Adrian Miller

James Beard Award–winning author

Adrian Miller is a James Beard Award–winning author who lives in Denver. He wrote Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time, The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas, and the upcoming Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue. He also serves as the executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches.

Photo by Tyrus Ortega Gaines

Photo of an African American man standing in front of an unseen audience. He is speaking, and his hands are in the air as he is describing something. In his right hand, he appears to be holding a clicker, presumably to advance the images that are shown on the screen behind him. In this photo, those images are of the two books this author has written.
Adrian Miller

Written by Adrian Miller

  • Bruce Randolph holding up a street sign which reads: "Bruce Randolph, Ave."

    A Mile-High Life in Barbecue: "Daddy" Bruce Randolph, Sr.

    Colorado's most prominent pitmaster in the twentieth century, "Daddy" Bruce was as famous for his generosity as he was for his sauce. 

  • A plate with a mask on it and a fork and spoon

    A Plateful of Pandemic

    In 2120, of course, having a meal is as easy as imagining what we want and grabbing it from the replicator. But in the old days, it wasn’t so easy. And 2020 is when everything changed.