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HEIRLOOM FOOD AND STORY: A Farm-to-Table Story Dinner celebrating two cultures - East Indian and Pueblo Indian featuring Spoken Word Artists, Larry Littlebird and Shebana Coelho
Seating Limited to 30
Story Dinner is $95 per person
Rancho Gallina, historic ranch inn just south of Santa Fe
A farm-to-table dinner celebrates two families and cultures, the Coelho Family from Bombay, India and the Littlebird Family from Pueblo Indian ancestry.
Held on Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 pm at a Rancho Gallina, a historic ranch inn, minutes from Santa Fe's Southside, the event is a Benefit Fundraiser for Tano Farm at Hamaatsa, a 501c3 non-profit that addresses food insecurity in Indian country and other food deserts in underserved communities in New Mexico.
This story dinner launches the HEIRLOOM FOOD AND STORY SERIES, which rekindles sharing our cultural legacies around a family-style dinner table, deepening our connection to land, story, heritage and each other.
Home chefs, Tanveer Coelho and Deborah Littlebird share East Indian family dishes and farm-to-table fare with Southwest Native inspirations featuring heirloom foods from local New Mexico farms. Together, they have created an exquisite five-course summer repast with spoken word performances featuring master storyteller, Larry Littlebird (Santo Domingo/Laguna Pueblo) and award winning author/director, Shebana Coelho (Bombay, India).
The cost for the story dinner event is $95 per person.
To purchase tickets and event info, visit: heirloomfoodandstory.brownpapertickets.com
For more information, please call or email Deborah Littlebird at 505.379.2598/littlebird@hamaatsa.org
HEIRLOOM FOOD AND STORY is a Benefit Fundraiser for Tano Farm at Hamaatsa, an indigenous continuum and off grid sustainable living farm located on 320 acres of pristine environmentally protected lands, south of Santa Fe. Once homelands to the Puebloan People, their mission addresses critical issues of food insecurity, malnutrition, diabetes and obesity in Indian country and other food deserts in underserved communities in New Mexico. Through hands-on farming programs, they are committed to mentoring the younger generation of farmers for building resilient communities and restoring local farmlands and watersheds. www.hamaatsa.org/TanoFarm
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Rancho Gallina (www.ranchogallina.com); Jivan Coelho/Carrigar Inc./ Nasario and Jan Garcia; Ritabelle Ferndandes
HEIRLOOM FOOD AND STORY MENU
It All Begins with Water/Poems and Blessings
Watermelon Agua Fresca; Lal Masala Chicken, Shishito Peppers, Rustic Bread with Radish Herb Butter
Remembered Earth/ Heirloom Stories
Mango Grape Chaat Salad; Chioggia Beets Caprese with Abiquiu Heirloom Green Beans,
Balsamic Mint Vinaigrette
Come to Bombay /East Indian story
Bhutté Ka Salan (Green Curry Corn) with Naan
Pueblo Red Chile with New Mexico Grass-fed Beef
Medley of Heirloom Squashes
The Seed Basket/Pueblo Indian story
Blue Corn Dessert Tamales, Peaches and Basil Cream
Falooda Custard with Tukhmaria (basil seeds)
A Dessert Poem and Gift
Menu may vary based on farm produce availability and chef's inspiration.
This is a non-alcoholic event with a sampling of refreshing drinks served
from both cultures.
ABOUT THE CHEFS
Tanveer Coelho was born and raised in the suburb of Bandra, Bombay She was formally trained in a variety of Indian and International cuisines at Nirmela Niketan in Bombay. For over fifty years, she has cooked for family, friends and at special events, featuring her signature dishes which includes North Indian Mughlai fare and South Indian Manglorean specialties, all imbued with inspired flairs and fusions. She recently moved to Santa Fe with her husband, Jivan Coelho.
Deborah Littlebird is Executive Director/Farm Manager at Hamaatsa where she co-facilitates retreats and programs with her husband Larry Littlebird. As a farm-to-table chef at Hamaatsa, Deborah creates artistic and healthful gourmet meals inspired by Pueblo and Southwest Native cuisine. Her forthcoming cookbook, "Eat Good!" is about bringing back the sacred in the way we grow, eat and share our food. In her twenties, Deborah worked on her family's farm and greenhouse business where she gained invaluable tools for growing heirloom vegetables, fruit trees, herbs and flowers and had a small catering business. Before moving to New Mexico 25 years ago, she was educated at Kendall School of Design and worked as an art director/graphic designer for an award winning international design firm in Michigan. She is the mother of two gifted creative sons, Raine and Hunter who work in film, photography and music. www.hamaatsa.org
ABOUT THE SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS
Larry Littlebird (Laguna/Santo Domingo Pueblo) is a strong Native voice in his multi-faceted work as a master storyteller, filmmaker, artist, author and activist. His breadth of experience spans five decades. He played the lead role in the feature motion picture, House Made of Dawn based on N. Scott Momaday's Pulitzer Prize winning novel and founded the performing arts storytelling troupe, Coyote Gathers His People, which toured nationally. Littlebird is the author of Hunting Sacred, Everything Listens, a book of poetry and memoir and his signature experiential "Learning to Listen" programs have impacted people's lives, globally, nationally and locally. His legacy continues on the lands of Hamaatsa, an indigenous continuum-story gathering place and sustainable farm he co-founded with his wife Deborah, where he celebrates an indigenous holistic way of life. You can listen to a sampling of his stories at: www.listeningground.org / www.hamaatsa.org
Shebana Coelho is a writer, filmmaker and poet, originally from India, who leads creativity workshops in Santa Fe. She received a Fiction Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and a Fulbright grant to Mongolia. Most recently, she wrote and directed, When the Stars Trembled in Rio Puerco, an oral history play that opened to full house audiences at Santa Fe's Teatro Paraguas and Albuquerque's National Hispanic Cultural Center. Her award-winning documentaries have been broadcast on PBS, BBC Radio Four, and the Discovery Channel. Her stories and poems have been published in Malpais Review, Sin Fronteras, NPR's On Being blog, Word Riot, Sukoon, Hippocampus, and Chronogram among others. She is currently working on a poetry collection, Finally The Open Sea. www.shebanacoelho.com
The Setting
Rancho Gallina is an historic ranch inn is just south of Santa Fe on the historic Turquoise Trail Scenic Byway. Guests wake up to clear country air, soak in our hand-built cedar hot tub, take a walk on the grounds or down Arroyo Gallina and enjoy a farm fresh breakfast. Continue your stories into the night and even over the weekend with a lodge stay at Rancho Gallina. For reservations and information: www.ranchogallina.com
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LocationRancho Gallina
31 Bonanza Creek Rd
Santa Fe, NM 87508
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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