Abena Anim-Somuah

The Climb

The craft here is connection-making: Abena Anim-Somuah uses food as a way to locate skills, friendships, and shared purpose. That is clear in her own words: “Only in the last few years did I feel like food could be a means to discover my strongest skills, find friendship, and a purpose to bridge people together and share stories.” The work reads less like self-mythology than practice—listening, translating, and building common ground.

Today

The present-day shape of the work is split between The Future of Food Is You and Special Projects at Daly in Brooklyn, New York, United States. One role gives her a platform for food conversation; the other places her inside the execution side of the business. Taken together, they point to a professional range that moves between editorial thinking and day-to-day project work, with Brooklyn, New York, United States as the working ground.

Signature

Abena's signature dishes include The Future of Food Is You and Eden Place. The names themselves carry the weight here, functioning less as decoration than as framing devices. They suggest an approach to food that treats naming, context, and meaning as part of the work, with the dish or project extending beyond the plate into story and atmosphere.

In Their Words “Only in the last few years did I feel like food could be a means to discover my strongest skills, find friendship, and a purpose to bridge people together and share stories.” “I proudly consider myself a third-culture kid.”