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Spring Rituals in a New World 4.23.20

Hello,‌ ‌friends!‌ ‌ ‌ Everyone‌ ‌here‌ ‌is‌ ‌grateful‌ ‌for‌ ‌the‌ ‌improved‌ ‌weather,‌ ‌as‌ ‌we‌ ‌look‌ ‌into‌ ‌a‌ ‌much‌ ‌different‌ ‌spring‌ ‌than‌ ‌all‌ ‌of‌ ‌us‌ ‌are‌ ‌accustomed‌ ‌to‌ ‌having.‌ ‌Now‌ ‌that‌ ‌spring‌ ‌has‌ ‌finally,‌ ‌finally‌ ‌arrived,‌ ‌how‌ ‌do‌ ‌you‌ ‌plan‌ ‌to‌ ‌maintain‌ ‌some‌ ‌of‌ ‌your‌ ‌warmer‌ ‌weather‌ ‌rituals‌ ‌in‌ ‌light‌ ‌of‌ ‌our‌ ‌new‌ ‌world?‌ ‌How‌ ‌do‌ ‌we‌ ‌celebrate‌ ‌one‌ ‌of‌ ‌Minnesota’s‌ […]

Cheese Will Save Us 4.16.20

Hello, Friends!  This week, as I was eating Mac ‘n’ Cheese made by my colleague and friend Mecca, I thought, “If I have this Mac ‘n’ Cheese in my life, I can get through this. I can do this.” Quite honestly, I think that literal cheese and emotional cheese are how we can get through […]

Whirlwinds and Pivots 4.9.20

As it has been across the globe, the past three weeks have been a whirlwind at Eat for Equity and Eat for Equity Catering.  In addition to the world news around Covid 19, Eat for Equity had a pre-scheduled kitchen move on April 1, which would settle us into our expanded culinary project, Co Kitchen. […]

Wedding Party Tiramisu

INGREDIENTS / serves 10-12 6 egg yolks or 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese 1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream 2 – 7 oz. packages Italian Lady Fingers 1 cup cold espresso or strong coffee 1/2 cup coffee flavored Liquer 1 oz. cocoa DIRECTIONS Combine egg yolks and sugar in the […]

Mónica’s Flan de Queso

serves 12, makes 1 flan INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar 1 – 14 oz. can evaporated milk 1 – 12 oz. can sweetened condensed milk 1 pkg. – 8 oz. cream cheese 6 eggs, room temperature 1 tsp vanilla DIRECTIONS Make sure all your ingredients are room temperature. This means your eggs and cream cheese, too. […]

Filiberto’s Nopales / Cactus Salad

Ingredients (serves 8) 4 cups [about 1.5 lbs.] chopped fresh nopales, with spines removed 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 large red onion, thinly sliced 1/3 cup fresh lime juice [opt: apple cider vinegar] 1/8 tsp red chile flakes 1 tsp salt 2 fresh tomato, diced 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped 1/2 cup queso fresco, crumbled […]

Make/Dance Your Own Butter

We’d wanted to have a butter-making dance session at Wild Springs ever since hearing about this interactive art and aerobics exercise called Feel the Churn. People-powered local food, set to dance music? Count us in. You can do this in your own kitchen by turning up your favorite jam and shaking it to the beat. Ingredients […]

Eat for Equity Catering, SBC

Eat for Equity is a nonprofit, and by the end of the year, will be separating our growing catering program into a benefit corporation owned wholly by the nonprofit. The nonprofit will be be the sole shareholder of the benefit corporation [b-corp],  a specific benefit corporation called Eat for Equity Catering, SBC. Why go this route? Eat for Equity began catering […]

We are donating our trailer to the International Indigenous Youth Council at Standing Rock.  Above, is the [formerly Eat for Equity] trailer, in its new home at Oceti Sakowin camp, Standing Rock. Many of you will have been following the Standing Rock water protectors, an Indigenous led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from crossing through […]

Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork

Ingredients (serves 15) 2 T. brown sugar 2 T. kosher salt 2 T. fresh ground black pepper 1 T. paprika 6 lbs. bone-in pork shoulder [butt], skin removed 1/4 cup dijon mustard green onions or chives for garnish Equipment grill, tongs, electric roasters Directions Combine the brown sugar, salt, pepper, and paprika in a small […]