Fixing Food: What Ails Us and the Economy
August 24^th-28^th, 2009
Westwind, Oregon Coast

Monday: Dinner - Marlene and Fernando Divina, Terrace Kitchen Restaurant

www.terracekitchen.com
"Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions by Chef Fernando Divina and Marlene Divina. Winner of international awards with special recognition by the 2004 James Beard Foundation as best cookbook for the category of Food of the Americas. ‘This very important book will open the reader's mind to the culinary wisdom and ingenuity of the Native peoples of the Americas. Then it will open the reader's mouth to an enticing world of new flavors, which are in fact ancient and indigenous.'~ Deborah Madison."

Tuesday: Three Soul Meals - Chef James Bradley of Po Shine's Café de la Soul

www.poshines.com
"We are Po'Shines: Cafe De La Soul - a soul food cafe.  Much of our profit goes back into the cafe and to our youth training program. As a part of the Teach me to Fish Organization we provide training and counseling to youth and young adults of our community who are in need of such services as job skills, life skills and GED preparedness. All of our regular employees volunteer there time, including our Chef and our Management Staff.

Our mission is simple: Feed the community and feed it well. Mind, Body & Soul."

Wednesday: Breakfast and Lunch - Maria Jesus Torres

Maria, mother of one of the speakers, Jaime Arrendondo, will wow the attendees with a traditional Latino breakfast and tamale lunch on Wednesday.

Wednesday:  Dinner - Joyce McGee

The owner of Pots, Pans and Kettles cooking school in Portland, OR will provide an Asian inspired menu to delight the senses, as well as teaching a youth cooking class.  Check for updates on class times and how to register.

Thursday:  Breakfast - Chef Zachary Williams, A Muse Bouche

www.amusebouchellc.com
A light breakfast of hot or cold cereals, fresh fruit and yogurt to start off the last full day of the event.

Thursday:  Lunch and Dinner - John Taboada, Chef/Owner Navarre

http://www.navarreportland.blogspot.com/
We are honored to have Chef/Owner John Taboada from Navarre, winner of Oregonian's restaurant of the year award, here to prepare both a delicious lunch and also our final dinner.

"Navarre is a restaurant in Portland Oregon that serves 50+ wines by the glass.  We have small and large plates, serving food based in Italian, French and Spanish origin.  We work with a csa (47th avenue farms) and the specials are based on what is delivered that week along with the whims and interests of the staff."

From http://www.oregonlive.com/diner/index.ssf/2009/06/restaurant_of_the_year_navarre.html

"Navarre still doesn't look or taste like anything else in Portland. It has the spirit of a family-run restaurant off the main street in Spain or France, one of those hidden treasures where only the locals eat. But it also feels very Portland: part food salon, part kitchen cabinet and run by a charismatic obsessive who sometimes cooks, sometimes hosts and always looks like he just rolled out of bed. It doesn't take long to figure out that something extraordinary is happening."

Friday:  Breakfast and Lunch - Venita Divine, Zachary Williams, and Westwind staff

Venita Divine is the chef in charge of daily operations at Westwind, running a small but talented staff of individuals, the last days meals will be a smorgasbord of foodstuff and delicacies, prepared whimsically from the pantry.  The seminar will end with a take away snack for attendees, as well, to help them carry a piece of Westwind and the seminar with them as they trek out of the Lincoln Co. coastal property back to their local areas.