El Camino del Pan a Baltimore chronicles the life of José Vargas, owner of a bakery and taqueria located in Highlandtown, a neighborhood in East Baltimore. Vargas migrated to Baltimore from Huaquechula, Mexico and decided to build on his family tradition of baking bread. José’s story began in Mexico with his family’s bakery, but after arriving in Baltimore he established a business selling Mexican fare using a pushcart stationed in Patterson Park. His first brick and mortar location was a bakery located in the Greektown neighborhood amidst a dwindling European immigrant community. With support from family and friends, he has since grown into a four-business enterprise—a bakery, taqueria, bar, and restaurant in Essex. Traditions of waking …
Cooking Up History: Revitalizing Indigenous Food Knowledge and Healthier Ecosystems with Mariah Gladstone
Guest chef Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) will share how indigenous growers and food practitioners are using ancestral foods and land management to sustain and strengthen their communities and their surrounding environments. In the face of extreme weather events and political obstacles, they are drawing upon traditional growing and cooking methods and new technologies to create community-based opportunities for supporting health and well-being. As the founder of the online show Indigikitchen, Gladstone has a well-defined mission to re-indigenize diets across the Americas using digital media to support healthier ecosystems, bodies, and families. Recipe: Three Sisters Soup This program will be presented in person at the National Museum of American History and livestreamed. To receive a link …
