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Family Style. Photo Credit: Evan James Benally Atwood.
In celebration of our 20 year anniversary, Zenger Farm is pleased to announce “Family Style”, A Womxn of Color Chef Series and benefit fundraiser, curated and produced by JOOP JOOP Creative. This series of four events will bring together Zenger supporters for a curated family style meal of incredible food, drinks, entertainment, and community hosted on the beautiful Zenger farm. Proceeds from the Family Style benefit help sustain Zenger Farm’s education and food access programs.
Using the lens of Food Justice and Food Sovereignty, Zenger Farm envisions a world where food is part of the web of healing relationships between people, land, and life. In this world, communities thrive, people determine how food is grown and distributed, the Earth is respected and cared for throughout every process of the food system, and everyone has access to culturally appropriate and nourishing foods that feed the body, mind, and spirit.
Family Style was curated out of a love for eating meals “family style” which engages interaction with the people you are breaking bread with. This modern dinner series truly engages the community by bringing authenticity, creativity, and each chef’s special touch and knowledge to the table. Curating this lineup of local womxn of color chefs and performers brings a perspective that isn’t often seen and deserves to be shared with our communities, all the while raising awareness and money for Zenger Farm and celebrating its 20th anniversary in a very special way. You will feel, see, hear and taste the layers of intention with Family Style and we encourage you to bring your loved ones to Zenger Farm for a new modern take on a chef series.
Tickets are $90 per person for a 4 course dinner including beer, wine, and cocktails (nonalcoholic beverages available) and can be purchased at EventBrite. All events are 21+ and dinners will be served family-style (no substitutions).
Womxn of Color Chef Series Schedule of Events:
Saturday TBD, 6-9pm
Salimatu Amabebe (they/them) of Black Feast and Lani Halliday (she/her) of Brutus Bakeshop
Vegan and GF
Performance by Amenta Abioto
Salimatu Amabebe is a Nigerian-American chef and the creator of vegan-based food and event company Bliss House, which hosts cooking classes, food activism talks, and vegan Nigerian pop-up dinners. Through Bliss House, Salimatu founded Black Feast, a monthly vegan pop-up dinner that celebrates black artists and writers through food. For Salimatu, food once felt like a fight they were always enduring. Now, they see it as a creative expression that infuses community storytelling for an opportunity of reflection.
Sunday TBD (Brunch), 11am-2pm
Jane Hashimawari (she/her) of IPPAI
Japanese Home Cooking
Jane Hashimawari started Ippai (the Japanese word for “full”) as a way to share her love for Japanese home cooking and showcase all the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. Ippai has shifted from farmers market stand to kaiseki dinners to monthly pop-ups at Milk Glass Mrkt. Hashimawari grew up with her mom harvesting vegetables from their backyard and utilizing everything they had to create a meal and tries to channel that resourcefulness and improvisational approach in every dish she puts forward.
Saturday TBD, 6-9pm
Kusama Rao of Ruchikala (they/them)
Indian baker
Bred by traditional Indian cuisine, romanced by Sonoran Mexican street food, and professionally blurring the lines of all-that and in-between. Growing up in her mother’s kitchen in Tucson, AZ Kusuma Rao began cooking at a very young age experimenting with spices from all over the world. Through her culinary career she has honed her techniques to create inspiring dishes for her clients. She has worked as a restaurant consultant and menu developer and writes and ponders passionately about food wherever she goes.
Venue: All events will take place at Zenger Farm, 11741 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97266
Tickets: Tickets for each event will be available on EventBrite.
By Colleen|March 5, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off