Belmont Public Library: A Taste Of Haiti With Blonde Beauchamp

Belmont MA

14 October, 2021

1:59 PM

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Press release from the Belmont Public Library: 2021-10-14 Join us Saturday, October 23 at 3:30pm for an online cooking class with Blonde Beauchamp, a Haitian-American Boston native, who delights in sharing the tasty recipes of her ancestral home. Blonde will walk you through the steps in preparing legume beregene melange – a delicious stewed vegetable dish made with eggplant, cabbage, spinach, string beans, and carrots, featuring local produce from vendors at Belmont Farmers Market, along with white rice and twice fried plantain. Purchase the ingredients ahead of time and cook along! About Blonde Blonde Beauchamp, born and raised in Boston, has the pleasure and honor of sharing her birthday with the day Haiti celebrates its independence – January 1st. This very special chance of fate immediately provided context for Blonde's innate love for the country from which her parents emigrated. Since a young child she followed women around in her family's kitchen, surveying their cooking process and tasting everything she could as they labored for hours on end. She loves her Haitian culture, and derives much pleasure in sharing it with others. She is the founder of thisHAITI, a natural and organic specialty food business focused on taking customers on a culinary journey through Haiti. Blonde is passionate about all things culture, cooking, fashion, traveling, faith, entrepreneurship, and podcast binging!! Register on our online calendar here. here This press release was produced by the Belmont Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.