Culinary Workshop with Chef Tom Fleming
Baking for Breakfast Crossroads Diner in Dallas has been called one of the Top Diners in the US (Food and Wine). And for good reason. Chef Tom Fleming mastered his craft in the fine dining kitchens of America, eventually settling in Dallas. Known as the hottest breakfast joint in that city, Tom will show you…
Read MoreFoodies w/Coffee: Espresso Intelligentsia & Spruce Tip Jelly
Foodies Live to eat. Eat to write. Welcome to the wonderful, slightly maniacal world of foodies – or in this case a very special class of foodie. The wealthy food blogger with 100,000+ followers who travels to the ends of the earth to eat at the world’s best restaurants. Sweden, 2014, 94 minutes Directors Thomas…
Read MorePerfect Pages
Whether we access it through cookbooks, newspapers, or online, food writing inspires us. It tells us stories and teaches us how to access all sorts of culinary knowledge. But the game is changing for the writers, editors, publishers and readers of food writing in all its forms. What is important when pitching/writing/researching/editing/publishing a cookbook? What…
Read MoreThe All You Need Is Cheese Express
Hop on our express bus to Fox Hill Cheese House to enjoy a tour of Nova Scotia’s most prominent fromagerie. This is a great opportunity to enjoy tastings of both local and award-winning cheeses from across Canada, curated by Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Chairman, Phil Bélanger. Then it’s on to Planter’s Ridge Winery for wines to accompany the cheeses (and…
Read MoreThe Bubbles Bus
All aboard The Bubbles Bus! It’s time to drink in the beautiful Gaspareau Valley, literally. This tour will feature three tastings per vineyard at two of the region’s finest purveyors of traditional method sparkling wines – L’Acadie Vineyards and Benjamin Bridge. This tour includes delicious snacks from Frais Catering’s Chef Stephane Levac. This Devour! The…
Read MoreThe Crafty Beer Bus
Craft beer is all the rage these days – so much so – we just had to board a bus for it! This tour will start with a drive out to the first official microbrewery in the Annapolis Valley, Sea Level Brewing in Port Williams, to tipple a few of their fine ales. Then we’ll…
Read MoreSturgeon Nose-to-Tail Workshop & Sturgeon Technical Handbook Launch
During this workshop we are going to introduce the audience to sturgeon – the royal fish that, over centuries, was cherished, forgotten, overfished, misunderstood and at many times, only known for its caviar. While some people still think that sturgeon is a by-product of the caviar production (wrong!), we have long advocated for the nose-to-tail…
Read MoreWhich Wine with Your Cheese?
When some things work, they just really, really work… so we’re bringing back this popular session from last year. The team from Bishop’s Cellar will lead this seminar on what wines to have with the ultimate cheese plate. They will circumnavigate the globe with wines to show you some strategic choices you can make when…
Read MoreDevour! Spotlight Gala: Good Things Await w/La Botanique des Amours
We’re thrilled to present our first ever Spotlight Gala highlighting a film in our program that speaks to our Slow Food ethos, along with some important festival sponsors ACORN, Tap Root Farms, Lightfoot & Wolfville and our Founding Partner–Slow Food Nova Scotia. Food Network celebrity Bob Blumer will host a lively discussion with biodynamic farmers…
Read MoreThe Great Chicken Wing Hunt w/Teeth
The Great Chicken Wing Hunt Five wing-nuts decide to go all over New York State looking for the penultimate chicken wing. Passionate debates on the virtues of hot sauces, blue cheese preparations, crispiness, cooking oils, frying methods and more points of contention than you can shake a wing at ensue. Czech Republic/Slovakia/USA, 2013, 71 minutes…
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