Join three experts on the native food movement in the First Peoples Gallery for Rich in Food: Revitalizing Traditional Food on the Northwest Coast, the next BC Bites & Beverages evening, Jan. 17, 2013 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Royal BC Museum.
Dolly (Watts) McRae and her daughter Annie Watts are the award-winning co-authors of "Where People Feast, An Indigenous People's Cookbook," one of the few indigenous cookbooks that focus on Native American foods.
Dolly is from the Gitk'san Nation and Annie is from the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. Her father, Tom Watts, is Tseshaht.
Dr. Nancy Turner is a renowned ethnobotanist and co-author of "Saanich Ethnobotany: Culturally Important Plants of the WSÁNEĆ People." She spent many years working with botanical experts from the Saanich Nation on southern Vancouver Island, helping them pass on their knowledge of plants and their uses to future generations.
For this BC Bites & Beverages session, Dolly, Annie and Nancy will tell both a traditional and modern story of the native food movement here on the coast and give pointers on how to prepare and preserve the natural harvest.
Indigenous food samplings will include: pine needle tea; pemmican canapés, made from game, fat and wild berries; clam fritters; Git'ksan fruit salad, and other native foods traditionally gathered and prepared on the Northwest coast.
“Traditional food and drink are relevant touchstones for everyone, they help us make meaning through history,” said Janet MacDonald, head of the Royal BC Museum's Learning and Visitor Experience.
“People hear, see, taste and talk with the session leaders and with each other at BC Bites and Beverages events. It's a very social museum learning experience.”
Tickets are available online at https://sales.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or in-person at the museum box office.
Museum members $35 plus HST, non-members $40 plus HST.
