'Martha Stewart has presented herself doing the things domestics and African Americans have done for years,' B. Smith said of being described as 'The Black Martha Stewart.' 'This is the legacy that I was left. Martha just got there first.'
Barbara Elaine Smith, better known as B. Smith, began her career as a model, going on to be a restaurateur, celebrity chef, author, entertainer and lifestyle doyenne.The world is less generous, and less welcoming because B. Smith, former model, entertainer and lifestyle doyenne, has left it.
Both had a genius for cooking and entertaining. Both eventually built an empire based on their skills . And when people called Smith the black Martha, they meant it as a compliment."Martha Stewart has presented herself doing the things domestics and African Americans have done for years," Smith toldmagazine in a 1997 interview."We were always expected to redo the chairs and use everything in the garden. This is the legacy that I was left. Martha just got there first.
Smith opened her first eponymous restaurant in Manhattan's theater district in 1986. Two more B. Smith's followed: one near her weekend home on Long Island and the other in the historic Union Station complex in Washington, D.C. The B. Smith who appeared in a public service announcement the following year was a woman whose wattage had dimmed considerably. Her disease was progressing swiftly. Her famously radiant smile flashed less frequently. Her sparkling eyes looked vacant, she forgot things easily, and once became lost in Manhattan for several hours.
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