grounded in anti-capitalist and land/food/seed-sovereignty ideologies, ZOsCUISINE began on the basis of improving local access to culturally-appropriate nourishment, food resources, and land-learning workshops. while folx living amongst the margins are placed at systemic disadvantages in an imperialist food system, we function on a local-level to disrupt and disengage with this institution.

to encourage dignity and collectivity when nourishing, we facilitate (free) public programming and sliding scale / pay-what-you-can food gatherings where tasting menus are seasonally-curated and folx are welcomed to communally-sustain, dialogue and nourish.

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tying together land, food and seed sovereignty with culinary arts encourages us to continuously work with the land-stewards and farmers that have historically nurtured our ingredients, just as it grants us the privilege to work with seasonal and local nutrients on our plates.

we are not (and don’t seek to be) institutionally/’classically’ trained. we gratefully host passed-down knowledge from our chosen kin and peers — all those current, past and present.

one food textbook does not exist, let alone, any.

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while it is important for us to embrace what ancestrally fed our lineages, we encourage everyone (including ourselves) to simultaneously recognize and understand that a surplus of folx are not granted (fair, let alone, any) access to nourish themselves with the nutrients most necessary and familiar to them. 

with this, all of our educational workshops and programming will continue to remain free to the public, and our nourishment gatherings, regardless of lack of public-funding, will remain offered at sliding scale rates.