As I drove down High Street to the Custom House this morning, I looked straight ahead to the river. It was calm. Flat. The air was cool, the skies were overcast, and that pretty, cyan green ketch that visits Chestertown every summer from New England was poised on the water as though waiting for its close-up, Mr. DeMille. Close to the High Street dock was a raft of mallards soaking up the warmth of the pavement.
A day at the Custom House always begins with a view of the river. Lucky I am. I try to wrangle all of CES from my desk in the house ... all seven who work in the Custom House and the many others who make vital contributions to our good work from farther afield. You've heard from most of the others. I'm here to make their jobs easier.
All in a day's work.
Jenifer is the Coordinator and Office Manager for the Center for Environment & Society and can be contacted here.
Showing posts with label Locavore Lit Fest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Locavore Lit Fest. Show all posts
Friday, July 13, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sandor Katz and the Wonders of Krauting
Chestertown Spy: Sandor Katz and the Wonders of Krauting
Check out this article on the Chestertown Spy about Sandor Katz's demonstration during the Locavore Lit Fest.
Check out this article on the Chestertown Spy about Sandor Katz's demonstration during the Locavore Lit Fest.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Locavore Lit Fest- March 30-April 1, 2012
Downtown Chestertown
The second annual Locavore Lit Fest will bring national and regional writers to Chestertown for a series of talks about seafood, foraging, fermentation and the wonders of “wild” foods from March 30th through April 1st.
The weekend kicks off on Friday with a talk and demonstration by Sandor Ellis Katz, author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods. Since its publication in 2003, Katz has taught hundreds of workshops across North America and beyond. Be part of the fermentation revival! Learn how simple it is to make your own kimchi, kefir, and other delicacies. The talk will begin at 6:00 PM in Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, on the Washington College campus and will be followed by a mini-farmer’s market featuring fresh local produce. Katz’s new book, The Art of Fermentation, with foreword by Michael Pollan, is due later this summer.
On Saturday, Chestertown bookstores will host a cadre of writers offering other perspectives on wild foods. Mick Blackistone, editor of the Maryland Watermen’s Gazette, will lecture at 10:30 AM at the Bookplate located at 112 S. Cross Street. Blackistone is the author of eight books for children and adults focusing on the Chesapeake Bay, watermen and the environment.
At the Compleat Bookseller, located on the corner of High and Cross Streets, novelist Jean Hegland will speak on edible landscapes at 11:30 AM on Saturday. Hegland's first novel, Into the Forest, has been translated into twelve languages and is taught in a number of community- and campus-wide reading programs. The novel has been optioned for film development by a creative team that includes the actress Ellen Page. Hegland lives in the woods of Northern California, where she enjoys nibbling the landscape as she works on her latest book.
The day finishes back on the Washington College campus at 2:00 PM with a skill-share and talk by Peter Bauer (aka Urban Scout), author of Rewild Or Die. Scout is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator who created an international forum and wiki (www.rewild.info) and blogs about rewilding at http://www.urbanscout.org/. Scout will present some radical ideas about civilization and humans’ role in the natural world. After the talk, there is a skill-share at 3:00 PM. You may meet up with others interested in skills such as basketry, stone points and jewelry, leatherwork, fire-by-friction, animal tracking, nature awareness and story-telling. Bring a project to work on and share, or come and watch others demonstrate their skills.
On Sunday, meet Dr. Bill Schindler and forage for wild plants at Adkins Arboretum (12610 Eveland Road in Ridgely, MD). Participants will go into the field to learn how to identify, harvest, and prepare many of spring’s wild edibles. Schindler is a professor of anthropology and archaeology at Washington College. There will be workshops at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM. The cost is $15 for members of Adkins Arboretum and $20 for non-members. Register for the walk here.
The Center for Environment & Society at Washington College sponsors the Locavore Lit Fest and supports the free exchange of ideas. Other community sponsors include Chestertown Natural Foods, the Rose O’Neill Literary House, Colchester Farm CSA, the Chestertown Spy, and the Kent County Arts Council. With the exception of the foraging walk at Adkins Arboretum ($20), all events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact 410-810-7162 or tholste2@washcoll.edu or ces.washcoll.edu.
- Friday, March 30
- 6:00- 8:00 PM
- Sandor Ellis Katz, author of Wild Fermentation
- Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, Washington College
- Demo and lecture, followed by Q&A and mini-farmer’s market
- Saturday, March 31
- 10:30 AM Mick Blackistone, editor of the Maryland Watermen's Gazette
- Bookplate, 112 S. Cross Street
- 11:30 AM Jean Hegland, author of Into the Forest
- Compleat Bookseller, corner of Cross and High Streets
- 2:00 PM Rewilding lecture and skill share with Urban Scout
- Washington College
- Sunday, April 1
- 1:00 PM Foraging walk with Dr. Bill Schindler
- Adkins Arboretum
- 3:00 PM Foraging walk with Dr. Bill Schindler
- Adkins Arboretum
To register for the foraging walks, please visit the Adkins website. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Space is limited so register soon!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Elm Article about Recent Cooking Demo
Elm: Schindler, Wiest Lead ‘Wild’ Demo for Locavores
In an effort to promote sustainability and expose the Washington College community to under-utilized portions of wild game, anthropology professor Bill Schindler and visiting lecturer Mark Wiest led a “Wild Charcuterie” cooking demonstration on Saturday Nov. 5.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Hunting Events this Weekend!
November 4-5, 2011
Hunting: A Matter of Life and Death
November 4, 6:30 PM
Litrenta Lecture Hall
Dr. Marc Boglioli, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Drew University and author of the book A Matter of Life and Death: Hunting in Contemporary Vermont, will give a lecture on how contemporary hunters, women as well as men, understand their relationship to their prey. He shows how hunters' attitudes toward animals flow directly from the rural lifeways they have continued to maintain in the face of encroaching urban sensibilities. The result is a rare glimpse into a culture that experiences wild animals in a way that is at once violent, consumptive, and respectful, and that regards hunting as an enduring link to a vanishing past. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society. Please contact tholste2@washcoll.edu or 410-810-7162 for more information.
Wild Charcuterie: Making the Most of Your Quarry
November 5, 2:00 PM
Rose O'Neill Literary House Kitchen
Hunting, butchering, and cooking wild animals is an excellent way of connecting to your local environment and gaining access to high quality and nutritious food. However, many of us keep only a relatively small percentage of the animal and in the process discard some very healthy and delicious portions. This cooking demonstration will teach you how to transform these often discarded parts into great foods that can be stored and enjoyed throughout the year. There will be a $15 fee for the registration. $5 for WC faculty/staff, WC students may attend for free. Advanced registration is recommended as space is limited. Please contact tholste2@washcoll.edu or 410-810-7162 for more information or to register. Sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society.
Recipes to be demonstrated (all recipes are subject to change):
1. Venison sausage
2. Goose confit
3. Venison and goose liver pate
4. Braised deer heart
5. Venison roast braesola (cured and air/dried meat)
The fall program on hunting will be a precursor to the second annual Locavore Lit Fest, March 29-April 1 2012, which will focus on wild foods, from plants to animals to bacteria.
Hunting: A Matter of Life and Death
November 4, 6:30 PM
Litrenta Lecture Hall
Dr. Marc Boglioli, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Drew University and author of the book A Matter of Life and Death: Hunting in Contemporary Vermont, will give a lecture on how contemporary hunters, women as well as men, understand their relationship to their prey. He shows how hunters' attitudes toward animals flow directly from the rural lifeways they have continued to maintain in the face of encroaching urban sensibilities. The result is a rare glimpse into a culture that experiences wild animals in a way that is at once violent, consumptive, and respectful, and that regards hunting as an enduring link to a vanishing past. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society. Please contact tholste2@washcoll.edu or 410-810-7162 for more information.
Wild Charcuterie: Making the Most of Your Quarry
November 5, 2:00 PM
Rose O'Neill Literary House Kitchen
Hunting, butchering, and cooking wild animals is an excellent way of connecting to your local environment and gaining access to high quality and nutritious food. However, many of us keep only a relatively small percentage of the animal and in the process discard some very healthy and delicious portions. This cooking demonstration will teach you how to transform these often discarded parts into great foods that can be stored and enjoyed throughout the year. There will be a $15 fee for the registration. $5 for WC faculty/staff, WC students may attend for free. Advanced registration is recommended as space is limited. Please contact tholste2@washcoll.edu or 410-810-7162 for more information or to register. Sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society.
Recipes to be demonstrated (all recipes are subject to change):
1. Venison sausage
2. Goose confit
3. Venison and goose liver pate
4. Braised deer heart
5. Venison roast braesola (cured and air/dried meat)
The fall program on hunting will be a precursor to the second annual Locavore Lit Fest, March 29-April 1 2012, which will focus on wild foods, from plants to animals to bacteria.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Locavore Lit Fest is Huge Success
The first ever Locavore Lit Fest took place in Chestertown March 25 and 26. There was a great turnout, and festival goers were able to hear from and interact with authors who spoke on food related subjects from the environmental impacts of agriculture to the native wild foods of the Eastern Shore, with a dose of humor and the simple joys of eating thrown in for good measure! The WC Dining Hall had local food specials at lunch on Friday to kick off the weekend, and several local authors, including CES' own Program Manager, Tara Holste '07, and Assistant Director of Admissions Aundra Weissert '08, spoke on their inspiration to begin writing about local foods.
Click here for the press release and schedule of the event, and here to view more pictures!
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