Oye' Palaver Hut, Inc.
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Introduction: I am a Culinary Artist and a professional Storytelling. My services includes: Adults and Children Cooking Skills Instructor, Personal Chef and Catering. My pricing is reasonable and I can customize my service to accommodate your budget. I offer a choice of vegetarian, chicken, fish, organic low sodium, gluten-free and low-fat recipes and menus to support individuals on their healthful food journey. Let me compliment your next meal. You are invited to read of the reviews my clients have submitted.
Since 1993, my mission has been to nurture and educate families to discover delicious healthful eating and the healthy benefits of traditional herbs and spices. You are cordially invited to my kitchen, or I would be delighted to visit yours, where together we can create healthful recipes and a menu of extraordinary foods, all prepared with the most wholesome fresh ingredients selected for a superb, mouth-watering international feast. Also, if you are interested, please ask about our popular Culinary Storytelling Program.
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31 years in business
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Stephanie J.
Dec 2, 2014
I cannot more highly recommend Vera, both for own knowledge and skills in preparing food, but also for her kind, encouraging manner in instructing a "novice" in the kitchen.
When I was introduced to Vera, I had recently been diagnosed with celiac disease, which had necessitated a complete overhaul of my eating habits. That "lifestyle" change was complicated by the embarrassing reality that I had never really learned to cook in the first place.
Just after we met, Vera invited me to attend a marvelous Capitol Hill social event, for which she had prepared some of the food. Knowing that I had to be gluten-free, she included a wonderful basket of Auntie Oyes Petite Rice Bread Muffins, made from rice flour (instead of wheat). They were a BIG hit at the party
with everyone! When I told her I wanted to learn how to make those little muffins for myself, she invited me into her own kitchen, and graciously and patiently walked me through all of the steps to prepare her wonderful recipe.
Carole H.
Dec 5, 2014
Ms. Vera Oye opens up her house for a monthly event of "story telling" and "buffet-degustation" which are becoming more and more well-known and well attended. Part of the "thrill" is knowing that the food on the buffet will be so good! Every month, Vera surprises us with delicious fresh meat/fish/vegetables, always fresh, cooked from scratch. This month, her "jerk turkey" was to die for. I also love her fresh "kale ginger salad" and her "quinoa salad". Her table is always festive with a beautiful African table cloth and matching cloth napkins, real plates and silverware (none of the paper plates/plastic silverware syndrome at Vera's house!) I highly recommend Vera's culinary talents and wish her the best in her endeavor.
Steve M.
Dec 5, 2014
I have seen Vera Oye' Yaa-Anna's culinary production with children and highly recommend it. A few children wear chef hats and bibs, and she teaches them to cook and prepare and serve healthful food. She is teaching them the virtues of slow food as opposed to fast food, which many of the children have grown up with, unfortunately. She uses real plates, cloth napkins, and they sit down to eat, and practice using good table manners. The children enjoy the experience of eating real natural food. Some of the young children have even lobbied their day care to change the menu from canned goods to fresh food and ingredients. They have also influenced their parents to change menus at home. She then encourages the children to talk about what they have just eaten, and to tell any stories about the food they have just eaten. Ms. Yaa -Anna also provides music and some dancing at the end of the program. It is a very good experience for the children, and I would give it 5 stars.
Eve M.
Dec 15, 2014
FOODWAYS AND FOLKTALES by Vera Oye Yaa Anna
In January 2008, Vera Oye Yaa Anna, presented a program for the African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress entitled Foodways and Folklore. As a culinary Griot, Ms. Yaa Anna prepared a buffet meal of Garlic Collard Greens, Couscous, Jerk Turkey, Spinach and Cilantro and fried plantains, with Auntie Oye Pettit Rice Bread Muffins for dessert and a beverage of Alkaline tea, made with ph balanced water. The program was open to the public, and as it was held on a Saturday, many families came. Understandably, there were no left overs.
The carefully and tastefully presented food was served alongside folktales and history about how these foods came to be, and the interconnection between Liberia, the native land of Yaa Anna, and the United States. She told the history of how freed slaves came back to Liberia with some influence of the times they spent in the United States. Later in the program, Yaa Anna told humorous, moral tales in the fashion of the Palaver Hut, a Liberian tradition where people hold discussions and tell stories. The three-hour program, which included time to eat the delicious food, time to hear the history of the food and time to hear amusing stories with some sage information embedded in them. Yaa Annas engaging story-telling, healthy and lovingly prepared gourmet dishes made for a fun and educational Saturday for the two dozen visitors, who then asked when are you going to do this again? We here at the Library of Congress would gladly extend the invitation again for this excellent program.
Gini R.
Nov 2, 2014
I have enjoyed the culinary delights of Vera's Oye' Palaver's Hut. The food is scrumptious beautifully presented and truly creative. She prepares her dishes from scratch including marinating ingredients overnight to ensure top notch results for both food and beverages.