Tonya Hopkins, a.k.a “The Food Griot” is a Culinary History Consultant, Wine & Spirits Storyteller, Cocktail Cognoscenti and Provider of Nonfiction Food & Drink Narratives Across Many Mediums.
Join Weeksville Heritage Center (WHC) for their annual celebration of the transition into fall with a day of family-friendly activities celebrating Black land, food justice, and collective well-being. WHC’s 2023 Harvest Festival centers on health and wellness – featuring an on-site farmers’ market, health fair, arts & crafts, cooking demos, yoga and pilates, live music, tours of the historic Hunterfly Road Houses, special presentations, and so much more!
Yours truly will talk about the role of food preservation in the past and present at this historically Black Brooklyn community and beyond — complete with special pickle making demos! That’s right, you get to go home with your own jar of all natural organic pickles that you made yourself (with a lil’ help from me, TFG! ;) RSVP NOW