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Entry for July 04, 2007
Summer Theater Day Camp July 1st- August 2nd 2007 The Summer Theater Day Camp accommodates all skill levels. It is excellent for beginners and as a coaching situation for advanced students. No experience is necessary. Youth, are you looking for a place to build or increase skill sets and study with an established dramatist? This is a rare chance to do so free of charge. Food for thought by Michelle Le Chaux
Greetings and Welcome to “Food For Thought” It is an honor to begin the 2007 summer months with “The Poets Bench”. I would like to take this time to thank Zahieb for this opportunity. I also invite you our reading audience to give your feedback comments, your recipes, food stories and tips! This column will share food facts & fallacies for the mental and physical nutrition traditions & food ritual menus. I love collecting them. I will also review Bay Area restaurants and events [Editor’s note: So when you see Michelle in the house you wanna make sure the spread is nice!]. I would like to give a shout out to a very good friend and fellow Artist Ayo Dele Nzinga aka WordSlanger. Thanks for Laying out the spread at The Bay Area Repertory Theater’s production of Gospel at the Chimes! I heard the food was delicious and beautifully presented…that’s what I’m talking about! “YO’ Mama’s Catering”! Check her out ya’ll! The last four months have been really stressful, it seemed that every time I looked around, a close friend or loved one was dying, making their transition from flesh to spirit. This caused me to ponder over traditional rituals of food during these times. What’s appropriate? Just what is this Repast Meal?
The research shows that it is traditional throughout the history of African Americans to be the most giving of our cooking skills at times where strength and succor is needed. Large families do a lot of the cooking themselves or depending on your religious affiliation the meal is presented for the grieving family at the site and the menu set by families in the community. When at the departed ones home, the meal often purposely includes the departed loved ones’ favorite foods or desserts. Of course no Repast is complete without the libation ceremony (“This is for the folks that ain’t here!”). The Repast meal is a part of what begins the healing process for grieving family and friends. It brings us together to support one another while giving nutrition and sustenance for our well being. So when you go to a home to comfort the family of a loved, don’t forget to bring that pot of Collard greens or some Red Beans & rice. These may be simple foods but they are good for the Soul. Maybe that’s how it began to be called “Soul Food” in the first place. Proverb 17:1 says: “Better a dry crust with PEACE, than a house full of feasting with strife”.
The Black New World Social Aid & Pleasure Club is having a concert this Friday Evening, JULY 6, 2007 starting at 9pm. Our folks, the legendary Hot 8 Brass Band are in town from New Orleans and they will be playing 2 sets later in the evening starting at 9:30 pm. Also, our resident rhythm selector AFRIKAN SCIENCES will be in the house spinning some of the deepest soul and broken beats you ever heard. There is a $10 donation for this event, but if you are a member of the Black New World Social Aid & Pleasure Club you get in free. So come on down to the Village Bottoms.... for info on how to become a member/friend of the Black New World let me know when you see me this Friday, or talk to Marcel Diallo, founder of The Black New World Social Aid & Pleasure Club 836 PINE STREET OAKLAND. And that’s your Food For Thought . M. LeChaux © 7/1/07 The Mo' Better Food Certified Farmers Market
San Francisco CA 8PM Thur, Fri & Sat $20.00 at the door
Group rates and special consideration: 2007-07-04 09:45:39 GMT
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