Category Archives: Behind the Business Spotlights

If you haven’t been to Richmond, Va., Benita Johnson just may give you at least two reasons to get on the road or grab a flight to join her next month.  As the founder of The Exclusive Blacklist, an annual … Continue reading →

By Kimberly D. Nettles-Barcelón Kika’s Treats is a wholesale and online store specializing in Brazilian-influenced chocolate covered cookies, caramels, and cheese bread (known as pão de queijo). The owner/creator is Cristina Arantes, a Brazilian-born woman who moved to the Bay … Continue reading →

By Benita Johnson I must admit that when I asked Cuisine Noir Magazine for licensing to do the Behind the Business- East Conference, it was because I wanted to show off the best of Richmond.  Although all of our participants … Continue reading →