Njata Kereni

I created an exquisite Afro Futuristic recipe appropriate for the season of celebration of a Golden Bough. The Golden Bough is a most beautiful dinner concept I learned about from a IG friend I met in Berlin during the most difficult time in Kenyan politics in a long time. I happened to have been following the political upheaval from Berlin while at the same time having one of the richest combinations of food, history and friendship that made me feel as though I was amongst the African stars I used to stare at during my youthful years in Gathĩngĩra, my ancestral village. I can vividly remember my thoughts every time we stayed up late enough to catch the distinct sound in otherwise monotonous sounds of nocturnal lowly creatures.

I would always wonder how far the plane was from the stars. I silently wish that my fortune would improve as I grew older to make it possible for me to find out. That wish upon a star came true when I applied to college in the US. I still can completely refute the notion that my ideas about America were not primarily an excuse to fly closer to the stars.

Whatever the case, I will never know for sure. What I did quickly find out was that the people flying in a plane have a poorer view of the stars, unless they happen to be in the cockpit. It was such a disappointment. Luckily, a flight is like a marriage in one significant way. You get into both only with the view of riding to the end. 

Luckily, my desire to be closer to the stars became a bit more clearer as I flew through college, books and obviously my “coming of age” period in America. I was a bit wiser then to suspect that my attraction to stars in Gathĩngĩra was a symptom of my family history for attraction to justice and food. The stars, I later theorized, are the constant source of light in the clear sky.

Following that realization, food that shines like bright stars with flavors, colors and justice becomes my new obsession. But every now and then, I still do honor the moon for its feminine energy. Food too is, like the binary stars, is best when consumed amongst kindred spirits as they illuminate each other. This recipe celebrates my Golden Bough. It just so happens that just food, an air flight and my imagination of the Golden Bough all have one thing in common: only start if you intend to be in it to the end.

But every blue moon, the flavors of justice, a flight aboard a midnight plane and a Golden Bough experience might seek and pick you for a ride without much effort. Maybe we should call such an occurrence Magic Star or Njata ya Kereni.

Chef Kabui

The Hex Kitchen is a collaboration between Chef Kabui and the Hex community in a bid to promote food literacy, mindful eating and wealth creation. There is a natural connection between those who are fighting against fiat currency and those engaged in the struggle against fiat food. The two social ills of fiat currency and fiat food are at the heart of the tyrannic global world system we are now living in. That tyranny is directly connected to the climate crisis we face and there is no way we can solve one part of the problem without being mindful of the whole system, For a start, the Hex Kitchen is keen on addressing the issues of real money and real food as a basis on regaining our sovereign power. It is no accident that the struggle for food justice would find allies in cryptography and more specifically cryptocurrency. It is not a usual collaboration but yet it is one that makes sense on many levels. Chef Kabui has been studying and applying the power of food literacy, mindful eating and food justice in the struggle against oppression in general and specifically to people of African descent.

Chef Kabui has studied the disciplines of politics, anthropology and culinary arts and has designed a cuisine or rather an approach to food that is informed by the above experience and the indigenous knowledge that he gained from his Kenyan family’s history as sustainable farmers for generations. The combined experience and education resulted in the creation of a cuisine called Afro Futuristic Conscious Cuisine. It is a combination of the most sustainable practices in the growing, preparation of food with the goal of causing the least damage to the environment and maximizing the health benefits of the food. Those two conditions are necessary for a mindful community that ensures that justice thrives.

Chef Kabui has been pushing organic food and healthy eating based on his research and his own experience. The idea of healthy food and justice is not something that chef Kabui got into but was born in it. His family operated a farm and his father ran a restaurant in the capital city of Nairobi. Kabui grew up in the village with his mother where they grew almost all the food they consumed. It was at his family farm that he Kabui developed a love for fresh food and the art of consuming food following the natural cycles of seasons.

The collaboration aims to share the skills for healthy food to the Hex community and beyond. No community can survive without food and the Hex community is no different. The Hex Kitchen is another assembly point for the community to be nourished both physically and socially. While wealth is private, food is social and having a kitchen for the community to assemble is a great option for a community that is causing ripples across the world.

What to Expect

The Kitchen will have virtual classes, content on Youtube and other social media presence for a start. The goal is that the Kitchen will have a physical place that will have a kitchen in a farm that will grown food and have space that guest can visit. The farm will have a demonstration farm for the vegetables, fruits and herbs,

For the schedule of upcoming classes please visit our events section and find a class that is fit for your schedule.