Cooking with CHAC “Fiesta Foods for the Holidays Rosca De Reyes” with Dylan Fajardo-Anstine

The Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (CHAC) and partners (Metro State University Chicano/a/x Studies and Journey Through Our Heritage and Colorado Folk Arts Council), invites you to celebrate the holidays virtually with Cooking with CHAC Fiesta Foods for the Holidays! These events are free and open to the public.

Food is an important part of our cultural heritage, a way to spend time together and nourish mind, body and spirit. On January 6th in Mexico friends and family gather to celebrate Epiphany (Dia de los Reyes/ Day of the Three Wise Men). Children leave out their shoes during the night to receive their gifts from the Three Wise Men. Rosca de Reyes is wreath shaped bread that is a part of the Epiphany Celebrations. Rosca de Reye will be taught by Denver Native Dylan Fajardo-Anstine. In west Denver her great auntie taught her how to cook at the age of 8. This began her love for the kitchen and culinary arts. Dylan has studied at Instituto Universitario de Oaxaca, in Mexico. There she learned traditional Oaxacan cuisine. Later she worked in a three-Michelin star restaurant in Spain, El Cellar De Can Roca, refining her skills further. CHAC Gallery & Cultural Center was founded in 1978 by a group of visual and performing artists. The organization was established as a place where Chicano/Latino artists were provided with a venue to explore visual and performance art and promote and preserve the Chicano/Latino culture through the expression of the arts.