POETRY + TAMALES: A COLLABORATION FROM OUT OF THE BOX COLLECTIVE + THE FOWLER MUSEUM

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We couldn’t think of a more perfect way to celebrate the Chicano culture and work of José Montoya than with local ingredients and recipes inspired by LA’s favorite Chicano dishes.

Poetry + Tamales: a Collaboration from Out of the Box Collective + the Fowler Museum

Photo credit: Bill Addison

Food is culture, and that’s why we are so excited about our upcoming collaboration with the Fowler Museum at UCLA. To celebrate their exhibition featuring Chicano artist, poet, and activist José Montoya (1932-2013), and to bring attention to the Museum’s crowdfunding campaign this month, we’ve created the Chicano Box, filled with local ingredients and recipes inspired by LA’s favorite Chicano dishes.

WHY THIS BOX?

If you’ve always wondered how to cook tamales, here’s your chance! We have recipes (see below) and ingredients from Wes Avila of Guerrilla Tacos to cook Butternut Squash Tamales and Sweet Potato Tortillas. From Gilberto Cetina of Chichen Itza Restaurant, we have ingredients and a recipe for Ceviche. From Carlos Salgado of Taco Maria, we have a recipe for Salsa Negra to cook with chicken. And last but not least, we have a Carne Asada recipe from Roy Choy, just to put a multi-cultural spin on things.

WHAT’S INSIDE?

GMO-free masa, corn husks, local grassfed carne asada, Santa Barbara Cheese Co. queso fresco, a variety of chilis, Rancho Gordo piloncillo sugar, fresh, local organic produce from our favorite farmers, and recipes from local chefs to prepare a variety of Mexicali meals.

WHY IT MATTERS:

Having grown up in the San Joaquin Valley as a field hand, Montoya experienced the harsh living conditions so many migrant farm workers endured. Life on the fields informed his activism, his poetry, and his art. Montoya worked tirelessly in support of Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers movement to ensure fair labor standards. How better to honor Montoya and his efforts than with a box of locally and sustainably grown food celebrating Chicano culture?

To support the crowdfunding campaign for Montoya’s exhibition, please consider a $25 donation to the Fowler Museum crowdfunding campaign, and become eligible for a 15% discount on your first OTB produce box, among other perks. Make a $2,500 donation and receive a free OTB Real Food “Chicano” Box, and much more.

RECIPES

Carne Asada & Pico de Gallo

Ceviche by Gilberto Cetina

Chicken Legs with Salsa Negra by Carlos Salgado

Sweet Potato Tacos by Wes Avila

Butternut Tamales by Wes Avila

Omnivore 5-meal Real Food Boxes include ingredients for all the recipes, plus additional staples and fruit.

Vegetarian 5-meal Real Food Boxes include ingredients for the Sweet Potato Tacos, and the Butternut Tamales, plus ingredients for 2-3 more meals of your own invention, and additional staples and fruit.

POETRY + TAMALES: A COLLABORATION FROM OUT OF THE BOX COLLECTIVE + THE FOWLER MUSEUM