Who We Are
OBA is an initiative of the Cultural Innovations Agency, Inc. (CIA), a 501c3 nonprofit corporation with the mission to engage ordinary people in sustainability and social change through the cultural arts, information and communication technology, and individual and community initiatives that emphasize conviviality, arts, conversations and actions. The ethical framework for the CIA recognizes the interdependence of all life on this planet and therefore, the interconnection of economic justice, human rights, respect for nature and a culture of peace.
Most important to the OBA initiative are Culinary Agents, volunteers around the country, who host OBA Dinner Parties in their homes to make a positive difference in their lives and communities.
What We Do
Operation Bon Appétit (OBA) is an initiative to achieve societal change through a disarmingly innovative television series that is in development to inspire and engage Americans to Change the World—One Dinner Party at a Time. The show features the preparation of indigenous dishes in villages and cities around the country along with convivial conversations with individuals who are creatively solving community problems.
OBA provides resources to volunteers around the country to replicate the show’s topics and dinner parties at homes with the help of the World Factbook on Conviviality that provides recipes, tablescapes, conversational guides and information about community actions that they can pursue. The themes of the show recognize the interdependence of all life on this planet and therefore, the interconnection of economic justice, human rights, respect for nature and a culture of peace.
OBA TV audience is an emerging subculture of 60 million Americans—Cultural Creatives–who value healthier communities, corporate social responsibility and ecological sustainability and believe they need to be involved in making that happen. The show also capitalizes on growth in the U.S. of TV cooking shows, cookbook sales and wine consumption that has passed that of Italy.
