pop-up dinners

Chef Omari McQueen stands in the doorway of his vegan Caribbean pop-up restaurant Dipalicious.

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This Rising Star Chef Is Black, Vegan — And Only 11 Years Old

12:12pm September 10, 2019

by Richard Morgan

U.K. tween Omari McQueen began to cook at age 7, when his mother experienced paralyzing migraines. It wasn't long before he appeared on TV, opened a trendy food hall booth and sat on an expert panel.

A customer approaches the window at Saartj, a pop-up food stall in New Orleans running a social experiment. Customers of color are charged the listed $12 price for a meal. White customers are told about the income gap in New Orleans between whites and Afr

Food Stall Serves Up A Social Experiment: Charge White Customers More Than Minorities

10:17pm March 02, 2018

by Maria Godoy

To highlight racial income disparity, a chef in New Orleans opened a food stall, asking whites to pay $30 and people of color to pay $12 for the same meal. How did it play out?

A kamayan is a communal-style Filipino feast, composed of colorful arrays of food that are usually served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.

With A Show Of Hands, Filipino-American Chefs Rekindle Kamayan Feasts

12:43pm January 20, 2018

by Bettina Makalintal

Kamayan is the traditional Filipino way of eating — without utensils. But it's also a generous shared meal of time-honored colorful foods that creates camaraderie. And it's catching on in the U.S.

Rainbow trout on a grill. Yia Vang says that food played a central role in his home — his mother grew vegetables and his father cooked meat over a fire pit in the backyard.

National

In Minnesota, An Ambassador For Hmong Culture And Culinary Traditions

11:54am November 27, 2017

by Danielle Renwick

After his family fled Laos for America, Yia Vang was at first embarrassed by his family's home cooking. Then he learned to embrace it, and found that many others were willing to do the same.

At Saturday's pop-up event in Detroit, Heshmati served an a la carte menu.

National

Detroit Pop-Up Dinner Series Protests Trump's Travel Ban 1 Dish At A Time

11:28pm February 06, 2017

by Serena Maria Daniels

Peace Meal Kitchen began as a way to use food to dispel misconceptions about Iran, an oft-misunderstood country. In the wake of new immigration restrictions, its mission has morphed.

One of musician-turned-chef Philip Gelb's culinary creations for his Sound & Savor series of dinners and concerts. It's a mezze plate of falafel, roasted garlic hummus, beet nut pate, pepper pecan sauce and socca, a thin pancake made of chickpea flour.

An Underground Supper Club Where Music Moves The Menu

1:00pm May 20, 2016

by Maria Godoy

Philip Gelb once toured with top musicians. Now he's a chef who hosts intimate dinner parties where the entertainment, by innovative world musicians, is as experimental as the ever-changing fare.

Tunde Wey gets ready to serve plantains and Jollof rice at his pop-up Nigerian dinner in the kitchen of Toki Underground, a ramen restaurant in Washington, D.C., in December 2014.

Chasing Food Dreams Across U.S., Nigerian Chef Tests Immigration System

3:56pm July 07, 2015

by Eliza Barclay

Tunde Wey wanted to share the food of his West African childhood. So he crossed the U.S. by bus, hosting pop-up dinners along the way. But Wey, like many immigrants, found success can unravel quickly.

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There's a strong element of buying with your eyes at Tincan. Rows of gourmet-quality tins, beautifully packaged in collectible-worthy cans, are displayed at eye level.

At London's Tincan, Eating Canned Fish Is The Height Of Luxury

2:40pm October 17, 2014

by Rich Preston

One of the city's newest restaurants aims to elevate canned fish to an object of desire. There's no kitchen and no chef. The owners argue that tinned goods can be a greener gourmet choice.

At Diner en Blanc ("Dinner in White"), people arrive dressed all in white. They bring their own food and, fittingly, white wine.

This Elegant, Whimsical Pop-Up Dinner Party Had 4,000 Guests

11:15am September 24, 2013

by Margot Adler

In a secret location, revealed minutes before the event, thousands came all dressed in white. They brought white tables and chairs, elegant china, wine and food, and they set up in a park in New York City. These elegant pop-up "white garb" dinners, called Diner en Blanc, are happening all over the world.

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