TALONG: AMERICA IS IN THE HEART
Black truffle talong / smoked salmon wild rice / grilled spring vegetables / BBQ morels
“But we were drawn together because the white people of Yakima Valley were suspicious of us..."
"Blinded with anger and tears, I ran after him towards our bunkhouse. We stopped behind a pear tree when we saw that our house was burning. Julio whispered to me to follow him. We groped our way through pear trees and came out, after what seemed like hours of running... The night sky was silent and the stars in the sky were as far away as home. Was there peace somewhere in the world?..."
“This is the beginning of your life in America”
–From American is In the Heart by Carlos Bulosan
In his novel America is In the Heart, Bulosan writes of the Filipino experience during a time of great anti-Asian sentiments. As Filipinos were granted more opportunity and access to jobs, they also became the most accessible Asian group to shoulder the hate and discrimination from white America.
We find ourselves in the Yakima Valley as Bulosan once did, now surrounded by thousands of acres of Filipino owned farmland supplying vegetables, unknown to most people–to nearly every majoy grocery store in the region. Today we pay tribute to Bulosan's legacy and the many hands that worked the fields in Eastern Washington and down the coast. They have nourished us, body and mind.
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