latest vegan Jamaican cookbook, Plentiful, and the shared emotional and spiritual experiences of songwriting and recipe creation. Jayda and Denai delve into creating community, exploring a nuanced cultural identity, and Denai’s reflections on how to start something new and take risks like a business by being attuned to and trusting your instincts. Denai also discusses embracing vulnerability, the importance of physical gatherings like supper clubs in a digital age, and the value of pursuing creative endeavors despite the risk of failure. This episode celebrates the beauty of intuitive creation, the joy of collaboration, and the profound impact of reconnecting with one's roots.
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Denai Moore is the genre free Jamaican born music artists and chef. Denai first burst onto the I music scene in collaboration with SBTRKT and has gone of to release her own critically acclaimed music drawing critical acclaim from The Guardian, The FADER, Vice, gal-dem and more, her solo work to date has cemented her as one of the UK’s brightest indie voices. In 2020 Denai released her third album titled ‘Modern Dread’, which touches on the unnerving nature of the current climate politically and emotionally. Denai is also a plant based chef and author of her Jamaican inspired vegan cookbook Plentiful and founder of the UK’s first vegan patty shop flaky.
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