Community Dinner: Vegetarian Fall Feast (First Seating)
Once a month, we set our tables and open our doors to the community for a simple, shared meal. We work with our favorite ingredients, recipes, and chefs to bring you our most creative and delicious ideas. September's meal comes from Jocelyn Jackson, an Oakland-based chef and entrepreneur working to build community around seasonal food cooked with love.
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autumn root vegetable gratin, walnut cream
assorted fresh bread, tarragon compound butter
seasonal greens salad, caramelized shallot vinaigrette, crispy quinoa
chocolate, peppercorn and red wine cookies
ABOUT JOCELYN
Jocelyn Jackson’s passion for seasonal food, social justice, creativity, and community is rooted in a childhood spent on the Kansas plains, where her diverse, vibrant family would sing a song before sitting down at the table to share a soulful meal.
Since then, Jocelyn practiced law, taught environmental science and ethics, became a yoga instructor, and created performance and visual art. Her inspiring international experiences include serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa, and teaching in an ecovillage in Southern India. She’s presented on the principles of community nourishment at Court Bouillon in Southern France, and back home in Oakland for the Fusion of Food and Yoga series at Anasa Yoga.
Jocelyn enjoys collaborating with a wide range of wonderful people and organizations including People’s Community Market, Bryant Terry, Saqib Keval of People’s Kitchen, Impact HUB Oakland, MOAD, Kitchen Table Advisors, YES!, and Late Nite Art.
Jocelyn is beginning her fourth year of full hearted cooking. She founded JUSTUS KITCHEN to continue to create food experiences that inspire people to reconnect with themselves, the earth, and one another. And she still starts every meal with a song.
