On Sunday, May 24, 2026, Baobab Southern Kitchen will host a demonstration supper in Portland for one evening at the Redd on Salmon Street. Baobab is a Willamette Valley startup rooted in the culinary traditions of the African diaspora. Gullah Geechee foodways, Gulf Coast soul, and the deep pantry of the American South, cooked with […]
This April, Heritage and Harvest Supper tells the story of migration: from West Africa to the Sea Islands to the American South to the Willamette Valley. Benne Seed opens and closes the evening for a reason: because it acts as the through-line of the menu’s story. Agricultural, cultural, sensory. It immediately signals the African roots […]
This April, Heritage and Harvest Supper tells the story of migration: from West Africa to the Sea Islands to the American South to the Willamette Valley. Benne Seed opens and closes the evening for a reason: because it acts as the through-line of the menu’s story. Agricultural, cultural, sensory. It immediately signals the African roots […]