Flavor Foundations

What Is Flavor Foundations?

Mark Mulcahy and Samuel Vandegrift created Flavor Foundations in 2020 as a place to explore produce, beverage, and joy. Its genesis marked a serendipitous explosion of human connection, and these events transformed the virtual into an extension of our kitchen tables where friends old and new could revel in the joy of our senses, memory, and commonality.

How does it work? Flavor Foundations uses three consumables as pillars to dive into the self while sparking connection with others sharing the table. After some grounding, we take people through the ingredients and senses in turn. You forage items from the supply list. Using seasonality as a guide, you may sip Albariño, nibble raw okra, sniff kombucha, slurp peaches, rejoice in beet shrub, and devour roasted turnips. You are invited to come as you are, drop by early, and stay late.

We laud the power of this virtual format allowing us to embrace the globe. In fact, our events spanned across 19 time zones. And yes, in person events lie in our future.

 After a party for the 41st annual EcoFarm Conference - celebrating root vegetables, pome fruits, and bubbly – one guest gave us a frank and raw take, “I usually leave my camera off for Zoom events to make leaving easy once I get bored, but tonight’s Flavor Foundations was so much fun that I’m still here half an hour past time with my camera on.”

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