Join us for Diversity Demos with Chef Cecelia Lizotte https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElcuChqjIoGtGcTkbEmfBb5bsVGvGMzOKt

When our annual summer BBQ for minority trainees had to be cancelled, we wanted to gather everyone virtually in a way that is fun and interactive – and didn’t feel like yet another Zoom meeting! A small group of residents and fellows met with DICP staff to brainstorm…and an idea was born.

Diversity Demos is a new multicultural series of ~20-minute cooking demonstrations for HMS's minority residents, trainees, & fellows. Each session will feature a chef from a minority-owned restaurant in the Greater Boston area demonstrating how to make a simple snack or beverage (both cocktail and mocktail versions) and share a sample music playlist from their culture. Participants will be emailed a short ingredient list ahead of the session, and then cook alongside the chef while learning about the snacks, sips, and sounds from the culture associated with the featured restaurant.

On Thursday, November 5th at 7pm we are launching the series with a session on How to Fry Plantains. Chef Cecelia Lizotte, owner of the Roxbury-based Nigerian restaurant Suya Joint, will show us the proper way to fry plantains (oil, never butter!) and whip up an easy dipping sauce. After the demonstration, we’ll relax and chat as a group while enjoying our creations.

Diversity Demos will be a stress-free and safe way for UiM residents to make new connections, strengthen existing relationships, and increase their culinary skills and knowledge. The sessions will also introduce trainees to the breadth of independent, minority-owned establishments they can support to help these important members of our community weather our current economic crisis.

Please feel free to join us if you are able. Interested participants can register here.