Creative Current: Sheree Williams on Legacy and Truth in Food Media

Interview by Margo Gabriel May 2026 — Lisbon, Portugal

There are moments in a creative life that feel full circle, quietly monumental in a way that only you can truly understand.

Interviewing V. Sheree Williams, editor and publisher of Cuisine Noir and founder of The Global Food and Drink Initiative, is one of those moments for me. Her career at the helm of a Black media company is marked by resonant, incisi…