I’m planning on attending two food events next month. Leave a comment below if you want to join me or just meet up afterwards for a debriefing.
The first one (chronologically and gastronomically) is the 2006 Chocolate Show. I missed it last year, so I’m doubling my consumption goals for this year.
November 10-12. (We’re thinking of going on the 12th (Sunday). Change of plans: we’re going on Saturday.)
The second one, Food, Ethics and the Environment, is less tasty but more important. I’m not overly concerned with animal ethics; I’m much more worried about the health problems that modern farming techniques create. But the two frequently overlap, since, for example, a happier cow makes healthier beef.
That said, this conference interests me more for its guest list than its topic. Some of my favorite food authors will be there–and I don’t mean the the Ruth Reichl / Peter Mayle kind. I mean the Upton Sinclair kind. Check out this line-up:
From the conference’s web site:
November 16-17.
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just got back from the Food, Ethics and the Environment conference. sadly, i missed last night's session:
I. Moving Beyond Fast Food Nation
Food as an Ethical Issue
Peter Singer
The True Cost of Cheapness
Eric Schlosser
but i did catch these:
II. Eating Well and Eating Locally
Environmental Determinants of Food Choice: The Ethics of Food Marketing
Marion Nestle
Ethics, Energetics and Diversity-Enhancing Benefits of Eating Locally
Gary Nabhan
III. Concerns for Oceans, Climate and Animal Welfare
One Fish, Two Fish, Will There Be More Fish?
Rebecca Goldburg
Farm Animal Welfare Concerns and Progress in the United States
Paul Shapiro
Some Effects of Dietary Choices on the Physical Environment
Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin
IV. The Omnivore's Choices and the Corporation's Responsibilities
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Ethics and Other Considerations
Michael Pollan
'Fork to Farm' Responsibilities: A Perspective from the Golden Arches and Beyond
Bob Langert, McDonald's
perhaps i'll write up my impressions in a separate entry. in the mean time, if you want to know, just ask.
How can anyone be chocolated--out ?? Can NEVER eat enough of the stuff. Now it is the new heart healthy medication !!
it would have been trippy to run into you there!
yes, what are the odds? wine truffles for lisa. :-?
i thought i was chocolated-out, too; but this morning i bit into a rich, dark brownie and realized that i was just fine.
we'll miss you on thursday!
still can't believe we were there at the SAME time! anyways - wanted to chime in and share my sole purchase at "the chocolate show" : JEmanual Chocolateir wine truffles. is anyone really surprised?????
btw - i think i'm STILL "chocolated-out" . . . .
hah. we paid the offensive ticketmaster surcharge AND had to wait 35 minutes to get in.
one day, ticketmaster will be a has-been--a pathetic little shell of its once powerful self. and, when that day comes, i will be on the street, rejoicing.
We didn't have to wait in line at all- we paid the same obnoxious Ticketmaster surcharge that you did.
Sea salt definitely seemed to be the key ingredient in everything- but I didn't get to try any because all the booths that had it were either mobbed or charging for their wares.
10 PM and still buzzed. Perhaps it's time for a juice fast...
Isn't it sad when you realize how low your chocolate consumption limit really is? :)
My favorites were the Tahitian vanilla bean caramels with black lava sea salt from the Cocoa Locoa booth and the green tea ganache from Mary's. (both decidedly non-chocolate, oddly enough)
not much, actually; we got worn out faster than we expected. (we fought the chocolate, and the chocolate won.) we came home with:
that's it. our friends also bought the Ivory Coast sampler, plus a box of truffles.
so guess who we saw waiting in line with us? Mr. G., the channel 11 weatherman! he was wearing a "CW11" fleece sweatshirt--but i recognized him before i even noticed that. i love Mr. G.; i never thought i'd say this, but seeing him was probably the highlight of the chocolate show.
now guess who we didn't see there? Lisa B., who, it turns out, was also there yesterday. (we just found that out today.)
how long did you guys have to wait in line?
OK- so what did you buy? I got a cinnamon milk chocolate bar, one of the above-mentioned spicy chile powder dark chocolate things, chocolate-covered potato chips for my Thanksgiving hosts and- the piece de resistance- spicy peanut butter. Which I am hoping to turn into faux Thai peanut sauce in preparation for our trip.
We were there today from about 12 to 1:30- it's 5:30 now and I'm still slightly buzzed! Hope you guys had fun.
ugh: we're really going on saturday, not sunday.