Adventures in Bubbles & Brine, a book launch and fermentation demo with Philip Moscovitch

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                                                   Nova Scotians have been enjoying fermented foods and drinks since the earliest days of European settlement. Sauerkraut, cider, beer, bread, and more all have long and fascinating histories here. 

 

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Join Philip Moscovitch, author of the book Adventures in Bubbles and Brine, to learn more about Nova Scotia fermentation traditions and the people reviving and re-inventing them. Philip will also discuss fermenting at home, answer questions, and demonstrate how to get started with simple recipes.

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WHEN:   SATURDAY, 30 NOVEMBER, 2019 AT 1 PM

WHERE: MAIN & STATION’S NONESUCH CAFÉ, 168 MAIN STREET, Parrsboro, NS

 

Adventures in Bubbles and Brine CoverWhat a beautiful window into the culture of fermentation in Nova Scotia!

-Sandor Katz, author of The Art of Fermentation

There are many layers to enjoy in this beautifully written book – at once a travel memoir, a weave of personal histories, and an inspiring recipe collection – chronicling the exciting fermentation revival in Nova Scotia.

Mollie Katzen, author of The Moosewood Cookbook and The Heart of the Plate

www.bubblesandbrine.ca

 

 

Edible aphrodisiacs make for a stimulating New Year’s supper

FEAL 2018 and Main & Station Nonesuch 

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TITILLATING TASTES

on 31 December, 2018 beginning at 7pm in the Nonesuch Café  *

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WHAT DO TRUFFLES, SAFFRON, CHOCOLATE, PINE NUTS, OLIVE OIL, AND CELERY HAVE IN COMMON?       Throughout history there have been claims that all of these foods, and many more besides, are aphrodisiacs which can stimulate romance and sexual appetites.

Join us for a New Year’s Eve Supper featuring aphrodisiac foods.

This multi-course meal offers diners the opportunity to sample a variety of foods purported to have aphrodisiac effects.  Each plate will be accompanied with some historical and or literary background and an explanation of why the ingredients are considered erotically stimulating.

Space is limited and reservations are required.  To reserve and if you have any questions please contact us at [email protected] .

 

Cost per person :  $35 includes taxes but not gratuities.    If you wish to drink wine with your meal, please feel free to bring your own.

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* Please note: Our café is strictly vegetarian (ovolacto) and this meal will be as well.  The menu will not be published ahead of time but allergies and other food restrictions will be accommodated provided we are informed at the time of booking.

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A Literary Feast with George and Cora-Lee

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FEAL 2018 and Main & Station Nonesuch

present

A Dancing River Sprite Frolicking Feast

on 22 December, 2018 beginning at 7pm in the Nonesuch Café

 dancing spriteThe creation of chef George Smith and Cora-Lee Eisses-Smith, the Dancing River Sprite Frolicking Feasts are six-course literary feasts that occur on mostly the last weekend of every month in Middle River, Cape Breton.

Occasionally George and Cora-Lee also hit the road for pop-up appearances and we are delighted that the pair will be offering a feast in Parrsboro for the first time this December as part of FEAL, the festival of erotic arts & literature.

 

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Chef George will prepare a six-course menu* based on what is locally available as well as food references found in a work of literature chosen by Cora-Lee, who will perform costumed readings from the book with each course.

Described by The Guardian as “a deep sensual plunge, a worship of the body, inside and out“, the work Cora-Lee has selected for us is Jeanette Winterson’s fourth novel Written On The Body.  Published in 1992, the New York Times Book Review described it as “an ambitious work, at once a love story and a philosophical meditation on the body… a work that is consistently revelatory about the phenomenon of love“.

Chef George will also talk about how he prepared the food, where he sourced the ingredients, and many other tangents of curiosity and nonsense.

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Remuneration of your own discretion, and if you wish to drink wine with your meal, please feel free to bring your own.

Space is limited and reservations are required.  To reserve and if you have any questions please contact us at [email protected] .

 

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 * Please note: Our café is strictly vegetarian (ovolacto) and the Literary Feast will be as well.  The menu will not be published ahead of time but allergies and other food restrictions will be accommodated provided we are informed at the time of booking.