Kitchen Culture PDX · PortlandSoup & Bread: Haitian-style
Hands-on class making Haitian Soup Joumou (pumpkin soup) and from-scratch French baguette and Haitian bread, with the soup's history.
5.059 Google reviews of the school
Price
$80
per person
Next date
Fri 6 Nov
6pm to 8:30pm
Length
2.5 hours
Hands-on
Where
Portland
6300 SE Foster Rd Ste A
About this class
Friday, November 6, 2026 6:00-8:30pm with Elsy Why Do Haitians Eat Pumpkin Soup (Soup Joumou)? Soup Joumou is much more than a delicious Haitian pumpkin soup. It is a powerful symbol of freedom. During the colonial era in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, enslaved Haitians prepared elaborate foods for their French colonizers while living under a brutal system of slavery that denied them freedom and dignity. Soup Joumou was one of the dishes the slaves were not permitted to enjoy. After Haitians defeated the French and declared their independence in 1804, this pumpkin soup (Soup Joumou) became a symbol of their newly won freedom. Today, Haitians around the world continue the tradition of eating Soup Joumou on January 1st to celebrate Haiti’s Independence Day and honor the courage, resilience, and freedom of their ancestors.
Soup & Bread: Haitian-style is a 2.5-hour hands-on class at Kitchen Culture PDX in Portland. The menu has 3 dishes. It runs once, on Friday 6 November, 6pm to 8:30pm. It costs $80 per person.
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