Fire, Flour & Fork 2020

We’re Going Virtual!

Familiar Faces. Different Spaces.

Fire, Flour & Fork returns this fall for its seventh year with all-virtual programming in partnership with the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and tickets are on sale now!

This year’s program includes a total of six sessions -- three virtual evening classes on Thursdays in October and one half day of talks on Saturday, Nov. 7. In addition to the classes, in-town ticket holders will be able to purchase additional food and wine from local retailers to supplement their FFF experience.

 
 
 
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Each year, ticket sales from FFF benefit local nonprofit organizations.

In 2020, a portion of proceeds will be donated to Feed More, The Holli Fund, Nolef Turns, Resiliency Garden and Shalom Farms.

 
 
 
 

2020 Event Schedule

Thursday, October 15, 22, 29 + Saturday, november 7

 
 
 
 
 

Thursday Sessions

October 15, 22, + 29, 2020 • 7 pm

Ribbons of Okra:
The Black Cooks of the Federal Era

Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM


Charlottesville’s Dr. Leni Sorensen will share some of her life’s work with moderator Duron Chavis during this session — what she has gleaned through cooking the recipes of enslaved and free cooks of the early 1800s. Watch her demo a divine beef and okra stew recipe from “The Virginia House-wife” as we learn about this era, and see the VMHC’s 1824 copy of “The Virginia House-wife: Method is the Soul of Management.”

Optional add-on: Purchase Mary Randolph’s Okra Stew from Kitchenette, available for pick-up at the VMHC on Wednesday, October 14. Details will be sent to ticket holders.

It’s Illegal to Grow in Europe, But Its Roots Are in Richmond

Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM

Author Todd Kliman revisits the tale of Richmond’s Daniel Norton, who 200 years ago cultivated what is considered the first true American grape in his Carver neighborhood backyard. Who grows it in Virginia? And what’s next for the Norton story? Kliman will be joined by moderator and Master Sommelier Robert Jones.

Optional add-on: Purchase a bottle of Norton from a local retailer. Retail list will be sent to ticket holders.

Tending the Fire

Thursday, October 29, 7:00 PM

Black pitmasters and their rich traditions have been eclipsed by history, and scholar Adrian Miller has spent years traveling the country, interviewing, and collecting research for his upcoming book, “Black Smoke.” Richmond was one of his research field trips last year. The session will be moderated by Southern Grit’s Debra Freeman.

Optional add-on: Purchase barbecue from Lamont Hawkins of Inner City Blues, available for pick-up at the VMHC on Thursday, Oct. 29. Details will be sent to ticket holders.

 
 
 
 
 

Saturday Sessions: Food U

November, 7, 2020 • 10 am-5 pm

Session One: Vivian Howard of “Somewhere South” and “A Chef’s Life” Talks “This Will Make It Taste Good,” her new second book

Interviewed by Thérèse Nelson

Optional add-on: Vivian’s new book, “This Will Make It Taste Good” and exclusive access to On-Site Drive-Through Book Signing with Vivian Howard PLUS Vivian’s Special To-Go Snack Pack. Book, snack pack, and drive-through decal, $40. (Must present a Fire, Flour & Fork Drive-Thru Decal to timed access to Drive-Thru Book Signing.)

Session Two: Pastry for Progress: 2020’s Bakers Against Racism Founder and Pastry Chef Paola Velez

Live baking demo and talk / Interviewed by Samantha Willis

Optional add-on: Bakers Against Racism RVA has created 50 mini Bakers Against Racism boxes, available for pick-up on Friday, Nov. 6 at the VMHC for $15 each, with net proceeds benefiting Nolefturns. Details will be sent to ticket holders.

Session Three: Finding Truth Through Food

Moderated discussion

Moderated discussion with Lisa Donovan, chef and author of “Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger,” Phyllis Grant, author of “Everything is Under Control,” and Regina H. Boone, photojournalist for the Richmond Free Press, who is working on a book about her Japanese grandfather, a Suffolk restaurant owner, who was wrongfully arrested Dec. 7, 1941, along with other Japanese Americans across the country. 

 
 
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Tickets & Pricing

 
 
 
 

Thursday Sessions

$10 each or $25 for all three

Discounts are automatically applied when you add all items to your cart!

 
 
 

Saturday Food U

$30 for the day

 
 

Thursday + Saturday Package

$50 for ALL ACCESS

Discounts are automatically applied when you add all items to your cart!

 
 

Explore our 2020 Participants!

 
 
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Thank you to our generous 2020 sponsors!