OUR NEXT EVENT is LIVE!
On October 6th, we begin Chapter 6 of our Storyworthy Food Series with an entirely vegan menu honoring Kena and her journey from Antigua to Kenya to Baltimore. Kena joined the Mera team last year, while a senior at the Baltimore School for the Arts, and always brings her incredible energy and passion to Mera. It’s easy to feel like you’re with an old friend when you’re around her. Her menu reflects her amazing spirit and connection to the people and places she’s encountered.
“Food is a story on its own; there’s always a teller, contents, and a recipient. All together, this creates a divine connection. This week I will tell my own story.”
Chapter 6: Kena
from Antigua to Kenya to Baltimore
Bhajias | Chickpea flour coated fried potato, served with tamarind chutney & chili tomato chutney (vegan, gf)
Guacamole | Avocado mashed with nutritional yeast & chili flake, topped with green mango salad, served with pita & carrots (vegan, pita contains gluten)
Carrot Supreme & Kale Salad | Kale, raisins, walnuts, balsamic vin, topped with shredded "carrot supreme" (vegan, gf)
Roti | Yellow curry, with chickpeas, potato, corn, onion, tiny dumplings, wrapped in roti (vegan)
Ital | Stew of pumpkin, beets, carrot, corn, celery in coconut milk, served with coconut jasmine rice (vegan, gf)
Githeri & Ugali | Stew of beans, maize, sweet potato served with ugali (vegan, gf)
Oreo & Milk | housemade "oreo", strawberry soy milk (vegan)
Plus house-made juices and speciality cocktails!
More about the series:
The Story-Worthy Food Series grew out of our early experiences at Mera, and a desire to share meals that reflect one’s personal identities, highlighting pieces from their life and journey that have shaped them and brought them to Baltimore. Each dish and each cuisine offers its own interpretation, just as language does. The same experience can be described in different words, and yet some words only exist in certain languages. Food works the same way: rooted in a specific place and moment, and yet constantly generating new meanings as it travels. Tradition and its evolving versions exist side by side, each one informing the other.
This is what our food series explores. It highlights individuals from our team, the places they have lived, and the dishes most sentimental to them. How does a dish carry someone back to a place they have known? How does it introduce them to one they have not? And how does that change them? This series is about the human story of where we come from, how we travel, and what we carry with us. Does a conversation change what we eat? Or does what we eat change the conversation?
Read more about our series in The Baltimore Beat and The Baltimore Banner.
(SOME) Past Events:
August 2026 | Mera Crab Feast
August 2026 | Storyworthy Food Series - Chapter 4: Emilienne - From Burkina Faso to Baltimore
June 2026 | Storyworthy Food Series - Chapter 3: Iris - From Guerrero, MX to Baltimore, MD
April 2026 | Storyworthy Food Series - Chapter 2: Anysa - From California to Yemen to Baltimore
March 2026 | Storyworthy Food Series - Chapter 1: Vilma - From El Savador to Belize to Baltimore
January 2026 | A Hearty Meal Dinner Conversations
November 2025 | Collage Night with Teri Henderson
October 2025 | Hallow-Mera Halloween Party
April 2025 | Brazil Night with Diego Soares Rebouças
November 2024 | Brunch Fundraiser with Chef Marcelle Afram of Shababi
March 2024 | Brunch Fundraiser with Z&Z
December 2022 | Last Call with The Empanada Lady + BlkAss Flea Market
December 2022 | Voyage à Ouagadougu Dinner with Emilienne
November 2022 | A Night In Red with Eric
August 2022 | Une Noche En Tlapa Dinner with Rogelio and Dionisia
June 2022 | Wonders of Damascus Dinner with Iman
March 2020 | Syrian Brunch @ Wet City
November 2019 | World Comfort Kitchen @ Compass Rose
July 2019 | Chef’s Iman, Mona and Anna @ Fadensonnen
June 2019 | Third Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast
May 2019 | Mezze on the Roof @ Lord Baltimore Hotel Skybar
April 2019 | Aisha @ TEDxJHU
March 2019 | Chef Zaid & Chef David Diaspora Dinner @ Ida B’s Table
March 2019 | Chef Iman’s Shawarma @ Fadensonnen
January 2019 | Chef Iman’s Shawarma @ Fadensonnen
January 2019 | Mera x Cajou @ Lord Baltimore Hotel
December 2018 | Second Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast
November 2018 | Habibi Dinner
October 2018 | The Stories of Mera Kitchen @ Baltimore Museum of Art
September 2018 | Charm City Night Market
September 2018 | Shawarma on the Roof @ Lord Baltimore Hotel Skybar
July 2018 | Damascus Meets Caracas @ Alma Cocina Latina
April 2018 | Refugee and Immigrant Arts Feast @ 2640 Space
December 2017 | Eritrean Coffee Ceremony @ Greenmount Coffee Lab
November 2017 | Wonders of Damascus @ Clavel
June 2017 | Wonders of Damascus @ Hersh's