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B. Smith

  1. in memorium
    B. Smith’s Life as a Boundary-Pushing RestaurateurThe model and cookbook author died at 70.
    By Nikita Richardson
  2. obits
    B. Smith, Model and Lifestyle Entrepreneur, Dies at 70The TV host, author, restaurateur, and home-goods designer reportedly died after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s.
    By Claire Lampen
  3. Closings
    B. Smith Has Closed Her Last Remaining Restaurant After 28 YearsThe iconoclastic model and restaurateur was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
    By Hugh Merwin
  4. Good News
    After Going Missing, Restaurateur and Model B. Smith Found at a Manhattan DinerA customer spotted her “and called it in.”
    By Hugh Merwin
  5. Coming Soon
    Richie Notar Opening Sag Harbor Outpost of HarlowThe waterfront restaurant will open in May.
    By Beth Landman
  6. in other news
    Lift Ev’ry Voice and Chicken WingWe’re loath to get between any female and her fridge, but the strong black woman in us is a little concerned by this week’s headlines. First there was restaurateur B. Smith on NPR defending her job as the new, potentially Aunt Jemima–ish, face of Betty Crocker’s corn bread. Then — more NPR! — came a piece on the mysterious disappearance of fried-chicken- loving Beyoncé’s backside in Dreamgirls. Finally, today we came across a video clip on Vanity Fair’s Website of Tyra Banks’s photo shoot for the February issue — in which the former supermodel manages to keep her appetite under control for three whole minutes before informing the camera she’s off to eat some wings, her booty be damned. And just in time for Martin Luther King Day! B. Smith Becomes the Face of Betty Crocker Cornbread [NPR] What’s Missing in ‘Dreamgirls’ [NPR] America’s Next Top Mogul [VF]