Eat Your Heart Out | Black & API Diaspora

Led by Ryan Takemiya and Julius Rea, this mutli-racial meal served as the jumping off point to explore culture on a plate to discuss relations between Black and Asian / Pacific Islander communities during 2021/22. Partnering with Xochi the Dog Cafe in Oakland, this discussion acts as a cross-cultural bridge between Black and API relations using food as a universal link.

Featuring Wesley Woo (Woo Can Cook) & Christian Washington

Woo Can Cook is a series where Wesley reproduces fun foods and recipes from his childhood. Some are authentically Chinese and/or pan-Asian, but many are odd Americanized versions that he inherited from his parents and grandparents while growing up in the California Bay Area. The popular “Chinese American Hack” series uses this knowledge of authentic Chinese cuisine to deconstruct “Americanized” Chinese food, identify its American qualities, then reconstruct those dishes with a more traditional Chinese approach to wok cooking.

Christian Washington graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America before a 4 year run at Chez Panisse. Christian co-hosts the Oakland pop up Comfort Collective - a dinner party with a cult following that’s as rich in vibes as it is in flavor (@eat.drink.comfort).