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  • Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 pm – Curated Cuisine: The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook

    Curated Cuisine is a monthly WBUR series examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and national and enjoy a post-show bite inspired by the conversation.

    Spices are more than small jars that sit in your cabinet and make an appearance during meal prep. For Sana Javeri Kadri, CEO of Diaspora Spice Co., and recipe writer Asha Loupy those little jars represent the farmer who toiled in the fields with love to bring you that flavor. Kadri and Loupy have co-authored The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook, a new book that celebrates the spices from India and Sri Lanka. The cookbook centers on regenerative farms across South Asia where Kadri and Loupy spent time with the farmers who grow regional spices and the family recipes built on those traditions.

    Join Tamika Francis, founder of Food & Folklore, on March 24 at CitySpace for a conversation with Kadri and Loupy and watch a cooking demonstration from the new collection of 85 recipes. Copies of the book will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Frugal Bookstore, Kadri and Loupy will sign and guests will enjoy a bite from the book following the conversation. Book Bundle: $55.00 (general admission and one copy of the cookbook)
    General: $20.00
    BU Faculty/Staff: $15.00 (must present a valid BU ID upon arrival)
    Student: $10.00 (must present a valid student ID upon arrival)

    Register at www.wbur.org

  • Monday, December 9, 6:30 pm – Curated Cuisine: Historian Jessica B. Harris on the Culinary & Cultural Traditions of Kwanzaa

    Curated Cuisine is a monthly series at CitySpace at the Lavine Broadcast Center in Brookline hosted by WBUR and Boston University examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and national and enjoy a post-show bite inspired by the conversation.

    James Beard Award-winning culinary historian Jessica B. Harris joins Tamika R. Francis, founder of Food & Folklore, for a conversation about the updated edition of her book, A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook: Celebrating the Holiday with Family, Community and Tradition.  The event takes place December 9 at 6:30 pm. Harris is the author of 12 critically acclaimed books documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora including High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, which inspired the Netflix docuseries of the same name.

    A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook explores African American culture, food and family, featuring recipes and stories to help this generation create unique holiday traditions. Copies of the book will be available for purchase from our bookstore partner Frugal Books. Harris will sign and guests will enjoy a bite from the book following the conversation. Reserved tickets $30, General Admission $20, BU faculty and staff $15. Register HERE

  • Monday, November 18, 6:30 pm – Curated Cuisine: Women Who Gave Soul to Southern Cooking

    Tamika R. Francis, founder of Food & Folklore, moderates a conversation with Cook’s Country editor in chief Toni Tipton-Martin and executive editor Morgan Bolling about When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes from Every Corner of the American South. 

    This new cookbook from America’s Test Kitchen showcases the hard work, hospitality and creativity of women who have given soul to Southern cooking from the start. Featuring more than 200 stories of women who’ve shaped the cuisine, every page amplifies their contributions, from the enslaved cooks making foundational food at Monticello to Mexican Americans accessing sweet memories with colorful conchas today. 

    Copies of the book will be available from our bookstore partner Frugal Books. The authors will sign and guests will enjoy a bite from the book following the conversation. The event takes place Monday, November 18 at 6:30 pm at WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. For tickets, visit Ovationtix HERE

  • Monday, December 4, 6:30 pm – Curated Cuisine: A Celebration of Black Women and Femmes in Food

    Chef and writer Klancy Miller worked by trial and error at a number of jobs in the food industry, eventually starting the magazine For the Culture. What she discovered researching and writing for the magazine were the extraordinary women of color — chefs, food stylists, mixologists, historians — who have paved the way and continue to. She honors those women in her new book, For the Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food. Join Miller and Food & Folklore founder Tamika Francis for a conversation about the book with special guests Elle Simone (chef, food stylist and on-screen test cook at America’s Test Kitchen) and Kyisha Davenport (GM and beverage director at Comfort Kitchen), who are featured in it.

    Copies of the book will be available for purchase from our bookstore partner Frugal Books. Miller will sign copies and guests will enjoy a bite from the book following the conversation.

    CitySpace Tickets – Register HERE
    Premiere: $25.00 (includes reserved seating in the front of the theater)
    General: $15.00
    Student: $5.00

    Ways To Save
    WBUR Members save $5.00 off tickets to this event. To apply the discount to your ticket purchase online, you’ll need to enter a promo code. You can get your code by emailing membership@wbur.org. This event is co-produced by Boston University Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine.

  • Monday, June 5, 6:30 pm Eastern – Curated Cuisine: Tenderheart, Live and Online

    Curated Cuisine is a WBUR monthly series examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and national and enjoy a post-show bite inspired by the conversation.

    Hetty Lui McKinnon views food as a gateway to deeper understanding and connections to her family, friends and community. The Australian born author and chef once shied away from her Chinese ancestry but now, she embraces her heritage through food and cooking. McKinnon, a regular contributor to the New York Times, Bon Appetit and Epicurious, is a long time vegetarian who at an early age prepared and delivered salads via bicycle in her Sydney neighborhood. Her new book, Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds, is at once a tribute to her immigrant father and Chinese family and also a celebration of food.

    Join Tamika Francis, founder of Food & Folklore, for a conversation with McKinnon and a demonstration of her technique. Copies of Tenderheart will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Brookline Booksmith. McKinnon will sign after the conversation and in-person attendees will enjoy a bite from the book.

    Virtual tickets $5 per household. CitySpace (890 Commonwealth Avenue) tickets range from $25 (premiere seating), $15 (general seating), and $5 (Student.) Register HERE

  • Monday, June 8, 6:30 pm – Eat Local: Growing a Sustainable Food System in New England and Your Backyard, Hybrid Event

    WBUR environmental correspondent Barbara Moran moderates a conversation exploring New England’s need for more self-sufficiency, resilience and equitable access to food. Plus, learn practical skills you can take home with a gardening demonstration and purchase goodies from the specially curated farmer’s market the station will host in the CitySpace lobby. 

    New England once grew local crops to meet demand. The global pandemic exposed the region’s need for more self-sufficiency, resilience and equitable access to food. Participants in the event include Tamar Haspel, Washington Post columnist and author of “To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard,” Tamika R. Francis, founder, chief chef (and bottle washer) at Food & Folklore and Lisa Fernandes, communication director, at Food Solutions New England. There will also be a gardening demonstration led by Quontay Turner, owner of Emerald City Plant Shop.

    CitySpace Tickets
    Premiere: $25.00 (includes reserved seating)
    General: $15.00
    Student: $5.00

    Virtual Tickets
    $5.00 (only one ticket needed per household)

    To register, visit www.wbur.org