Denai Moore is a British-Jamaican artist and singer. Her most recent album Modern Dread was released in July 2020.
Early life and career
Moore was born in
Spanish Town, Jamaica, where she learned to play keyboards from her father. Her family moved to Stratford, London when she was 10.
After she left school, she played in small clubs in East London, and appeared as a guest vocalist on
SBTRKT's 2014 album
Wonder Where We Land. She later signed with
Because Music.
Moore's first single, "The Lake", was produced by Plan B.
Moore became a vegan in 2015. In 2017, Moore founded a vegan supper club called Dee's Table.
Cookbook
In April 2023, Hardie Grant published Moore's cookbook,
Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat.
In July, the
New York Times covered a dinner in honor of the cookbook at the Carl Freedman Gallery in
Margate. The dinner was held at the opening of an art show curated by fashion designer Ronan Mckenzie.
Reception
Mayukh Sen of
The Washington Post said the book's "recipes imaginatively take advantage of the bounties of Jamaica."
Avery Yale Kamila of the
Portland Press Herald included the book on her list of the best plant-based books of 2023.
Fliss Freborn of
National Geographic included the book on her list of the best new summer cookbooks.
