Donna Battle Pierce

About

Donna Battle Pierce is a journalist, columnist, and food historian. A former test kitchen director and assistant food editor for the Chicago Tribune, she has published work in Ebony, NPR, Upscale Magazine, B.E.T, and the Chicago Defender.

Articles

Points South

Nothing Can Dim the Light

I felt Annie Fisher’s nudge for me to share a story—a call that marked the beginning of my sense of urgency to research and write about Black people in the culinary field.

By Donna Battle Pierce