Dumplings for Thought: Poetry, Food, Identity

Zoom. Email gomezs@sonoma.edu for more info.
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Please join us for this special SPOKE Poetry cooking class through the HUB Cultural Center next Monday, February 14th 2-3:30pm on Zoom. We will be sharing poetry about food and identity, and making dumplings together!

Meet Chef Adrian Change

Adrian Chang is an Asian-American heritage cook, food writer, and regenerative living enthusiast based in rural Northern California. As co-creator of the lifestyle blog MORIHOUSE, Adrian shares his passion for his ancestral roots and the food culture of the API community via food writing, recipe development, cooking classes, and community activism. His work has been published in Bon Appetit, Whetstone Magazine, as well as featured in KQED and the San Francisco Chronicle for pioneering efforts in the reclamation of their heritage food traditions.

Poetry Prompt

In preparation for Dumplings for Thought please write your own poem! Food is often an important part of our cultural practices and identity. There may be special foods your family made. An herb that always gives you that certain feeling. Rituals around food at particular times of the year. What food is important to you? A recipe? There are no rules! Rhyme. Don't rhyme. Make it a haiku, a sonnet, or free form. Simply use this opportunity to express something about the significance of food in your life.