Juneteenth 2021

June 19, or Juneteenth, is a fast-growing US holiday where Black people pause to commemorate enslaved Texans receiving the words ‘you are free’ in 1865, two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

For cookbook author, producer and one of our favorite Instagrammers, Nicole A. Taylor, it’s a day for honoring the past while living thoroughly in the present. We’re spotlighting her holiday must-haves courtesy of Bon Appétit.