Demographics and Equity reporter

Victoria Ivie

Victoria Ivie is a demographics and equity reporter covering Southern California as part of the California Local News Fellowship with UC Berkeley. She graduated from Cal State LA with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2023. Ivie has covered underrepresented communities throughout her journalism career, from BIPOC-run businesses to LGBTQ+ groups.

Mesoamerican indigenous chef, Claudia Serrato, sorts through the prickly pear cactus, Mexican sage and California native bay from her garden for her outdoor kitchen on Thursday November 30, 2023. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer)

LA indigenous chef teaches about decolonizing food, one intentional meal at a time

January 20, 2024 at 4:08 p.m.

The culinary anthropologist shares what it means to “decolonize" diet -- which she defines as thinking about where food comes from, and what ingredients one's ancestors used.

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