Native chef Pyet DeSpain wants to take Indigenous cooking to the next level with her pop-up in LA (via eaterla)
A longtime chef who has spent years working the private home cooking circuit around Los Angeles, DeSpain might be lesser known than some LA culinary names — but not for long. She’s embracing the spotlight she’s been given, using her reach to keep followers informed about Indigenous food while supporting other Native chefs and events., the 31-year-old spent the first years of her life on the Osage Nation reservation in Oklahoma with her maternal grandmother, learning Native foodways.
In culinary school, DeSpain says that she found herself immersed in learning about food, though she struggled to find her identity in the dishes of other cultures. There were never any traditional Indigenous recipes represented in her classes or in the few resources available outside the school’s walls. When it came time to develop her own culinary direction, DeSpain knew where to source her passion.
In Los Angeles, DeSpain spent years growing her private chef resume, cooking food for families — food that looked nothing like what her family used to eat. After a year of meal prepping for clients, she hosted a five-course dinner for her closest friends, cooking a table full of Native American foods and inviting Aztec dancers to perform a sacred ceremony and blessing. “It was such a moment for me and I was so proud of it,” DeSpain says.
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