This is all so good. I remember when I was working in higher education in Portland, and teaching faculty how to think about sustainability. One of the faculty, a French professor, said ... you know, that word has no meaning in France. We think about our food as being from the earth where we live, and that's just the way it is. And why would you not take care of that earth where you are growing your food? It's just the way it is.
Your approach providing nourishment from a kitchen stocked with local sustainable food prepared by chefs knowledgeable in human relationships and informed from the past with an eye to the future - my kind of revolution. Glad you are sticking with cooking while essentially transforming politics one meal at a time.
Love this! About once a week we have indigenous food night for dinner when I teach my 7-year-old about what’s native to Turtle Island. We respect and honor our indigenous ancestors and our indigenous brothers and sisters as much as possible. Subscribing to continue our journey.
The emphasis on ACTION. Thank you. Now is the time for us all to do something with where we are and who we are with. Talk. Organize. Make new decisions. Try new things. Question things. We just have to be doing SOMETHING, and we have to make sure efforts move from online to real life.
We cant go back, but we sure as hell can't stay here. 🙌🏻
Love the recipe. Columbo is not an American hero based upon reason and truth, but heros are not made from the flour of reason and truth. They are made from the minds of those that need justification. Columbo was a Conquistadora, slaver, and butcher, looking to get rich. That's all he was, and opportunist, with royal monetary backing.
I really enjoyed this article. Nourishment is the most basic part of our humanity. It is also very important to share a table, that is, have human contact. We are being driven further away from humanity by literal psychopathic terrorists. They are the few, not the many. We must stop allowing this! I love this line in the article to go along with this thought…”Decolonization begins when we stop asking permission to tell our own stories and control our own narratives.’
I can’t tell you how great it is to find your words. As a white guy in America, there’s nothing I can say that’ll be “okay.” I know this, I understand it.
But I’ve never had a voice to back in the matter, either. I’d much prefer to direct the ones who would learn to people who are the appropriate voice.
Anyway. Glad I’ve found you, so I can amplify you when ever it’s possible. 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
I come from an indigenous Maya background and can say food and the prep of a meal harkens back to primal society. even europeans have this with the "kitchen witch." basically cooking was a team effort in primal societies because it was so dangerous. fire extinguishers were not so common and people could die. potent call to confront uncomfortable truths. the clarity of your FEAST framework brings home how decolonization is a daily, living practice, rooted in food, memory and the bonds we build with each other. the decolonizing entree is going to be a team effort.
Can't believe I didn't know you were on substack until this post! So excited to subscribe and read more. I've followed your work for a couple years and appreciate you.
Well done!!! As a Original Native this is precisely the kind of history I’ve been sharing with my daughter’s teachers to which they decline a respectful dialogue and then upon pulling my child out of school for 3 days until they give me a respectful dialogue they instead call DCF and the police on me! To which I pull her out all together and switch schools and then the next year I attempt to home-educate her because I have a right to do this in the so-called state of Connecticut but then of course my adopted white Euro-Christian parents call DCF on me and so she returns to school once again for like the 20th time! It’s been a vicious cycle and I simply would like to move back to my homelands of so-called Colombia, South America…yes named after the most well known colonizer! But with the current president Petro all peoples including and especially the indigenous peoples are celebrated including the rest of the diversity of LIFE!
This is all so good. I remember when I was working in higher education in Portland, and teaching faculty how to think about sustainability. One of the faculty, a French professor, said ... you know, that word has no meaning in France. We think about our food as being from the earth where we live, and that's just the way it is. And why would you not take care of that earth where you are growing your food? It's just the way it is.
I so respect the French for that.
Reminds me of the book “A Year in Provence”
Your approach providing nourishment from a kitchen stocked with local sustainable food prepared by chefs knowledgeable in human relationships and informed from the past with an eye to the future - my kind of revolution. Glad you are sticking with cooking while essentially transforming politics one meal at a time.
Love this! About once a week we have indigenous food night for dinner when I teach my 7-year-old about what’s native to Turtle Island. We respect and honor our indigenous ancestors and our indigenous brothers and sisters as much as possible. Subscribing to continue our journey.
The emphasis on ACTION. Thank you. Now is the time for us all to do something with where we are and who we are with. Talk. Organize. Make new decisions. Try new things. Question things. We just have to be doing SOMETHING, and we have to make sure efforts move from online to real life.
We cant go back, but we sure as hell can't stay here. 🙌🏻
Love the recipe. Columbo is not an American hero based upon reason and truth, but heros are not made from the flour of reason and truth. They are made from the minds of those that need justification. Columbo was a Conquistadora, slaver, and butcher, looking to get rich. That's all he was, and opportunist, with royal monetary backing.
This is a very thoughtful essay. Thank you. I will post and share your voice.
I really enjoyed this article. Nourishment is the most basic part of our humanity. It is also very important to share a table, that is, have human contact. We are being driven further away from humanity by literal psychopathic terrorists. They are the few, not the many. We must stop allowing this! I love this line in the article to go along with this thought…”Decolonization begins when we stop asking permission to tell our own stories and control our own narratives.’
You make such a difference.
Keep cooking and writing!!!
From an Italian-American, Fuck Columbus. Your thoughts on food and decolonization are very insightful. Thank you for your writings.
Weird comment, but w/e
And why should not cooks be philosophers? And revolutionaries! 💙
Yes! 🖖🏽
thank you for this work -- I just ordered and am looking forward to reading your cookbook and sharing these recipes with my community
I can’t tell you how great it is to find your words. As a white guy in America, there’s nothing I can say that’ll be “okay.” I know this, I understand it.
But I’ve never had a voice to back in the matter, either. I’d much prefer to direct the ones who would learn to people who are the appropriate voice.
Anyway. Glad I’ve found you, so I can amplify you when ever it’s possible. 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
I come from an indigenous Maya background and can say food and the prep of a meal harkens back to primal society. even europeans have this with the "kitchen witch." basically cooking was a team effort in primal societies because it was so dangerous. fire extinguishers were not so common and people could die. potent call to confront uncomfortable truths. the clarity of your FEAST framework brings home how decolonization is a daily, living practice, rooted in food, memory and the bonds we build with each other. the decolonizing entree is going to be a team effort.
Can't believe I didn't know you were on substack until this post! So excited to subscribe and read more. I've followed your work for a couple years and appreciate you.
Well done!!! As a Original Native this is precisely the kind of history I’ve been sharing with my daughter’s teachers to which they decline a respectful dialogue and then upon pulling my child out of school for 3 days until they give me a respectful dialogue they instead call DCF and the police on me! To which I pull her out all together and switch schools and then the next year I attempt to home-educate her because I have a right to do this in the so-called state of Connecticut but then of course my adopted white Euro-Christian parents call DCF on me and so she returns to school once again for like the 20th time! It’s been a vicious cycle and I simply would like to move back to my homelands of so-called Colombia, South America…yes named after the most well known colonizer! But with the current president Petro all peoples including and especially the indigenous peoples are celebrated including the rest of the diversity of LIFE!