Tasting menus and expletives: When fine dining meets hip-hop© Illustration by María Alconada Brooks/The Washington Post Chef Michael Beltran, second from left, at Ariete in Miami in 2021 ...

“That wasn’t a vehicle for spicy mayo and soy sauce,” he recalls. Then, a tasting menu experience at chef Christian Hunter’s Atelier in Chicago fully flipped a switch in his brain.

Food, hip hop, community, music, dance, you know.” Jamil, who has lectured about hip hop at the University of Washington, wants the hip hop, community and food bond to go even deeper.