Since there is a little time till the special event, what are you going to bring to the table? The same formula of ...'Oh this will soon be forgotten, like all those times we heard of school shootings. NPR 'Food Is Social Adhesive,' So Questlove Is Hosting A Virtual Potluck. Pre-pandemic, he hosted in-person potluck dinners all the time, but he didn't really think about hosting a TV show around it.QUESTLOVE: So if your dish had a jingle or a theme song, what would it be?QUESTLOVE: This is a wake-up call for all of us to really look inside of us and be about that change. Questlove hosts a virtual potluck to support America's Food Fund with celebrity friends. He says for years, as a touring musician, he rarely had family-style meals. So he asked his friends, many of them celebrities, if they would film themselves in their kitchens making one of their favorite dishes, like comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish.BLAIR: "Questlove's Potluck" is a fundraiser for America's Food Fund.
He says for years, as a touring musician, he rarely had family-style meals. You have to debate topics. Even though dinner parties now have a virtual spin, the new Food Network Questlove’s Potluck brings together some famous dinner guests for this lively event. This is divine intervention, Mother Nature's way, or whoever, whatever divine force is watching us right now as a wake-up call for all of us to really look inside of us and be about that change.
Now, under quarantine with several other people, they have group meals together all the time, and it's not just about the food. Now, under quarantine with several other people, they have group meals together all the time, and it's not just about the food.QUESTLOVE: I first thought about, oh, "Questlove's Potluck" - like, who wants to talk about a hoity-toity dinner party in these times, especially when you can't do those things?BLAIR: Gatorade, chicken, Oreos and, of course, this being hosted by Questlove, music.A no-brainer because Questlove's friends include acclaimed artists and comedians like Tiffany Haddish, who made oil-less fried chicken which she calls "She Ready Chicken," singer Patti LaBelle, who made branzino, actress Eva Longoria, who made arroz con pollo, and actress and comedian Maya Rudolph, who made a cocktail in which she shamelessly substituted Gatorade for grapefruit juice. "Questlove believes the pandemic is forcing people to think about who they are and what they stand for. "You have to bring an interesting topic to the table. As if that weren’t enough, tonight he’s hosting Questlove’s Potluck, a virtual dinner party on the Food Network. He says he's still processing how, as an artist and an activist, he should respond. Like, who wants to talk about a hoity-toity dinner party in these times, especially when you can't do those things," he says. “When Questlove shared his idea, inviting some of his closest friends to participate in a virtual dinner party supporting America’s Food Fund, an initiative working to make sure that food is available to so many in need, we knew we wanted to be first at the table, to see what each guest would be cooking.” And so that's what I'm doing right now. The same formula of ...'Oh this will soon be forgotten, like all those times we heard of school shootings. You going to see almond milk, and then you also going to see Oreos.