Invitation to Feast Portland Speaker Series

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Michele Knaus

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Sep 4, 2012, 12:51:14 PM9/4/12
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Hey Folks - Whole Foods has generously extended a discount for Chefs Collaborative supporters for the following two events the FEAST events later this month.

Whole Foods Market Speakers Series

Location: Gerding Theatre at the Armory 
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 12:30pm-3:00pm
Price: $30

» Buy Tickets (Discount code = BrainSnack2012)

 


How has Portland become the talk of the American food scene? What is American food, really? How is ever-greater global connectivity changing the way we eat? These questions, and many others, will be challenged, dismissed, and answered in unanticipated ways in "The Global Local: Searching for an American Food Culture." A three-hour thought-fest moderated by Portland Monthly Magazine Editor-in-chief Randy Gragg.

 

The Line Up

  • Earl Blumenauer, United States House of Representatives
  • Sean Brock, Chef, McCrady's Restaurant (Charleston, SC)
  • Anthony Boutard, Co-Owner, Ayers Creek Farm
  • Karen Brooks, Restaurant Editor, Portland Monthly Magazine
  • Randy Gragg, Editor-in-Chief, Portland Monthly Magazine
  • Gabrielle Hamilton, Chef/Owner, Prune Restaurant (NYC)
  • Francis Lam, Features Editor, Gilt Taste
  • Adam Rapoport, Editor-in-Chief, Bon Appétit Magazine
  • Walter Robb, CEO, Whole Foods Market
  • Chris Ying, Editor-in-Chief, Lucky Peach

 

Literary Arts Presents Mark Bittman
as part of Whole Foods Market Speaker Series

Location: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Price: $25

» Buy Tickets (Discount code = STUDENT2012)



Mark Bittman is one of America's best-known and most widely respected food writers. He covers food policy, cooking, and eating as an Opinion columnist and blogger for the New York Times, where he is also the New York Times Magazine's lead food writer. He produced "The Minimalist" column for 13 years, now a show on the Cooking Channel; he is also a regular on the Today Show and he has authored more than a dozen cookbooks, including the newly-released How to Cook Everything The Basics, How to Cook Everything, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian(both also available as apps), and Food Matters.



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Michele Knaus
Executive Director, Friends of Family Farmers
http://www.friendsoffamilyfarmers.org
503-841-0305


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