"I am so tired of the all-white kitchen," she says. "I think we all hesitated from ... Built during the Gilded Age, Ríos' home leans somewhat traditional, and she loves old-house charm. So she wanted ...

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"I worked in all-white kitchens and the chefs very upfront said to me, 'You have to lower your ambition, because there is no Black chefs that owns restaurants like ours.' " He rejected that ...