
At Cafe Ohlone in Berkeley, CA, cofounders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino cook traditional Ohlone food using ingredients that are almost entirely indigenous to California’s East Bay, such as hand-harvested salt and California bay laurel. This dish was traditionally prepared with foraged native Brodiaea potatoes, though Medina and Trevino use more widely available Russian banana fingerlings to give the Brodiaeas time to regenerate. Medina and Trevino say: “You can see the landscape of this area reflected in the dish: It really brings home the interconnectedness of our land, food, and culture.” For readers who don’t have access to the same ingredients, we have called for more widely available substitutes in this adapted version of their recipe.