Monday, November 30, 2020 Focus Day

CULINARY INSIGHTS

Get ready for a variety of Culinary Insights. We will learn about The Main Street Project, a resilient agriculture system to create pathways out of poverty. Next, the Sioux Chef, a 2019 James Beard award winner, will tell of his emphasis on indigenous foods. Finally, we’ll have a discussion about a variety of wines.

9:30 – 10:30         Innovative Path Toward a More Just and Healthy Food System      on Zoom

Speaker: Julie Ristau, Chief Operating Officer, Main Street Project

The Main Street Project works to create pathways out of poverty for growing numbers of Latinx immigrants. By advancing a resilient agriculture system, the staff works to demonstrate the power to heal our lands, nourish our communities, and prepare aspiring farmers. Ristau will also update us on the Homegrown Minneapolis project she started with former
Mayor R.T. Rybak.

                 11:00 – 12:00    Indigenous Chef Revitalizes North American Cuisine     on Zoom

Speaker: Sean Sherman, CEO/Founder, The Sioux Chef

Sherman is an Oglala Lakota Sioux chef who created a company devoted to indigenous foods and the creation of recipes showcasing tribal diversity and the values of
traditional ingredients. His work is also a pushback against processed foods. He won the 2018 James Beard Book Award for his cookbook, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen. Because of COVID-19, he has paused the opening of his restaurant and is preparing and serving many meals each day in the community. His cookbook revitalizes Native American cuisine and is an evolution of North American food.

12:00 noon ANNOUNCEMENTS

1:15 – 2:15

WINES: Today’s Delights and Insights

Speaker: Beau Farrell, Vice President, Marketing and E-Commerce, Haskell’s Liquors

What are good wines? What is happening in the Minnesota Wine industry? What is happening nationally and internationally with wines? How do we pair wines with food and with desserts? How much should we be spending for a good bottle of wine? These are all questions, the answers of which should quench our thirst!