New 2007 Board Members
Frugal Foodies was created in June, 2005 by J Moses Ceaser. When he’s not having strangers over for dinner, Moses is a documentary photographer, committed to social justice storytelling and exposing the extraordinary in the ordinary. He also runs a photo booth business calledFotomio. As mentioned above, Moses founded and used to run a small Oakland-based nonprofit called DiversityWorks, dedicated to community-building and anti-oppression activism with young people.
Moses has had no formal training in cooking, but he did grow up in a household where home cooked meals were the norm and fresh vegetables were grown in the garden. His first exposure to cooking came through a 3-week home economics class in the 7th grade where he lost a bet to Greg Dale about whether hot or cold water dried faster. Later that year, he helped his mom make hundreds of blintzes for his Bar Mitzvah and from that point on, he was off and running.Rarely do Moses’ concoctions turn out the same twice as he very infrequently cooks from recipes and preaches adventure in the kitchen. His house is filled with jars and jars of staples and spices, yet no measuring cups or spoons. His favorite foods are stone fruit and all things fried and his super power is the ability to taste something he likes in a restaurant (also an infrequent occurrence) and recreate it almost perfectly at home.
Moses aspires to open up a restaurant one day in the future, specializing in recycled food.