Join us for Table Talk
Table Talk ✱ First Wednesday ✱ at Plenty epicurean pantry ✱ 7 - 9 pm ✱
On September 1st Share Organics and Plenty will be co-hosting Table Talk. This session will include a viewing of Tableland, http://www.p1-productions.com/tableland.html) followed by a discussion about the initiative for a permanent public market in Victoria. Lee Fuge from Foodroots has been active in the effort to create a public market in town and will be our guest for the discussion. These lively sessions take place in the store on the first Wednesday of each month, from 7 - 9 pm, and are an opportunity to sample wonderful food, share preparation and growing tips, and engage in great discussions about food and sustainability. Please e-mail trevor@epicureanpantry.ca to receive updates as plans develop or sign up at the store.
Linda Jane shared this definition with me: deipnosophist - person skilled in dining and table-talk. It was used in plural as the title of a work by Athenaeus (3rd Century) describing long discussions at a banquet.
Please join us as we discuss food and sustainability. We will be coming up with topics for sessions in the Fall which may include: a discussion of cookbooks, such as Alice Water’s The Art of Simple Food, and books about food, such as Michael Pollan’s In Defence of Food, and documentaries, and some hands-on workshops at other locations.
I am sorry that I missed the first session of this series. I am very interested in the new sub culture of “slow food” and would love to attend the next 5 sessions. Is it too late to join. If so, could you please notify me when you will be starting a new one up. Thanks.
Comment by Crystal Edey — February 11, 2010 @ 3:30 am
Hi Crystal, yes please join us for the next session! The first one was mostly introductions and a local chef, Laura Moore, did a demonstration. There was some sampling of chocolate and sparkling tea too. Not everyone had had a chance to read the first set of articles and a few participants were unable to attend so we postponed the discussion of them to the March session. There are two of the Menu For the Future books at the store still please pick one up when you get a chance. They are $24 each (or you can order them directly from the North West Earth Institute: http://www.nwei.org/order-form).
Cheers,
Trevor
Comment by Trevor — February 11, 2010 @ 10:03 am