Story Snacks:
A culinary experiment in memory activation and time travel in Old Town, Portland.

2024, part of Vanport Mosaic’s COMING HOME: Memory Activism in Historic Old Town
A history and snack gallery in which 6 culinary creative made a snack inspired by Old Town/Old Town history/Old Town connections. Snacks were available for sampling with a write up about the snack’s story.

Chinese Japanese Look at These (Spongecakes), Jaclyn Nakashima
Mea’Ono (Delicious Thing), Daphne K. Jenkins
1967 Time Travel Black Sesame Mixed fruit ;-) Upside Down Cake, Laina Yoswein
Oijangajji- Korean Snacking Pickles, Joyce Chung
Chè Sương Sáo Sâm Bổ Lượng | Medicinal Dessert Soup with Grass Jelly, Thủy Phẩm
Firework Pickle and Pop Rock Inary, Japanese American memorial Plaza Inari, Lynn Yarne

Organized by Lynn Yarne with support from Vanport Mosaic Project & Old Town Community Foundation

_{This programming was part of COMING HOME: Memory Activism in Historic Old Town- a week of events honoring and reconnecting communities with deep ties to one of the city’s oldest and most historically significant neighborhoods. The initiative is presented by Vanport Mosaic as part of the Inaugural National Week of Action for Race e and Democracy, and made possible by Race Forward and Americans for the Arts.}