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Finding Africa in Lisbon

October 28, 2021 Filed Under: Recipes, Upcoming Box

Our upcoming Narrative Provisions boxes and Supper Kits theme comes from our archive and is inspired by Whetstone magazine, a print magazine and media company dedicated to food origins and culture.

Featured recipes were selected to pair with Ishay Govender’s essay Finding Africa in Lisbon and includes a few personal notes and interwoven memories shared by both our founder and creative director – memories of family, of place, and of comfort meals that taste of sodade.

“The history of (Portugal’s) food is deeply entwined with the so-called Age of Discoveries, the subsequent colonial years, and Portugal’s fraught relationship with Africa and the rest of the world. As the Portuguese carted ingredients such as chiles, corn, potatoes and tomatoes, as well as cookery vessels, cooking methods, recipes and slaves between the New World, Africa, Europe and Asia, knowledge and ideas danced between master and captive and back again. The dishes we know today were born in these voyages.” – excerpt from Ishay Govender’s essay “Finding Africa in Lisbon”.

 Landing on doorsteps November 6th & 7th

Order Deadline 5p. Monday, November 1st.

Next weekend’s featured recipes:

Frango Piri Piri (Chicken with Chiles) with Portuguese Style Roasted Potatoes

Piri Piri Poached Eggs with Greens and Batatas Doce to “Feed the Resistance”

Scroll down for details!

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Diaspora Co. single-origin Pragati turmeric
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Bub & Grandma’s baguette

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Narrative Provisions Box (Omnivore)


Narrative Provisions Box (Vegetarian)

Pasture Raised Meat  (Omnivore Only):

  • Pasturebird bone-in, skin-on chicken thigh
  • Emigh lamb
  • Charlito’s Chorizo

Dairy, Pantry & More!

  • Alexandre Family Farm eggs
  • Bub & Grandma’s baguette
  • Your choice of Diaspora Co. turmeric or nutmeg
  • Your choice of Malibu honey or Manzanita Manor dry-farmed walnut butter
  • New! Voila Piri Piri spice mix
  • orange juice

Locally sourced & fair-trade produce:

Fresno chiles, cilantro, lettuce, spinach, mushroom, winter squash, fennel, garlic, yellow onion, potatoes, beets, parsnips, sweet potatoes, shallots, ginger, lime, pomegranates, oranges, apples, and lemon!

*Not included in Vegetarian. 

Check your pantry for salt & pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, smoked paprika, butter, and rice (optional).


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Charlito’s version of an old time classic is made with heritage breed, pasture raised pork. It Is seasoned with a beautiful sea salt, mild paprika, and garlic. Subtle and earthy, this chorizo is just powerful enough, without overpowering. Have it with greens, a nice baguette (included in our Narrative Provisions box!), or, simply, but no less eloquently, on its own. Dry-cured for up to three months. Not heat-treated or smoked..


Sunday Supper Kit

Frango Piri Piri (Chicken with Chiles) with Portuguese Style Roasted Potatoes , featuring:

  • Pasturebird bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
  • Charlito’s chorizo
  • Sierra Nevada butter
  • and locally sourced produce (cilantro, ginger, lemon, ginger, potatoes, shallot, and lettuce)

Check your pantry for sea salt, pepper, smoked paprika, and extra virgin olive oil. Click HERE for the recipe.

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Happy Alexandre Family Farms chickens!
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Diaspora Co. Anamalai nutmeg


Vegetarian Supper

Piri Piri Poached Eggs with Batatas Doce, featuring:

  • Your choice of Diaspora Co. turmeric or nutmeg
  • New! Voila Piri Piri spice blend
  • Malibu honey
  • Sierra Nevada butter
  • and locally sourced produce (yellow onion, garlic, spinach, lettuce, sweet potatoes)

Check your pantry for salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil. Click HERE for the recipes. 

For nights tight on time…

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Guelaguetza Mole Negro


Weeknight Supper Kit

Bricia’s Black Bean Soup with Mole Negro, featuring:

  • Guelaguetza Mole Negro
  • Eden black beans
  • Braggs apple cider vinegar
  • sour cream
  • cilantro
  • garlic
  • yellow onion

Check your pantry for cornstarch, vegetable broth, ground cumin, ground coriander, oil, salt, and pepper. Click HERE for the recipe. 

“We cannot comment intelligently on food, nor social uprisings, pandemics, or anything in between, without a perspective that is rooted in the international, intergenerational and intersectional…We believe this so fiercely that we have dedicated our work to this framing, centering concepts like origin, anthropology, and indigeneity. We are still learning, and moving concurrently with humility and fervor. understanding the parts of our struggle that are cyclical and collective provides tools for us to meet this moment with unprecedented education and empathy. The time is now!” – Mel Shi and Stephen Satterfield, cofounders of Whetstone magazine (from the intro of Vol. 6)

“When living in Portugal the best post beach meal was always to get Frango Piri Piri while listening to Cesária Évora…” – Jennifer Field Piette

Click HERE to listen to our playlist that pairs with this week’s recipes, featuring Cesária Évora, Ibeyi, and more!

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