Chef Ra

Chef Ra (October 10, 1950 – December 26, 2006), born Jim Wilson Jr.,[1] was a long-time cannabis rights advocate and cannabis foods writer in the United States. After gaining notoriety as a ganja gourmet and appearing on the November 1987 cover of High Times, he began writing "Chef Ra's Psychedelic Kitchen" in 1988 at the request of magazine editor Steve Hager. Ra was a fixture of Ann Arbor's Hash Bash, speaking out about the benefits of cannabis for 19 consecutive years before his death.[2]

Chef Ra
Born(1950-10-10)October 10, 1950
Charleston, West Virginia
DiedDecember 26, 2006(2006-12-26) (aged 56)
Urbana, Illinois
EducationUrbana High School where he was class president his senior year. He attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Culinary career
Cooking styleGanja (marijuana)

Writings

"Chef Ra's Psychedelic Kitchen" column appeared in High Times off and on for 15 years.[3] The articles would weave together Ra's insights on life together with a new ganja recipe.[4] Ra would also report on travels to cannabis culture events.[5]

Filmography

Chef Ra starred in a pair of videos produced by High Times, including Ganja Gourmet (2003) and Chef Ra Escapes Babylon (1989). The latter features Ra’s visit to Jamaica, and had a rare public screening at the 1998 Freaky Film Festival in Champaign-Urbana.[6] Ra was featured in the short film Bumbaclots in Negril (1999) alongside fellow High Times staffers.

References
  1. Wood, Paul (2006-12-28). "Chef Ra Enjoyed the High Life". The News-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  2. "36th Annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash" (Press release). Michigan NORML. 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  3. Hager, Steve (2006-12-26). "RIP James 'Chef Ra' Wilson". High Times. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2011-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Chef Ra (2002-06-06). "Jah and the Hash Bash: walking the long road to herbal justice". High Times. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  6. Pankoke, Jason (2006-12-29). "Chef Ra, 1950-2006". C-U Blogfidential: all about the Movies of Micro-Film Country. Retrieved 2007-04-09.

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