Sherry Pocknett

At a Glance Pocknett founded Sly Fox Den Too. The name signals a kitchen built around memory and the day-to-day work of keeping Indigenous cuisine of the Northeast present and legible. Her cooking centers that tradition, holding to flavors and techniques that come from the land and from the communities that have long worked from it.

Signature

Sherry Pocknett’s signature dishes include Lobster Chowder and Smoked Salmon Corn Chowder. Both sit in a register of comfort food with structure: chowder as a form, lobster and smoked salmon for maritime depth, corn for sweetness and ballast. In that pairing, the kitchen shows an ability to keep the dish grounded while letting the ingredients carry their own history.

In Their Words “I represent the whole Northeast tribes, our cooking ways.” The line is direct, and that directness matters. It frames the food as more than an individual menu; it names a broader inheritance and the duty that comes with carrying it. “We eat from the land” sharpens that point. It places the cooking in a reciprocal relation to place, where the land is not backdrop but source, measure, and method. In Pocknett’s own words, identity, cuisine, and territory are not separate categories; they are the same working ground.