How Black Feast, a vegan pop-up, is feeding and affirming Portland's Black community.
, a monthly vegan pop-up born in Portland, Oregon that celebrates Black artists and writers through food. Founded by Nigerian vegan chef and artist Salimatu Amabebe in 2016, the organization—now co-curated by creative director Annika Hansteen-Izora—hosts four-course dinners around the country that are centered around Black art.—which consists of free dessert, letters, and care packages—to the Black population in Portland.
: I took 4 of those essays and birthed them into four courses, with each course as a culinary interpretation of that text. After doing that, our first event sold out, and every event since then has sold out.In 2019, we took on our creative director Annika, who really helped get our branding together. Having someone who’s really able to do admin legwork and also keep us in contact with our community throughand social media is really crucial.
I’ve worked in food industry for now over a decade, and I always thought kitchens had to be run a certain way, and I thought the price you pay for doing this work is that you basically get abused at your job. It's really hard work, it’s demanding, and it doesn’t pay very well, but it’s all of those aspects plus misogyny, racism, and transphobia within the kitchen.
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