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2017-07-19T16:21:01.000Z
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Video Title:
Living Earth Festival Symposium: Chocolate Chat 4 - Freddie Bitsoie
Description:
As a part of the museum's 8th Living Earth Festival, three Native American chefs, Chefs Freddie Bitsoie (Diné [Navajo]), Neftali Duran (Mixteco), and Julio Saqui (Mopan Maya), explore the rich history of cacao and chocolate. In this segment, Freddie Bitsoie talks about his experiences and knowledge of chocolate. Freddie Bitsoie (Diné [Navajo]), executive chef of the National Museum of the American Indian’s Mitsitam Café, came to the Mitsitam with 10 years of experience fusing his classical culinary training with knowledge of Native American foods and ingredients. At the museum, he has demonstrated making such dishes as Mexican hot chocolate, dark molé, and chocolate chili with bison. Bitsoie was the winner of the NMAI’s Living Earth Festival Native Chef Cooking Competition in 2013, and was named “a rising star in the constellation of young chefs” by Native Peoples magazine in 2011. He was featured on an episode of PBS’s Lidia Celebrates America and is working on his own show, Rezervations Not Required, which will highlight indigenous cuisines of the world. In addition to his culinary training, Bitsoie has a background in cultural anthropology and art history. The symposium was webcast and recorded in the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on July 14, 2017.
Video Duration:
14 min
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