Writers Festival Update

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 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

writersfestival.org

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