About Kiya

Rukiya Jamison

Chef Rukiya Jamison

Chef Kiya currently lives in Idaho. She has worked in NYC restaurants that pioneered local food. A lover of culture, art, and Argentine Tango, Kiya founded an empanada pop-up shop. The pandemic created an opportunity to relocate and finish her book. Building Soup is the first in the series. Connect with Kiya and community.

Connect Kiya
20 Years

CHEF EXPERIENCE

100+

RECIPES

350+

KICKSTARTER BACKERS

Rukiya Jamison's Empanadas

About With Kiya

With Kiya is the place to connect around food. Food can take you to the Mississippi backwoods for racoon. Bensonhurst Brooklyn for pizza and pork rolls. Or fozen in time, in an art deco confiteria in Buenos Aires enjoying a cafe con leche.

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I came looking for a recipe and stayed for the relationships.

Cuisine

Building food foundations and expanding palates.

Culture

Food is the lens that reflects the light in you, and all of us. Let's shine bright.

Connection

Come for food, leave with better health, new relationships, and nourished spirits.

Picture from one of Rukaya's incredible dinner parties.
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