6 a.m. With...The Flavor King

Kwame Onwuachi, the chef at New York's Tatiana and author of My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef, is all about creativity in the kitchen and gym.

- By Michael J. Lewis

Sometimes it comes during his lunges. Or it could be in the middle of a biceps curl, or maybe while he's sweating through some calisthenics. But as chef Kwame Onwuachi powers through his hour-long, five-times-a-week workouts in his Manhattan apartment building's gym, inspiration may strike. It doesn't happen often, but man, when it does? It's magical.