San Basilio de Palenque was founded by Africans who freed themselves from slavery. Their language, music and food are still alive, and the kitchen is where much of it lives.
Walk into Palenque and you hear it before you see it: a language you won't hear anywhere else, drums on the corner, something on the stove.
Bill carries forward the culinary knowledge and legacy of Victor and Rut Simarra.
Together we're choosing the recipes and stories the family wants to share with the world.
We don't ask for donations. Travel, buy or gift: each one is income for a business the community owns.
Music, dance, language and food carried from generation to generation, in the open, every day.
San Basilio de PalenqueBill represents the work, knowledge and legacy of Victor and Rut Simarra.
The recipes are theirs. The stories are theirs. We help them travel.
Testing, photography and translation.
Fair payment for every contributor.
A live or recorded cooking session.
A food experience hosted in Palenque.
