Artist Sarah Witt has been inviting local enthusiasts to join her on a fearless culinary exploration of the Mojave Desert. Reporter Mike Lipsitz has your invitation…
At the regular monthly themed dinner gathering, organized by artist Sarah Witt under the name Hi-Desert Test Kitchen, participants explore a different native ingredient each month, and this month’s selection promises to stick to your ribs. Witt says cholla may be the most uninviting ingredient of them all. But don’t let the sharp needles deter you—it’s the flower bud that she is interested in. The buds, which grow on the end of cholla arms, are harvested before they flower. They’ve been an important piece of traditional diets throughout the Southwest. You’ll find much more on this month’s ingredient at sarahwitt.net. Hi-Desert Test Kitchen next meets at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 21 at the Copper Mountain Mesa Community Center on Winters Road just east of Border.
