Indigenous food has taken off in recent years, with high-profile chefs like Sean Sherman spearheading the movement for food sovereignty in high-end kitchens around the country.
And, this weekend at the S’edav Va’aki Museum in Phoenix, a group of chefs will gather to celebrate it. One of those is Navajo chef Justin Pioche.
Pioche runs the Pioche Food Group in Fruitland, New Mexico. Along with his sister, Tia, and his mother, Janice, he runs a food truck, a high-end catering company and a nonprofit educational farm where they teach Navajo youths about their food culture and history…