In part 1 of this 2-part series on Black foodways, we met with Bernice Byers-Arsenault and Beatrice Wilkins at the Africville Museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We learned about life and the abundance of food that they enjoyed while living in the Black settlement of Africville before the city dispersed their community. We also chatted about the story behind their cookbook, “In the Africville Kitchen: The comforts of home.”

Show Notes

Kaiya Farms: https://www.kaiyafarms.com/about-us

Africville Cookbook: https://www.africvillemuseumshop.com/shop/p/in-the-africville-kitchen-the-comforts-of-home-1

Archives of Ontario photo: https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/black_history/big/big_37_henry_banks.aspx

Episode edited by Siddarth Sharma

In this episode we met up with Chef Eva Chin and Colin Li, owner of Hong Shing, to talk about the history of Chinese foods and restaurants in Canada.

Show Notes

Soy Luck Club: https://www.instagram.com/thesoyluckclub/?hl=en

Ginger Scallion Seasoning: https://shop.hongshing.com/products/ginger-scallion-seasoning?variant=43253951627427

The culinary journey of Chef Eva Chin to opening Yan Dining Room: https://torontoguardian.com/2024/11/chef-eva-chin-yan-dining-room/

Yan Dining Reservations: https://hongshing.com/yan

Episode edited by Siddarth Sharma

In this episode we chat with chefs Scott Iserhoff and Zach Keeshig about their approaches to food and the kitchen. Then we talk to Dr. Spencer Greening about Indigenous understandings of the ecosystem, food harvesting, and climate degradation.

Show Notes:

• Bernadette’s: https://www.bernadettes.ca ; https://www.instagram.com/bernadettes104/?hl=en

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report: https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Executive_Summary_English_Web.pdf

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action: https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

• Zach Keeshig and Chapman’s ice cream: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/indigenous-chef-creates-sweetgrass-ice-cream-in-partnership-with-frozen-treats-giant-1.7260953

• Naagan: https://www.naagan.ca

• Indigenous Food Sovereignty Garden: https://aorlt.ca/garden/

• Black Duck Wild Rice Project: https://www.blackduckwildrice.net

• Ginawaydaganuc Project: http://www.plentycanada.com/news/ginawaydaganuc-food-sovereignty-project
• Indigenous Climate Hub: https://indigenousclimatehub.ca/2020/09/how-indigenous-communities-are-protecting-salmon-habitat-from-the-effects-of-climate-change/

Episode edited by Siddarth Sharma.

In our opening episode, we chat with the Change is Brewing Collective in Nova Scotia about how racism operates in the craft brewing industry; and, how they are working to change it for the better.

Follow Change is Brewing on Instagram and Facebook.

Learn more about their Wabanaki soda with Propeller Brewing Co. [HERE].

Episode edited by Taman Atwal.