Nov 20, 2025 12:00 PM | Roots and Recipes: Learning from Indigenous Cuisine and Language
Posted in: Upcoming Events
Join us for an immersive cultural and culinary experience with Irwin Sánchez, an Indigenous chef and Nahua poet whose work bridges traditional Mexican foodways, ancestral knowledge, and storytelling. Founder of Tlaxcal Kitchen, Sánchez is known for revitalizing pre-colonial cooking traditions and championing Indigenous languages as living forms of resistance and renewal. His approach to cuisine draws on the principles of reciprocity, respect for the land, and the interconnection between food and identity.
As featured in The New York Times, Sánchez’s work celebrates the deep ties between community and environment through cuisine that honors both history and innovation. From his mezcal pairings inspired by Nahua cosmology to dishes rooted in milpa agriculture, his practice transforms cooking into an act of cultural preservation and poetic expression.
This event invites participants to cook, eat, and learn in dialogue with Indigenous traditions.
Where: Freeman Hall Dining Room
Irwin Sánchez is an Indigenous chef and Nahua poet whose work revives ancestral Mexican foodways and language through Tlaxcal Kitchen, blending culinary art, cultural memory, and poetry to celebrate Indigenous identity and environmental harmony.
