Rome’s Horticultural ‘Revolution’: Ideology, Display, and the Economy – Live discussion with Annalisa Marzano
This leisurely Q & A session allows deeper exploration of Annalisa Marzano's keynote presentation on the role that food plants, especially fruit-bearing trees, played in the political, cultural, economic, and…
Wild Things. . . You Make my Palate Sing – Live discussion with the panellists
Wild edible plants, which have recently acquired cultural caché by chefs and others foraging for local foods, contribute not only delicious flavors but are important sources of nutrition and traditional…
Marketplace Case Studies: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Fruits – Live discussion with the panellists
Why are certain fruits suddenly in vogue? What is the role of the media (social or traditional) in promoting one fruit over another? Governments? And how do rare varieties survive…
Gardens as Commercial Enterprises: Expressions of Power – Live discussion with the panelists
These papers present two contrasting perspectives on British commercial gardens, one examining supplying London from the 16th through early 19th centuries, and the other analyzing the spread of British apples…
Forest as the Garden: Live discussion with Thomas Zacharias, Chef/Founder of The Locavore (India)
Inspired by his grandmother’s native Keralan home-cooked food Chef Thomas Zacharias pursued his culinary education at the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration followed by further refinement at the Culinary…
Location Matters: The Uses and Shifting Meanings of Fruits and Flowers – Live discussion with the panelists
What happens when a food plant spreads from its original home? Do cultural meanings associated with the plant travel, evolve, or fall away? Do culinary uses of the plant shift?…
‘Root to Bloom’: A Roundtable Conversation with Mentor Chef Cordula Peters, and Young Chefs: Phoebe Boatwright, Sarah Cremona, Iines Råmark
Sunday Lunch was a collaboration between this year's three OFS Young Chefs taking inspiration from both the gardens surrounding Oxford and their mentor, German born artist, designer, educator, and chef,…
The Vote: No Democracy Deficit Here! – David Matchett
Topic selection for 2027, your choice, your vote counts!
