Harmony Edosomwan is taking her Burlington-area catering and Afro-fusion soul food biz on the road this summer, popping up in small towns around Vermont with crispy fried chicken, baked mac and cheese, honey-glazed cornbread, and collard greens.
Edosomwan, 27, will launch Harmony’s Kitchen‘s first Vermont Summer Soul Food Tour on Saturday, July 19, at Red Clover Ale in Brandon. On Friday, July 25, she’ll be at Jericho Ale & Bean. Twice-monthly dates in August and September are still in the works, and Edosomwan is seeking collaborators — ideally bars and breweries — from Brattleboro to the Northeast Kingdom.
“People have come from all over to try our food, but we want to bring the food to them,” Edosomwan said. “We’re coming to your town now, and we’re going to show you that good soul food does exist here in Vermont.”
Edosomwan started Harmony’s Kitchen in 2020, during her studies at the University of Vermont, as a way to provide for herself while “educating people about what soul food is, talking about this Black tradition that is as American as apple pie,” she said.
The tour will also spread awareness of how food insecurity impacts Vermonters, Edosomwan said; she’ll donate a percentage of proceeds from each event to a food bank in that town. Food security is part of her platform as Miss Black Vermont USA 2026, and she’ll be in full regalia at each of her stops. She plans to film a short behind-the-scenes documentary about the experience.
Harmony’s Kitchen’s regular Burlington-area pop-ups are temporarily paused for July. On tour, Edosomwan will also serve Nigerian dishes, such as jollof rice, and her recently debuted Soul Cones: baked mac and cheese and fried chicken crumbles in a waffle cone, topped with maple hot sauce.
This article appears in Jul 16-22, 2025.
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