Wintering - with Guest Chefs Brianne Carpenter, Taylor Moore, Tori Craig

Brianne Carpenter is a writer, writing coach, and the co-owner and flavor inventor of Popcycle ice pops, made in the NeighborFood Market.

Tori Craig teaches middle school by day and performs kitchen wizardry by night using skills she learned working in a French kitchen.

Taylor Moore attended culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and is the Director of Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan.

Brianne, Tori, and Taylor are, above all, neighbors. They relish winter, build intentional community, and make really good food. Last year, they organized a Scandinavian-inspired winter day that included cross-country skiing, a huge fikka board of cookies and cardamom buns, and a multi-course dinner (including an ice fishing amuse bouche made with roe and snow!) followed by board games. With the deep shared belief that local abundance fosters abundance, they’re volunteering to host this community dinner with all proceeds going to the Empire Area Food Pantry.

This will be a super-local dinner that features less known ingredients (i.e. saskatoons, autumn olive) or known ingredients/dishes in a new way (i.e. a parsnip juice mocktail, smoked gouda sage apple pie).