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We create a happy melange, bringing food, hospitality and farming professionals, writers, artists, thought leaders and generally awesome people together to explore ideas and things that matter. Like food, books and words.
In other words, we turn our ideas into fun and adventurous experiences.
We organise food events
with a literary bent
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“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”–Henry James
COOKBOOK SALE
Good qaulity secondhand cookbooks for sale
We're always being given books and asked to on-sell books. Plus, we can't resist the temptation to buy good cookbooks when we see them in op-shops. Which is how we come to accumulate a couple of hundred cookbooks each year for the annnual Christmas sale. There's something for every cook, from popular titles in excellent condition and a few well-thumbed classics. See updates on social media.
Date Saturday, 18 December
Time 8am to 12 noon
Location Northside Produce Market, Ted Mack Civic Park, 200 Miller Street, North Sydney
Annual cookbook sale
“I just spent a wonderful rainy afternoon watching the talks, yet another thought provoking, fascinating and compelling collection of ideas and authors.”
The panel discussing Good Food & Lessons from Nature features Alana Mann (Food in a Changing Climate), Prof. Stephen J Simpson (Eat Like the Animals) and Laura Dalrymple (The Ethical Omnivore).
Chef Neil Perry speaks from his new restaurant about the challenge of opening a new restaurant in 2021, his new book Everything I Love to Cook and his cheffing career with food communicator Joanna Savill.
Session 1
Read about the speakers here
Three writers whose work ranges across Instagram and printed books talk about their experiences with both. Hear from cookery writers Belinda Jeffery (A Year of Sundays), Lucy Tweed (Every Night of the Week) and Emiko Davies (Torta dell Nonna).
What exactly is Australian food? Chef Ross Dobson, author of Australia, The Cookbook, along with fellow writers Paul Van Reyk (True to the Land, A History of Food in Australia) and Lee Tran Lam, freelance food writer & co-founder Diversity in Food Media and Editor of the anthology New Voices in Food take on the question in this panel.
Session 2
Read about the speakers here
OUR PARTNERS
Coffee partner The Little Marionette
Tea and tisanes partner Apotheca by Anthia
Wine partner Lowe Family Wine Co.
Bookshop Potts Point Bookshop
Venue and food Martin Boetz, Cooks Shed
Food & Words seeks the best vittles
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Learn to make the perfect scone
In this class you'll make a batch of traditional buttermilk scones and your own pat of butter to spread on them when they're hot, straight out of the oven. We'll also show you how to make soft, cream scones and cheese scones, which will be served along with sandwiches, tarts and cake from Moonacres cafe as part of a generous country afternoon tea. We're always keen to talk about the food producers behind the ingredients used, so we will, and the fresh fruit and veg used will come from Moonacres' own organic farm.
Dates Sunday April 24
Time 12.30pm (about 4 hours)
Location Moonacres, Robertson, NSW Southern Highlands
Cost $250
Scones & a country afternoon tea
COOKING CLASS
Simple, effective approaches to writing
We teach two powerful food-focussed online writing classes – Write with Intent, where you focus on a personal writing project and Write *great* Newsletters (now full), which unpacks all the elements of a great newsletter. Because we're in the business of food writing and events, our courses are well suited to farmers, food producers and food business owners. But not exclusively. Join us.
WRITING
Join our next Writing Class
TALKING
Join chef Martin Boetz from Cooks Shed and home cook and food writer Barbara Sweeney in this Zoom chat as they talk food, cooking and cookbooks. It's a #bloodylockdown project, only here as long as the Sydney lockdown lasts. Join the conversation.
BYO. Tickets $11.
Every Sunday while lockdown lasts, 5pm
The Sunday Session
PROJECT
A storytelling session about food, books and cooking. Written and presented by Barbara Sweeney, it’s an amusing and thoughtful exploration of this publishing genre and its place in the world. Of particular interest is the handed-down, hand-written recipe book and their stories.
In development
Cookbook Love
Responsible for our Food & Words poster illustration – copy to go here.
Canberra artist
Meet Ella Phillips
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Photo credits: Samantha Mackie;
buttermilk scones Alan Benson
Food & Words produces food events with a literary bent
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Cooking
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'Each weekly get-together was a warm celebration and such an incentive to keep writing.' —Susan M, Write with Intent student
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