Warrior Goddess Dinner on Saturday, May 7

2023 East Colfax Avenue,Denver CO 80206

07 May, 2022

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Join Chef Andrea Murdoch at SAME Cafe to raise awareness and financial support for the MMIW Movement (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women) The MMIW Movement advocates for the end of violence against Native women. It also seeks to draw attention to the high rates of disappearances and murders of Native people, particularly women and girls. Chef Andrea in partnership with SAME Cafe invites you to support this movement by attending the Warrior Goddess Dinner on Saturday, May 7, preordering Chef Andrea's new book, or through the purchase of cookie boxes which include two corn sugar cookies and two SAME Cafe signature cookies. There will be two seatings on May 7th starting at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Menu | Welcome Bite & Sip - Inka Trail Mix and Cocoa Tea Missing Sister Salad - Only Two of Three Sisters are Present Smokey Waters - Smoked Oyster, Plum Mignonette, Juniper Forest Paddy - Wild Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup Ceviche de Pulpo - Octopus, Amaranth, Aji Amarillo Native Nosh - Indigenized Charcuterie Heritage - 60 day Pima Corn Grits, Andean Mole, Quail Snack Stand - Banana Empanadas with Ghost Milk Caramel Sauce Chef Andrea Murdoch is an Andean Native born in Caracas Venezuela. Murdoch is using food to trace her own culture while educating the public about the expansive world of Indigenous food systems. After being classically trained as a pastry chef at The Culinary Institute of America, Murdoch started exploring Indigenous flavors and origins independently for her business Four Directions Cuisine, LLC which launched in Denver, CO November 2017. The four main pillars of her business are sourcing locally, sourcing Indigenously, education and community work. In Murdoch’s interpretation of Indigenous cuisine, she starts cultural conversations and serves up her personal experiences in the form of food. Photo courtesy of Sarah Boyum, 5280 Magazine