The First-Time Symposiast as Gardener by Rebecca D. Mazumdar
It all begins so humbly: a tiny seed, a little kernel of an idea. The hopeful symposiast has her eye on the perfect spot for a garden, er… I mean,…
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Meet the OFS Young Chefs of 2023 and their mentor, artist and restaurateur Jinok Kim-Eicken
Nourish the Body, Feed the Soul” Our Sunday Lunch, last meal of the Symposium Weekend, will be a collaboration between this year’s four OFS Young Chefs taking inspiration from their Muse – Korean-born chef and ceramic artist, Jinok Kim-Eicken. The OFS Young Chefs – Andiswa Mqedlana from South…
Meet the 2023 OFS Keynote Speakers
Rules and rituals inform both the quotidian and the extraordinary events of our lives. Our Keynote speakers will launch our investigations into our daily and anniversary practices by contextualizing how…
2023 Rules and Rituals: the Meals
Knife and fork at the ready! This year’s communal meals, masterminded by Meals Co-ordinator, Trustee Gamze Ineceli, will be prepared, as usual, by our invited chefs in the kitchen at St…
UPDATE and Great News from the Kitchen Table!
Everyone who attended recent Kitchen Tables will already be aware that we are now recording the live discussions, and that they are available to all those who bought tickets, whether they attended the event event or not,…
Talking of Rules and Rituals as practised in the past
This time of the year deserves a rest from the present. Talking of Rules and Rituals as practised in the past, none more useful that those laid down by Rev…
We need to talk about… Food in Translation – a digest of the chatline
What follows is a digest of the enthusiastic chatline on the perils and pleasures of what may (or may not) get lost in translation. Invited guests Maureen Fant, Anthony Buccini and Ken Albala…
We need to talk about… Salt and Bitter – a digest of the chatline
At the Kitchen Table on January 18th, Jennifer McLagan (Bitter, Blood, and Odd Bits), and Naomi Duguid, (The Miracle of Salt) explored the effect of bitter and salt on the palate. What follows is a rough…
A mid-winter Potluck of Rules and Rituals: a digest of the chatline
Rituals and rules for celebrations, particularly those that mark the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, was (loosely) the subject of our Kitchen Table on Thursday December 15, 2022. A pot-luck…
Season’s greetings and all good wishes for the New Year…
…from your friendly neighbourhood blog-hosts, Chair (retired) Elisabeth Luard and Trustee (Meals Co-ordinator) Gamze Ineceli (and btw – please do let us have suggestions/volunteerings for posts). As the year turns,…
