Cooking Up History: Nourishing Your Body, Nourishing Your Spirit

Fri Nov 04 2022 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

National Museum of American History | Washington

National Museum of American History
Publisher/HostNational Museum of American History
Cooking Up History: Nourishing Your Body, Nourishing Your Spirit
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On November 4, the mother/daughter team of chefs Elena Terry and Zoe Fess of the Ho-Chunk Nation will prepare Seedy SassSquash.
About this Event

Mother-daughter duo Elena Terry and Zoe Fess address the health and well-being of their community, the Ho-Chunk Nation, by reviving and sustaining ancestral foods. During this program, which is geared toward youth audiences, guest chefs Terry and Fess will speak about the work of their non-profit Wild Bearies, a seed to table organization, that shares indigenous food cultures and traditions within the Ho-Chunk Nation and beyond. They will speak about their roles as community mentors but also their commitment to being life-long leaners, which has proven key to Wild Bearies’ success. They will also discuss the impact that their advocacy work has on their own relationship to one another as mother and daughter, as women, and as future ancestors to the Ho-Chunk people.

Honoring the Woodland region of the Ho-Chunk Nation, Terry and Fess will prepare Seedy SassSquash, a seed crust with squash custard, topped with wild rice or apple dust and cranberry sauce. This dish features Ho-Chunk ancestral squash, lost to their community for generations until recently when the Wild Bearies team returned and revived the life of this sacred ingredient in their ancestral homelands.

This program is produced in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s North American Office.

The recipe and content of the program is geared toward the National Museum of the American Indian’s Youth in Action audience while also holding a broader appeal for SI museum and UN-FAO audiences.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, United States

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