Aloha Community Advantage Magazine February 2024

ALOHA FEB/MAR 2024

COMMUNITY ADVANTAGE

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COMMUNITY

HISTORY

OREGON BLACK PIONEER

Senior Citizen Council

The Story of Chocolate

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Old World Italian Traditions, Modern Flavors • Nonna Emilia’s has been in business and family run since 1978 • Nonna brought the same recipes we use today from her Italian Cafe in 1921 • We offer Dine-in, Take Out, Banquet Room for large parties, and Catering • We have a full Lounge with Video Poker • Please visit nonnaemilias.com to Make Reservations, View our Menus, order Take Out online, and order from one of our Delivery Partners

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TASTE OF THE TOWN

NOTHING BUNDT CAKES

For Any Special O-Cake-sion It’s always a good day for bundt cake!

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By Tyler Francke, Contributing Writer Photos by Malaina Kinne

hether the occasion is a happy birthday, anniversary, graduation or, well, “just because,” Nothing Bundt Cakes in Hillsboro & Beaverton is all about bringing joy to their guests.

They may be a top-of-the-line bakery, but as owner Carla Mayes and area manager Kayla Gremillion explain, they’re really in the celebration business.

“And even more importantly, we’re in the people business,” says Carla. “I started in this business to make a difference in my community and for my team. It’s all about relationships, and making genuine connections with our guests.”

“We bring the joy,” Kayla agrees. “Most of our customers come in just because they need a cake, but we aim to be a one-stop celebration shop, with plates, napkins, balloons, and even retail gifts.”

Of course, cakes make a great gift all their own, and Nothing Bundt Cakes has made the classic Bundt cake into a highly expressive art form with their 10 signature flavors (and one additional featured flavor that rotates throughout the year), five sizes (8-inch, 10-inch and tiered Bundt cakes, Bundtlets and Bundtinis), and special decorations and messages for every conceivable occasion, from holidays and weddings to promotions and athletic achievements.

“I enjoy that I get to make people’s day all day long,” says Kayla. “We see a lot of smiles, and on the rare occasion that they don’t have one when they come in, we do everything we can to make sure they leave with one.”

Nothing Bundt Cakes was founded by Dena Tripp and Debbie Shwetz in their home kitchens in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997, and it has since grown to more than 430 bakery locations in 40+ states and Canada, offering a modern spin on a classic treat.

Their bundt cakes are handcrafted and hand-decorated in each bakery and carefully topped with their irresistible signature buttercream cheese frosting. Traditionally, bundt

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cakes themselves are not associated with any particular flavor or topping, but more for their molded shape and that distinctive hole in the middle — which, as Kayla explains, has a very important purpose.

“That hole in the middle is for even baking,” she says. “It makes for a very moist cake.”

Carla, who opened a Nothing Bundt Cakes location in Beaverton in 2016, then expanded to Hillsboro in 2020, says she was drawn to the brand and its core values.

“It really fit what I was looking for in life, from using only fresh ingredients and real butter and cream cheese, to being part of the community and giving back,” Carla says. “The brand is woman-founded. It’s a very women-forward brand, and I love being part of that.”

Nothing Bundt Cakes’ Bundtinis are bite-sized morsels you can get in a boxed dozen for an office party or special gift.

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he City of Beaverton is excited to invite community members to save the date for its annual State of the City address. This year’s in-person evening event is happening Monday, Mar. 4 at The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. The event is open to all community members with free tickets available in advance on a first come, first served basis. Visit www.thereser.org/event/state-of-the-city for tickets.

“Change and development are constants here in Beaverton,” said Mayor Beaty. “The State of the City event lets us celebrate our victories and prepare us for the bright future to come. I hope you will join me as we look back on the past year and envision an even better Beaverton.”

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Attendees will have a chance to learn about the successes that shaped the city in 2023, and the community events and programs they can look forward to in 2024.

The program includes a reception and networking with community leaders from 6 to 7 p.m. The State of the City presentation will occur from 7 to 8 p.m. The event will be followed by an opportunity for live media interviews to further discuss the City’s plans and hopes for Beaverton.

If you’re unable to join us in-person, or would prefer to view the address remotely, the State of the City will be live streamed 7 to 7:30 p.m. on TVCTV Channel 30 and on www.tvctv.org.

The 2024 State of the City will take place on Monday, March 4, 6 to 8 p.m at The Reser, 12625 SW Crescent St., Beaverton.

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The History of Chocolate Ancient, delicious and divine

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hen we hear the word “chocolate,” most of us picture a bar, ice cream, baked goods, or a confection of some type. Typically eating chocolate, not drinking it, and a sweet taste is usually associated with chocolate rather than a savory one.

However, for approximately 90% of chocolate’s extensive history, it was primarily a beverage, and sugar didn’t figure into the equation at all.

While the terminology can be a bit puzzling, most contemporary experts refer to “cacao” as the plant or its beans prior to processing, while the term “chocolate” refers to a product made from the beans. “Cocoa” is the term for chocolate in powdered form, though across the Atlantic, the British frequently use the word “cacao.”

“Chocolate” has been traced by etymologists back to the Aztec word “xocoatl,” which described a bitter beverage brewed from cacao beans. The Latin name for the cacao tree,

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Theobroma cacao, translates to “food of the gods.” Historians today estimate that chocolate has been around for at least 2000 years, but recent research suggests it may be even older.

Although it’s difficult to establish an exact date for the origin of chocolate, it’s evident that it was valued from the very beginning. For many centuries in premodern Latin America, cacao beans were actually used as currency. A single bean could buy one tamale, while 100 beans could be traded for a good turkey hen, as noted in a 16th-century Aztec document.

Both the Mayans and Aztecs considered the cacao bean magical and sometimes divine.

It was commonly a part of sacred rituals of birth, death, and marriage.

It wasn’t until Europeans discovered the Americas and became familiar with the native cuisine that chocolate made its entrance on the world stage. According to legend, the Aztec king Montezuma welcomed the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes with a feast that included drinking chocolate. Although chocolate didn’t initially agree with the European palate, once it was mixed with honey or sugar, it rapidly grew in popularity throughout Spain.

By the 17th century, Europeans had embraced chocolate as a glamorous drink, reputed to possess medicinal, nutritious, and even aphrodisiac properties — rumors suggest that Casanova was a

big fan of chocolate. But it remained primarily a drink of the upper class until the invention of the steam engine revolutionized chocolate production, resulting in chocolate becoming available in mass quantities to society at large.

It was in 1828 when a Dutch chemist devised a method to create powdered chocolate by filtering out approximately half the natural fat (cacao butter) from chocolate liquor, pulverizing what remained and introducing a mixture of alkaline salts to negate the bitter taste.

This product, known as “Dutch cocoa,” eventually led to the development of solid chocolate.

Joseph Fry, in 1847, is credited with the creation of the world’s first chocolate bar. Fry discovered that by adding melted cacao butter back into Dutch cocoa, the result was a moldable chocolate paste. Within 20 years of Fry’s discovery, the now famous company Cadbury was selling boxes of chocolate candy in Britain. Soon thereafter, another recognizable name, Nestle, pioneered the creation of milk chocolate in Switzerland.

During the Revolutionary War in America, chocolate was so valued that it was included in soldiers’ rations in lieu of wages. Most of us today wouldn’t likely settle for payment in chocolate over dollars, but that doesn’t mean the

humble cacao bean isn’t a potent force in the economy. In the U.S. alone, chocolate is a four billion dollar industry, and the average American consumes at least half a pound per month.

In recent times, a chocolate revolution has swept across the globe, marked by a burgeoning interest in high-quality, artisanal chocolates and sustainable, efficient cacao farming and harvesting techniques. Due to this shift in consumer tastes, large corporations like Hershey’s have developed artisanal chocolate lines by acquiring smaller premium chocolate producers, and independent chocolatiers have proliferated as well.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, artisanal chocolate has exploded in recent years. One of the first chocolatiers on the Portland scene was Moonstruck; though recently sold to a larger company, Moonstruck helped establish a market for gourmet chocolate in the city. Currently, there are a plethora of artisanal chocolatiers in the local area. Missionary Chocolates in Northeast Portland, founded by a doctor with a passion for chocolate, produces delicious dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan chocolate and non-allergenic truffles.

A Yen for Chocolate was founded and is operated by Cristina Yen, a chocolatier who has brought her multicultural experiences from around the globe to Northwest Portland, where she handcrafts mouthwatering chocolate creations for a growing clientele. Named in honor of the Wildwood Trail in Portland’s Washington Park, Wildwood Chocolate sources the finest ingredients and crafts masterfully blended ingredients such as cardamom, honey and berries with chocolate to create award-winning confections.

So, the next time your sweet tooth has a hankering for chocolate, know that this wonderful treat has a history stretching back to indigenous peoples of South and Central America, and that the tasty chocolate morsels available in your local supermarket are the result of centuries of trial, error, and innovation. And if you wish to sample the cutting-edge creations of local chocolatiers, be sure to visit some of the artisanal producers featured above, or the myriad of other producers in our country’s continually evolving chocolate landscape.

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OREGON BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: DANIEL DREW

Civil War Soldier Turned Pioneer

duty at Helena, and a cholera outbreak decimated the unit. Drew survived, and was discharged in St. Louis. He quickly returned to Arkansas to enroll in a new Quaker vocational school, and after graduating decided to enter the clergy. In 1871 he became a minister in the Religious Society of Friends, the first Black person known to serve as a Quaker minister.

Prominent civic and religious figure In 1901, Daniel and his wife Laura moved to Oregon. in the Willamette Valley They purchased a home in Southeast Portland within walking distance of the meetinghouse of the

By Oregon Black Pioneers Portland Monthly Meeting. Drew became a aniel Drew was a Civil War prominent speaker at Quaker gatherings in soldier who became a minister Marion and Yamhill counties during the and Chaplain of the Oregon 1910s. He later led Portland’s Sunnyside chapter of the Grand Army of Meeting before becoming the minister at the Republic.

Portland’s Mt. Zion African Methodist Drew was born into slavery in Episcopal church.

Virginia around 1843. When he was After the Civil War, American’s about 18 years old, his enslavers Union veterans created a new moved to Missouri, taking their organization called the Grand Army slaves with them. Daniel attempted of the Republic. Unlike the military, to run away but was caught and the GAR was not segregated, and beaten as punishment. Freedom came Drew became involved in the in 1863, when the Union Army took Oregon chapter. In 1902 Drew took a control of the town and liberated all leadership role in a quest to raise funds the enslaved people there. Motivated for a memorial to war veterans to help defeat the Confederacy and earn at Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery. He gave wages of his own for the first time, Drew speeches across Portland to raise support, moved to St. Louis to enlist. including a speech titled “The Condition Drew volunteered for the 3rd Arkansas of the Colored Race, Before, During, and Since Infantry’s African division. The unit was the Civil War.” The fundraising effort Daniel Drew dispatched to Helena, Arkansas where they served was a success. in guard duty for the town. Six months later, this Drew remained an active member of the Oregon unit was reorganized as the Army’s 56th Colored Infantry.

GAR the rest of his life, and was named the chaplain of Drew acted as the unit’s drummer, but in summer 1865 he the Oregon chapter in 1919. He closed each of his reports saw combat for the first time. 360 of its members, including with a quote which summarizes his own life well: “Let us Drew, were sent to be at our best at all times, supporting and encouraging in capture Confederate every possible way those things that are just and right.” troops destroying Daniel Drew died in 1923 and was buried in Lone Fir local farms in UnionCemetery not far from the memorial he helped make held Arkansas. possible. He is one of at least 15 Black Civil War veterans 1000 Arkansas and buried in Oregon.

Missouri Confederates met the Union forces, Oregon Black Pioneers is Oregon’s only historical society and an hours-long dedicated to preserving and presenting the experiences of battle ended in a stalemate.

African Americans statewide. To learn more, and to support At war’s end, this nonprofit, visit oregonblackpioneers.org.

Private Drew stayed © Oregon Black Pioneers, 2024 on as part of troops assigned to garrison

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