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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Crystal Wahpepah @North
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DESCRIPTION:Join Crystal Wahpepah for a discussion of her new cookbook\, A
  Feather and a Fork:125 Intertribal Dishes from an Indigenous Food Warrior
 . .\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/16431560
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About&nbsp\;<em>A Feather and a Fo
 rk:</em></strong></p>\n<p>Somewhere between convenience and consumption\, 
 we lost our connection to food and the land it comes from. The rise of cor
 porate agriculture has not only damaged our environment but has also erode
 d our physical and emotional well-being. Acclaimed Indigenous chef\, Cryst
 al Wahpepah has devoted her life to restoring that connection. Through her
  healing dishes and community work\, she champions the movement for food s
 overeignty. In her first cookbook\, A FEATHER AND A FORK: 125 Intertribal 
 Dishes from an Indigenous Food <br />Warrior (Rodale\, on sale March 17\, 
 2025) Wahpepah offers a reconnection to the foodways that have nourished I
 ndigenous people for generations.<br />Founder of Wahpepah&rsquo\;s Kitche
 n in Oakland&mdash\;the first Native woman-owned restaurant in California&
 mdash\; Wahpepah continues her mission to revitalize Indigenous cuisine an
 d honor the ingredients that sustain both body and land. A FEATHER AND A F
 ORK is a telling of Indigenous history through food\, drawing on wisdom pa
 ssed down through generations into contemporary cuisine. Her recipes celeb
 rate local\, seasonal foods such as wild rice\, bison\, berries\, corn\, a
 nd beans. Recipes include: <br />- Three Sisters Veggie Bowls<br />- Sweet
  Blue Cornbread with Huckleberry Compote<br />- Indigenous Popcorn Balls w
 ith Edible Flowers<br />- Strawberry-Sumac Salad with Maple-Sage Vinaigret
 te<br />- Bison Roast with Chokeberry Rub<br />- Smoked Salmon Dip with Re
 d Chilies and Chips<br />- Acorn Muffins\, and much more<br />In collabora
 tion with ethnobotanist and food sovereignty advocate Linda Black Elk to e
 xplore the environmental\, spiritual\, physical\, and social benefits of e
 ach dish as well as raise awareness of and support for indigenous food pro
 ducers who are preserving heirloom foods and traditions.</p>\n<p><strong>A
 bout Crystal Wahpepah:</strong></p>\n<p>Crystal Wahpepah is a registered m
 ember of the Kickapoo Nation of Oklahoma. She is the creative tour de forc
 e behind the inventive\, healthy\, and delicious dishes served at her rest
 aurant\, Wahpepah&rsquo\;s Kitchen\, in Oakland\, CA. She is an inductee i
 nto the Native American Almanac\, was a finalist for the James Beard Emerg
 ing Chef Award\, and has appeared on National Geographic's Queens\, CBS&rs
 quo\;s The Dish\, Food Network&rsquo\;s Chopped and Beating Bobby Flay. Sh
 e serves as a U.S. State Department culinary ambassador and has catered fo
 r the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and for the American Ind
 ian Film Festival.</p>\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/16
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