Food Talks at the 2012 Festival
Join writers, critics and campaigners in a wide-ranging conversation that's all about food and drink. Events last about 50 minutes including Q&A.
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Saturday 15 September
11.00 – 11.45am / Venue: Lion's Place / Tickets: £5.00
Herbs for Flavour and Digestion
Jekka McVicar
The low-down on growing and using herbs to enhance flavour and aid digestion. Jekka is Britain's leading organic herb grower – celebrating 25 years at Jekka's Herb Farm. Jamie Oliver calls her the 'Queen of Herbs'.
Saturday 15 September
12.30 – 1.15pm / Venue: Lion's Place / Tickets: £4.00
Hungry City
Carolyn Steel
For the first time in human history more than half the world's population now live in cities. TED lecturer Carolyn Steel, author of the ground-breaking book Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives, looks at the synergistic relationship between urbanisation and agriculture and asks how feeding the city will shape our environment in the future.
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Llansantfraed Court Hotel
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Saturday 15 September
1.00 – 2.00pm / Venue: The Borough Theatre / Tickets: £6.00
Memories of Gascony
Pierre Koffmann talks to Matthew Fort
Pierre Koffmann is a food legend. During 25 years at La Tante Claire he won 3 Michelin Stars and trained a legion of today's culinary superstars including Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay. Rachel Cooke in The Observer called Pierre “the greatest chef London has ever known”. He remains a chef's chef, and can be found behind the stove every day cooking at his new London restaurant, Koffmann's at The Berkeley. Marking the re-launch of his 1990 classic Memories of Gascony he talks to the esteemed writer, restaurant critic and Great British Menu judge Matthew Fort.
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Saturday 15 September
2.00 – 2.45pm / Venue: Lion's Place/ Tickets: £4.00
From Wild Food to Window-Boxes
Adele Nozedar and Tom Moggach
Out in the woods or down on the allotment, more and more people are discovering the pleasure of sourcing and growing their own food. The authors of The Hedgerow Handbook and The Urban Kitchen Gardener share tips on stepping off the consumer treadmill from both ends of the spectrum – from countryside to city plots.
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Farmer's Union Wales, Abergavenny branch
fuw.org.uk
Saturday 15 September
3.30 – 4.15pm / Venue: Lion's Place / Tickets: £4.00
Two Angles on Organs
Tom Jaine and Giles MacDonogh
A conversation between Giles MacDonogh, the translator of Testicles: Balls in Cooking and Culture, and Tom Jaine, the publisher of that book, and of Tripe: A Most Excellent Dish, on the perils and delights of eating offal in England today; the art of translating (food books in particular); and the art of publishing food books in a world dominated by Jamie, Gordon and Nigella.
Sunday 16 September
12.30 – 1.15pm / Venue: Lion's Place / Tickets: £5.00
What to Eat
Joanna Blythman in conversation with
Simon Wright
Always up-to-date, informed, intelligent and aware, Joanna Blythman is simply the best commentator on Britain's food culture. She talks to broadcaster Simon Wright about What to Eat, her latest and most ambitious book to date.
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Sunday 16 September
1.00 – 2.00pm / Venue: The Borough Theatre / Price: Tickets: £6.00
The Food of Spain
Claudia Roden with Michael Jacobs
A new book from Claudia Roden is a red-carpet event. She talks to the Andalucian-based travel writer Michael Jacobs about her five year immersion in the regional cuisines of Spain which has produced yet another extraordinary volume in her chronicle of the food and peoples of the Mediterranean basin.
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Abergavenny Ladies Buisiness Association
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Sunday 16 September
2.00 – 2.45pm / Venue: Lion's Place / Tickets: £4.00
Garlic – The Mighty Bulb
Natasha Edwards and
Colin Boswell
Natasha Edwards' fascinating new book Garlic: The Mighty Bulb is a comprehensive guide to growing and using this extraordinary plant whose value for cooking and healing has been prized for over 6000 years. Colin Boswell, her father, runs the world-famous Isle of Wight Garlic Farm growing over two and a half million bulbs per year.
All attendees at this event will be given a complimentary bulb of Chesnok Wight garlic.
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Sunday 16 September
3.00 – 4.00pm / Venue: The Borough Theatre / Tickets: £6.00
Fabulous Baker Brothers
Tom and Henry Herbert
Join the stars of Channel 4s hit series for inspirational talk, lively banter, hot tips and the sharing of bread. Heritage, celebrity, craft - the fifth generation Hobbs House bakers have got it all. Masterbaker Tom won Young Baker of the Year at the age of 23. Younger brother Henry trained as a chef and appeared on Great British Menu before coming home to open Hobbs House Butchery.
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Sunday 16 September
3.30 – 4.15pm / Venue: Lion's Place / Tickets: £4.00
The Cider Odyssey:
Pete Brown and Bill Bradshaw
From Pontypridd to Portland, Oregon author Pete Brown and photographer Bill Bradshaw are on a (com)mission to produce the first ever world guide to cider. It's a tough job but they are the men to do it. Join them for a sneak preview of work in progress including anecdotes and pictures accompanied by a glass or two of the golden nectar.
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