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3 • POSTED ON September 07, 2008 Dear Festival Friends - Thought you'd be interested to know that our What is Food? event on Sunday the 14th will include: Smoked halibut with apple and beet chutney on wilted baby arugula, Seared arctic char with braised leek and roasted red pepper coulis
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Festival Friends - Thought you'd be interested to know that our What is Food? event on Sunday the 14th will include: Smoked halibut with apple and beet chutney on wilted baby arugula, Seared arctic char with braised leek and roasted red pepper coulis on crostini and Summer Mellon Medley with Balsamic Reduction and Cilantro Oil Drizzle from A Culinary Conspiracy and dessert by Bread and Roses! If you love great food and great conversation, we hope to see you there! As you know, the schedule at a glance for the 2008 Fall Edition is now online at writersfestival.org. As always - just give us a call for tickets, passes or Festival Membership at 613.562.1243. Upcoming events: The Gift of Thanks with Margaret Visser Sunday, September 7 @ 7:30 PM Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities Tickets: $15 General, $10 Student or Senior, Free for Members Margaret Visser, the award-winning author of Much Depends on Dinner and The Geometry of Love shares
her exploration of gratitude as a key to understanding the assumptions,
hopes, preferences and fears that underlie our everyday behaviour. Her
new book, The Gift of Thanks, reflects on North American
customs and argues that our own notions of gratitude influence a wide
range of traditions, such as the wrapping of gifts, the ritual of
Remembrance Day ceremonies and even the exchange of compliments. Join
us for an (evening/afternoon) of extraordinary insights into
gratefulness that will leave you both thankful and newly aware of the
power of those two important words. WHAT IS FOOD? featuring Adam Leith Gollner and Taras Grescoe with finger-food from A Culinary Conspiracy and desert from Bread & Roses Hosted by Kate Heartfield Sunday, September 14 @ 7:00 PM Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities Tickets: $20 general / $15 Student or Senior / Free for Festival Members All the money raised will support children's literacy in Ottawa. . In
an era of global markets and growing concerns about factory farming,
pesticides and the search for a sustainable lifestyle, we turn to two
global souls for the answer to the question: What is Food? Our evening
begins with delicious and sustainable finger-food from A Culinary
Conspiracy, followed by a main-course discussion on the food we eat and
how it finds its way to our table, and concludes with delectable
desserts. An
intrepid journalist and keen observer of nature -- both human and
botanical -- Adam Leith Gollner shares vivid tales of horticultural
obsession. Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have
led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new
worlds. His book, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure,
Commerce, and Obsession, an expedition through the fascinating world of
fruit, is the engrossing story of some of Earth's most desired foods.
Adam Leith Gollner examines the fruits we eat and explains why we eat
them (the scientific, economic and aesthetic reasons); traces the life
of mass-produced fruits (how they are created, grown and marketed) and
explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored and
even forbidden in the Western world. Taras
Grescoe has gone fishing in the world’s oceans and rivers, and he’s
caught a big one—several of them in fact. In his epicurean and
ethically driven quest for the perfect seafood dish, he nets some
shocking discoveries about the fish we eat, where they come from and
the often slimy inner workings of the multi-billion dollar industry
that depends on them. Taras Grescoe has written extensively on travel
and exotic food from around the world. His latest book, Bottomfeeder,
is a food lover's highly entertaining and provocative delight, written
by an intrepid adventurer who loves to dish on what's delicious,
exciting and ethically digestible. Have a fantastic weekend and see you soon! Sean Sean Wilson Artistic Director Ottawa International Writers Festival
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