June 7th, we will be speaking about food, creativity and connection with Amy Kaherl of Detroit SOUP and Nicole Rupersburg of Eat It Detroit at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, registration begins at 8:30, program beings at 9! http://cmdetroit.eventbrite.com/
Both Amy and Nicole have been significant in different realms of food culture in Detroit. Amy Kaherl with Detroit SOUP creates connectivity and supports local ideas and entrepreneurs through monthly dinners. Soup, salad, bread, and a vote is yours for $5. Groups present their projects and are voted on after attendees have enjoyed their dinner and conversation. This has supported many projects with seed money that they needed to get off the ground. Including The Empowerment Plan, Detroit Youth Food Brigade, Fender Bender Detroit and Always Brewing Detroit among many others! Not only are attendees supporting organizations and ideas in Detroit, but they are also connecting to each other and creating new endeavors.
Eat It Detroit showcases the unique cuisines that Metro Detroit has to offer along with restaurant and food news in the area, served with honesty and humor. Eat It Detroit has also been supporters of food events in the area, including Arts, Beats and Eats and Detroit Restaurant Week. EID promotes exploration and engagement to our culture, foods that are significant to our collective heritage and to new restaurants and foods that invigorate our tastebuds. This excerpt from Eat It Detroit says it well:
" There’s no place quite like Detroit, a place we often refer to as a small town, trapped in the body of a big city. It’s a place the world needs to know about. A place we are proud to call home….the city is just one piece of the vast and unique puzzle that is our region, an ethnically and economically diverse place of nearly 6 million people, one that spans an international border and includes everything from the largest population of Middle Eastern expatriates on the planet to one of the East’s most up-and-coming wine regions, not to mention one of the oldest Mexican-American communities east of the Mississippi River."
We are excited to hear more from Amy and Nicole about their thoughts on their roles in food culture in Detroit, their creative processes and maybe some of their favorite places to eat and create! Join us on June 7th and find out! Free tickets will be available on June 3rd.
