Malachi Jenkins

For Fans of Can I Mix You a Drink? - The Trap Kitchen franchise turns toward mixology with a comprehensive and creative guide to street cocktails, as this legendary culinary duo puts their spin on time-honored drinks on the go. Street cocktails are alcoholic beverages sold illegally on the street, in barbershops and bodegas, and increasingly online. It's been four years since chefs Malachi "Spank" Jenkins and Roberto "News" Smith transformed their pop-up franchise Trap Kitchen into a book series. 2018's Trap Kitchen: Bangin' Recipes From Compton became a culinary favorite with 2022's Trap Kitchen: Mac'N All Over The World proving equally as impactful. The former rival gang members turned infamous culinary duo have had a steady rise in the cooking world and are now geared to take over mixology. TRAP KITCHEN: THE ART OF STREET COCKTAILS takes the time-honored culture of street cocktails and brings a Trap Kitchen twist, using favored libations and regional vernacular to create a one-of-a-kind experience. The pandemic has only heightened the desire for drinks on the go, so The Art of Street Cocktails provides flavorful drinks that can be mixed, matched, and bottled, bringing the party everywhere you go. The Art of Street Cocktails includes creative mixes like the minty, rum cocktail Hulk Smash to a pineapple coconut flavored Trap Kitchen Cocktail, a nod to Trap Kitchen's most famous pineapple chicken dish. TRAP KITCHEN: THE ART OF STREET COCKTAILS is more than just a drink guide for mobile mixology. It's sending a strong nod to a social, urban, and regional tradition of making new mixes for the casual cocktail fan while keeping the innovation of Trap Kitchen alive with every sip.

The Trap Kitchen franchise turns global with Mac N' All Over The World, a guide to the most delicious mac n' cheese recipes from two chefs who have made their way from paper napkins to cloth ones. Three years after the release of their first cookbook Trap Kitchen: Bangin' Recipes From Compton and a whirlwind of success later, former rival gang members turned famous chefs Malachi Spank Jenkins and Roberto News Smith are back with a second serving. Trap Kitchen: Mac'N All Over The World will combine the soul of macaroni and cheese from the heart of Compton with the flavors of regions around the world. From a business that started selling plates through their living room window via Instagram ads to now having multiple food trucks and even a brick and mortar store, Mac'N All Over The World continues where the first cookbook left off, inspiring people from all walks of life to follow their passion no matter what the odds are. And following a year like 2020, the message hits that much harder. It's not just Jenkins and Smith whose lives changed since the last cookbook, either; they'll explain how platinum-selling, Grammy nominated rapper Roddy Ricch went from delivering plates for Trap Kitchen just a few years ago to now being one of their most frequent customers. And of course, mac n' cheese is his favorite - much like a lot of Trap Kitchen's celeb clientele. Just like last time, the cookbook will take another deep dive into the journey of Trap Kitchen's growth since they first made their mark in the literary world.

Trap Kitchen is back with a nod to their Jamaican heritage, fusing Caribbean cuisine with their signature Trap Kitchen sensibilities and flavors. Trap Kitchen: Wah Gwan? Jamaican Cookbook will combine the soul of Trap Kitchen with the flavors of Jamaican cuisine. And just like last time, the cookbook will take another deep dive into the journey of Trap Kitchen's growth since they first made their mark in the literary world. From a business that started selling plates through their living room window via Instagram ads to now having multiple food trucks, a brick and mortar store, and numerous cookbooks With 50 recipes and hundreds of years of history and culture, Wah Gwan? (the universal greeting in Jamaica), takes us on a tour through the island. The recipes include both innovative meals made with a twist on traditional dishes, such as Goat Head Soup, Oxtail, Ackee & Saltfish, and Jerk Chicken, as well as traditional Jamaican favorites. As noted by Time Out on their 2018 best-of cookbooks list, the unlikely chef duo just "make food fun," and this time their cuisines tell a whole new story, which is innovative and explorative through the island of Jamaica.

When two former members of Los Angeles' most nefarious rival gangs decided to unite under one oven, they had no idea that they would be creating an empire. Trap Kitchen is more than just a cookbook. It's a glimpse into the meals that have now become famous in the LA streets thanks to the series of pop-up restaurants that continue to bloom throughout the area. Celebrities and residents alike flock to the locations for soulful meals, but it's more than that. Having lost friends and family to violence, we learn how the masterminds behind Trap Kitchen sought to change the paths they were on, using cooking as their driving force. While other cookbooks may boast a level of urban-skewed appeal in their realness, this cookbook also delves into the stories of why they became involved in cooking in the first place. It's both a heartfelt and stomach-filling experience to learn how two men changed their stars by seeking out peace and good food for themselves and their community. Malachi Jenkins and Roberto Smith are childhood friends from neighboring rival gangs, brought together by their two passions: food and girls. Today they are the co-founders and owners of Trap Kitchen LA. The underground culinary experience was completely fueled off Instagram. Their colorful past has made them media darlings, having appeared on the Today Show, Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, VICE, The Huffington Post, Fox 11 News, and BET. Kathy Iandoli is a critically acclaimed journalist and author. Her work has appeared in publications such as Pitchfork, VICE, Maxim, O, Cosmopolitan, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and many others. Kathy is the co-author of Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook with Albert "Prodigy" Johnson. She is also a professor of Music Business at select universities in New York and New Jersey.