{"id":134,"date":"2018-07-13T20:43:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T20:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/?p=134"},"modified":"2018-07-13T20:43:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T20:43:30","slug":"that-brown-girl-cooks-and-makes-her-name-in-the-food-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/that-brown-girl-cooks-and-makes-her-name-in-the-food-business\/","title":{"rendered":"That Brown girl cooks \u2013 and makes her name in the food business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Kristi_Brown.jpg&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>That Brown girl cooks \u2013 and makes her name in the food business<\/h1>\n<p>Kristi Brown thinks the world would be much better place if we all had more sex. Short of that, she believes the next best thing is food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood is everything. It nourishes. It destroys. It builds countries and communities. It is so powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bY_snGGWV1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from culinary school, Brown was often the only black woman in the restaurant kitchens where she worked. At times, it was tough.<\/p>\n<p>She found herself making salads, when she really wanted to be behind the stove.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like sometimes you have to choose what\u2019s going to be your deficit. Is it that you\u2019re black? Is it that you\u2019re a woman? And then when you put them together, I think the reality of that is too hard to face when I want to stay focused,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\" wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A platter of curry chicken patties made with ground chicken, celery, onions and curry blend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That changed when she pursued her own small business.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1990s, she started That Brown Girl Caters. She closed in 2009 after her mother&#8217;s death and the birth of her third child.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Brown started That Brown Girl Cooks! It\u2019s a catering company that serves internationally inspired soul food and also sells a black-eyed pea hummus of her own creation in grocery stores throughout Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>But when she went looking for money to expand, she didn\u2019t turn to a bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanks are not really interested in loaning money, I don\u2019t think, to small businesses in the space that I\u2019m in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, banks rely on credit scores and require collateral, such as a house, when making loans. But Brown was renting an apartment when she sought funding. Banks also tend to give out larger loans, not the smaller amount that she was seeking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-image-187 \" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-1080x1620.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rack full of cooked black-eye peas gets ready to be turned into tubs of Kristi Brown&#8217;s popular hummus.\u00a0The peas are blended with olive oil, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, salt and spices to make That Brown Girl Cooks! signature hummus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So Brown ended up looking to local sources, and sought a loan from the Rainier Valley Community Fund. The fund is focused on supporting neighborhood businesses. It\u2019s made $59 million in loans since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanks are heavily regulated. Ever since the last banking meltdown they\u2019ve been more conservative about needing everything to fit within their lending parameters,\u201d said Rainier Valley Community Fund Executive Director Wayne Lau.<\/p>\n<p>While banks rely on credit scores to vet potential borrowers, the community fund is able to look at other factors, according to Lau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also look at the individual\u2019s reputation in their particular community. If they don\u2019t have any credit history, all we can do is evaluate how they handle other types of obligations, even if they\u2019re a renter. If they pay their rent on time or they pay their utility bills on time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But credit and collateral aren\u2019t the only obstacles for a small business owner like Brown.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, about 23 percent of small businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area are owned by women. Only about 4.5 percent of businesses have black owners.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s rapid pace of development has driven up prices and made it tough for all small business owners.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>&#8220;It feels like sometimes you have to choose what\u2019s going to be your deficit. Is it that you\u2019re black? Is it that you\u2019re a woman?&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>\u2013 Kristi Brown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But according to Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, women business owners face their own set of challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most expensive city in the country to have childcare. And if you\u2019re a woman and you\u2019re wanting to start your own business, the cost of child care and the inaccessibility is truly a barrier,\u201d said Mosqueda, who is a member of the city\u2019s Small Business Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<p>But the city benefits from helping women and people of color move into small businesses, said Mosqueda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you think about folks who have historically been left out of thriving economies. It\u2019s women. It\u2019s people of color. It\u2019s low-wage workers. When we create more economic opportunities for people to start their own business, to be economically stable, it creates good living wage jobs for others and it creates more economic activity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Jones, self-proclaimed hummus master, weighs buckets of cooked black-eye peas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the loan Brown received from the Rainier Valley Community Fund, she has been able to expand her business to including bartending at events. In the future, she hopes to open a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>For Brown, cooking is more than just a business. It\u2019s given her the freedom to be herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really need to set myself up to measure up to other people\u2019s standards. I really just have to go for the gold and I have to give myself permission to say \u2018It\u2019s OK to have this self expression,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s OK to call yourself \u2018That Brown Girl.\u2019 Sure, it makes mostly white women feel uncomfortable. But guess what? It\u2019s my name, boo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-image-190 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That Brown Girl Cooks! Black-Eyed Pea Hummus is sold in many Seattle grocery stores. The hummus comes in two flavors: original and slow burn.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_team_member _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243; name=&#8221;By Samantha Guzman&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Samantha_Guzman-e1531244700934.jpg&#8221; \/][et_pb_audio _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Listen to Kristi Brown&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-1-1080&#215;608-1.jpg&#8221; audio=&#8221;https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Sam_Kristi.mp3&#8243; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;||on&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>That Brown girl cooks \u2013 and makes her name in the food business<\/h1>\n<p><em>by Samantha Guzman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kristi Brown thinks the world would be much better place if we all had more sex. Short of that, she believes the next best thing is food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood is everything. It nourishes. It destroys. It builds countries and communities. It is so powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bY_snGGWV1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from culinary school, Brown was often the only black woman in the restaurant kitchens where she worked. At times, it was tough.<\/p>\n<p>She found herself making salads, when she really wanted to be behind the stove.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like sometimes you have to choose what\u2019s going to be your deficit. Is it that you\u2019re black? Is it that you\u2019re a woman? And then when you put them together, I think the reality of that is too hard to face when I want to stay focused,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\" wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A platter of curry chicken patties made with ground chicken, celery, onions and curry blend.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That changed when she pursued her own small business.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1990s, she started That Brown Girl Caters. She closed in 2009 after her mother&#8217;s death and the birth of her third child.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Brown started That Brown Girl Cooks! It\u2019s a catering company that serves internationally inspired soul food and also sells a black-eyed pea hummus of her own creation in grocery stores throughout Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>But when she went looking for money to expand, she didn\u2019t turn to a bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanks are not really interested in loaning money, I don\u2019t think, to small businesses in the space that I\u2019m in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, banks rely on credit scores and require collateral, such as a house, when making loans. But Brown was renting an apartment when she sought funding. Banks also tend to give out larger loans, not the smaller amount that she was seeking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-image-187 \" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-1080x1620.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rack full of cooked black-eye peas gets ready to be turned into tubs of Kristi Brown&#8217;s popular hummus.\u00a0The peas are blended with olive oil, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, salt and spices to make That Brown Girl Cooks! signature hummus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So Brown ended up looking to local sources, and sought a loan from the Rainier Valley Community Fund. The fund is focused on supporting neighborhood businesses. It\u2019s made $59 million in loans since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanks are heavily regulated. Ever since the last banking meltdown they\u2019ve been more conservative about needing everything to fit within their lending parameters,\u201d said Rainier Valley Community Fund Executive Director Wayne Lau.<\/p>\n<p>While banks rely on credit scores to vet potential borrowers, the community fund is able to look at other factors, according to Lau.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also look at the individual\u2019s reputation in their particular community. If they don\u2019t have any credit history, all we can do is evaluate how they handle other types of obligations, even if they\u2019re a renter. If they pay their rent on time or they pay their utility bills on time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But credit and collateral aren\u2019t the only obstacles for a small business owner like Brown.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, about 23 percent of small businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area are owned by women. Only about 4.5 percent of businesses have black owners.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s rapid pace of development has driven up prices and made it tough for all small business owners.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>&#8220;It feels like sometimes you have to choose what\u2019s going to be your deficit. Is it that you\u2019re black? Is it that you\u2019re a woman?&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>\u2013 Kristi Brown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But according to Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, women business owners face their own set of challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the most expensive city in the country to have childcare. And if you\u2019re a woman and you\u2019re wanting to start your own business, the cost of child care and the inaccessibility is truly a barrier,\u201d said Mosqueda, who is a member of the city\u2019s Small Business Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<p>But the city benefits from helping women and people of color move into small businesses, said Mosqueda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you think about folks who have historically been left out of thriving economies. It\u2019s women. It\u2019s people of color. It\u2019s low-wage workers. When we create more economic opportunities for people to start their own business, to be economically stable, it creates good living wage jobs for others and it creates more economic activity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Jones, self-proclaimed hummus master, weighs buckets of cooked black-eye peas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the loan Brown received from the Rainier Valley Community Fund, she has been able to expand her business to including bartending at events. In the future, she hopes to open a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>For Brown, cooking is more than just a business. It\u2019s given her the freedom to be herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really need to set myself up to measure up to other people\u2019s standards. I really just have to go for the gold and I have to give myself permission to say \u2018It\u2019s OK to have this self expression,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s OK to call yourself \u2018That Brown Girl.\u2019 Sure, it makes mostly white women feel uncomfortable. But guess what? It\u2019s my name, boo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-image-190 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That Brown Girl Cooks! Black-Eyed Pea Hummus is sold in many Seattle grocery stores. The hummus comes in two flavors: original and slow burn.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_audio _builder_version=&#8221;3.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Listen to Kristi Brown&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-1-1080&#215;608-1.jpg&#8221; audio=&#8221;https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Sam_Kristi.mp3&#8243; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That Brown girl cooks \u2013 and makes her name in the food business Kristi Brown thinks the world would be much better place if we all had more sex. Short of that, she believes the next best thing is food. \u201cFood is everything. It nourishes. It destroys. It builds countries and communities. It is so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Kristi Brown thinks the world would be much better place if we all had more sex. Short of that, she believes the next best thing is food.<\/p><p>\u201cFood is everything. It nourishes. It destroys. It builds countries and communities. It is so powerful.\u201d<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_185\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-185\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/> Chef Kristi Brown stands in her shared kitchen space in North Beacon Hill. Brown<br \/>opened That Brown Girl Cooks! in 2012, which has a line of black-eyed pea hummus sold in grocery stores across Seattle.[\/caption]<p>After graduating from culinary school, Brown was often the only black woman in the restaurant kitchens where she worked. At times, it was tough.<\/p><p>She found herself making salads, when she really wanted to be behind the stove.<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cIt feels like sometimes you have to choose what\u2019s going to be your deficit. Is it that you\u2019re black? Is it that you\u2019re a woman? And then when you put them together, I think the reality of that is too hard to face when I want to stay focused,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>[caption id=\"attachment_191\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/> A platter of curry chicken patties made with ground chicken, celery, onions and<br \/>curry blend.[\/caption]<p>That changed when she pursued her own small business.<\/p><p>In the 1990s, she started That Brown Girl Caters. She closed in 2009 after her mother's death and the birth of her third child.<\/p><p>In 2012, Brown started That Brown Girl Cooks! It\u2019s a catering company that serves internationally inspired soul food and also sells a black-eyed pea hummus of her own creation in grocery stores throughout Seattle.<\/p><p>But when she went looking for money to expand, she didn\u2019t turn to a bank.<\/p><p>\u201cBanks are not really interested in loaning money, I don\u2019t think, to small businesses in the space that I\u2019m in,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>Traditionally, banks rely on credit scores and require collateral, such as a house, when making loans. But Brown was renting an apartment when she sought funding. Banks also tend to give out larger loans, not the smaller amount that she was seeking.<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_187\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"200\"]<img class=\"wp-image-187 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-4-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/> A rack full of cooked black-eye peas gets ready to be turned into tubs of Kristi Brown's popular hummus.\u00a0The peas are blended with olive oil, garlic, tahini, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, salt and spices to make That Brown Girl Cooks! signature hummus.[\/caption]<p>So Brown ended up looking to local sources, and sought a loan from the Rainier Valley Community Fund. The fund is focused on supporting neighborhood businesses. It\u2019s made $59 million in loans since 2006.<\/p><p>\u201cBanks are heavily regulated. Ever since the last banking meltdown they\u2019ve been more conservative about needing everything to fit within their lending parameters,\u201d said Rainier Valley Community Fund Executive Director Wayne Lau.<\/p><p>While banks rely on credit scores to vet potential borrowers, the community fund is able to look at other factors, according to Lau.<\/p><p>\u201cWe also look at the individual\u2019s reputation in their particular community. If they don\u2019t have any credit history, all we can do is evaluate how they handle other types of obligations, even if they\u2019re a renter. If they pay their rent on time or they pay their utility bills on time.\u201d<\/p><p>But credit and collateral aren\u2019t the only obstacles for a small business owner like Brown.<\/p><p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, about 23 percent of small businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area are owned by women. Only about 4.5 percent of businesses have black owners.<\/p><p>The city\u2019s rapid pace of development has driven up prices and made it tough for all small business owners.<\/p><p>But according to Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, women business owners face their own set of challenges.<\/p><p>\u201cThis is the most expensive city in the country to have childcare. And if you\u2019re a woman and you\u2019re wanting to start your own business, the cost of child care and the inaccessibility is truly a barrier,\u201d said Mosqueda, who is a member of the city\u2019s Small Business Advisory Council.<\/p><p>But the city benefits from helping women and people of color move into small businesses, said Mosqueda.<\/p><p>\u201cWhen you think about folks who have historically been left out of thriving economies. It\u2019s women. It\u2019s people of color. It\u2019s low-wage workers. When we create more economic opportunities for people to start their own business, to be economically stable, it creates good living wage jobs for others and it creates more economic activity,\u201d she said.<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_189\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-189\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> Michelle Jones, self-proclaimed hummus master, weighs buckets of cooked black-eye peas.[\/caption]<p>With the loan Brown received from the Rainier Valley Community Fund, she has been able to expand her business to including bartending at events. In the future, she hopes to open a restaurant.<\/p><p>For Brown, cooking is more than just a business. It\u2019s given her the freedom to be herself.<\/p><p>\u201cI don\u2019t really need to set myself up to measure up to other people\u2019s standards. I really just have to go for the gold and I have to give myself permission to say \u2018It\u2019s OK to have this self expression,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s OK to call yourself \u2018That Brown Girl.\u2019 Sure, it makes mostly white women feel uncomfortable. But guess what? It\u2019s my name, boo.\u201d<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_190\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-190 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/seattle2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/sam_photos_edited-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/> That Brown Girl Cooks! Black-Eyed Pea Hummus is sold in many Seattle grocery stores. 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