"A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want."
- David Whyte
The Sumac Salon dinners are a gathering of bright, creative, and influential people from all walks of life to discuss important topics that impact our world today, over a tasty meal. Our hypothesis is that food can catalyze connections. That sharing views, even conflicting ones, while breaking bread together, can help the broader world to embrace diversity and empathy.
On a cosy winter evening in the heart of Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, our Managing Editor, Max Marshall, curated a delicious, vegan sampling of home cooked dishes from his Moroccan-Israeli restaurant at the Téva Eco Retreat in Costa Rica. Our guests, who hailed from across the globe, indulged their love of good food while sharing their passion for experiencing life through the wide rainbow prism of gender expression and sexually identity, in a pointed conversation led by our Editor in Chief, Ali Tufan Koç.
At the end of an enlightening conversation, Lex Empress and Gilian Baracs—talented Dutch performers visiting us from their home in Ibiza—treated the group to a spectacular improvised musical interpretation of the nights themes.
On the menu:
Roasted Red Beet Hummus
Toasted Sesame Babaganoush
Spicy Pepper Matbucha
Stewed White Bean Loubia Stew
Farm Fresh Vegan Paella
Look out for a full rundown of this riveting Salon discussion in Sumac Magazine's first edition.
