Cooking with Fire: Multicultural Cookout June 12, 2010

Cooking with Fire is Peralta Hacienda's annual multicultural campfire cookout! Join us for fun cooking demonstrations and learn about food - from around the world and from the past!

Learn about the way that Spanish pioneers on the Anza expedition made the most of their beef and corn, and how they kept warm and shared stories around a fire. Come lend a hand with authentic campfire cooking, and try your hands at fire starting with flint and steel.

Also learn about the cooking traditions of Oakland's Mien residents, who will cook traditional foods - including ingredients grown in Peralta Hacienda's community garden.

Stay to explore the gardens, the park, and the Peralta House Museum. Guided tours will explain the rich legacy of food shaping California history. Tours include the current special exhibit "Embroidering Our Lives: Mien Women at Peralta Hacienda," a beautiful text, photography, and craft exhibit, featuring hand-made works by some of the same people who will be serving you food!

Information will be available about our upcoming summer program - and you can see for yourself in "Embroidering Our Lives" how elders taught their cultural practices to our diverse summer camp group in 2009.

Please RSVP for tours. Call (510) 532-9142 or visit our website for details.

Official Website: http://www.peraltahacienda.org