Volume Two
A summer table, set with heat and heart.
Volume Two · Seat at the Table
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A night of shared stories, delicious food, and new connections.
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Featured Makers
19
Dishes Shared
15
Countries Represented
10
Community Contributors
Appetizers
Trinidadian Doubles 🇹🇹
Jen’s Roti Shop · Trinidad & Tobago
Pierogi 🇵🇱
Poland
Artichoke Dip & Chips 🇺🇸
Texas
Entrées
Beef Goulash 🇭🇺
Somerset Soup · Hungary
Chicken Noodle Soup 🇸🇰
Somerset Soup · Slovakia
Tahchin 🇮🇷
Iran
Lamb Ragù 🇮🇹
Italy
Potato Mushroom Curry 🇵🇰
Pakistan
House Smash Burger 🗽
NYLA HOUSE · New York
Pastrami Egg and Cheese 🗽
NYLA HOUSE · New York
Curry Potato and Channa 🇹🇹
Gee’s Caribbean Restaurant · Trinidad & Tobago
Sides
Quesadillas 🇲🇽
Tacos el Poblanito MX · Mexico
Macaroni Pie 🇹🇹
Trinidad & Tobago
Okra with Yucca 🇨🇲
Cameroon
Pasta Salad 🇦🇷 🇮🇹
Argentine-Italian
Aintcha Mama’s Tuna Salad 🗽
NYLA HOUSE · New York
Roti (Dhalpurie & Buss-up Shot) 🇹🇹
Gee’s Caribbean Restaurant · Trinidad & Tobago
Snacks
Savory Nutrition Bars 🇱🇰
STAVARA · Sri Lanka · Australia
Hiyayakko 🇯🇵
Japan
Desserts
Hokkaido Cinnamon Rolls & Sourdough Cookies 🇯🇵
Dirty Buns · Brooklyn
Mini Rum Cakes 🇯🇲 🇹🇨
Patsy’s Rum Cake · Jamaica · Turks & Caicos
Key Lime Pie 🇺🇸
Florida
Peach Cobbler 🇺🇸
American South
Drinks
Matcha Sorrel Hibiscus Cocktail 🇯🇵 🇹🇹
Homecoming Matcha & Island Ember · Japan · Trinidad & Tobago
Hibiscus Refresher 🇹🇹
Island Ember · Trinidad & Tobago
Early Grey Matcha 🗽
NYLA HOUSE · New York
Brown Sugar Hojicha 🗽
NYLA HOUSE · New York
At the table
Featured Makers
These makers showed up and brought their best. The easiest way to say thank you is to leave them a quick review. Review every Featured Maker and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a bottle of Island Ember Sorrel.
Dirty Buns
Original Dirty Bun & Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dirty Buns began as a side hustle and grew into founder Benjamin Kraemer’s way of sharing the pastries and memories that shaped him. His Original Dirty Bun layers Hokkaido milk bread with Biscoff cookie butter and brown-butter cream cheese icing; the cookies ferment for three days before baking.
Homecoming Matcha
Matcha Sorrel Hibiscus Cocktail
Inspired by Cantonese tea culture, Homecoming Matcha is built on a simple idea: good tea is best shared in good company. Founder Dee Liang works with family-run tea farms in Japan to source thoughtful matcha — tonight pairing it with Caribbean sorrel and hibiscus.
Somerset Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup & Beef Goulash
Somerset Soup draws from founder Zuzana Zuscinova’s Hungarian heritage — especially húsleves, the clear golden chicken broth at the center of Sunday gatherings. Whole pasture-raised chicken, heirloom root vegetables, and patience create deep flavor without shortcuts.
STAVARA
Savory Functional Nutrition
Founder Udarie Fernando created STAVARA from a problem she knew firsthand: she could not find a nutrition bar that was clean, satisfying, high in protein and fiber — and not sweet. Working with food scientists, she built the savory option she wanted for travel days, workouts, and busy moments.
Shared by the community
Community Contributors
These dishes arrived with memories attached: the recipes, people and places our contributors brought to the table.
Pasta Salad 🇦🇷 🇮🇹
Sofia · Argentine–Italian
Her mom’s lazy summer dinner: familiar in concept, completely its own in flavor.
Key Lime Pie 🇺🇸
Margo · Miami / USA
A favorite refined in Miami, adapted in Milan, and reunited with graham crackers in New York.
Tahchin 🇮🇷
Leila · Iran
Fragrant saffron rice layered with chicken, learned from her cousin and loved since childhood.
Peach Cobbler 🇺🇸
Aria · United States
A cousin’s Christmas tradition, carrying a much deeper history in American kitchens.
Okra with Yucca 🇨🇲
Steven · Cameroon
A dish he loved watching his mother make, and then asked her to teach him.
Macaroni Pie 🇹🇹
Enitan · Trinidad & Tobago
A baked pasta and cheese dish with many versions across many regions. Enitan was excited to share the Trini version.
Lamb Ragù 🇮🇹 🇬🇧
Ben · Italy / Yorkshire
The meal two friends made after a snowy hike, when warmth and company were exactly what was needed.
Hiyayakko 🇯🇵
Joni · Japan
A quick family snack of tofu and soy sauce, now dressed with bonito, shiso, and furikake.
Artichoke Dip & Chips 🇺🇸
Chris & Ezgi · Texas
A childhood signal of abundance, leisure, and the comfort of having a little extra on the table.
Potato Mushroom Curry 🇵🇰
Arooba · Pakistan
A Pakistani curry learned from her mom, brought with the familiar comfort of home cooking.
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Grand prize moment
Raffle Winner
Congratulations to Leila, winner of our Grand Prize raffle gift bag, filled with gifts from Island Ember and our Featured Makers. Thank you to everyone who completed the Ember Trail and showed love to the makers around the room.
Next dinner · November 5, 2026 · 6:30 PM
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