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”
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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).
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.
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…
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.
“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!