18th Symposium of Australian Gastronomy Program
Friday 13th May 2011
5.30 pm
Registration
Kings Hall, Old Parliament House Canberra
6.00 pm
Welcome reception: Opening by Robyn Archer AO
Kings Hall, Old Parliament House Canberra
7.15 pm
Debate: Moderator Alan Saunders – Liberty, Equality and Food: Making the Revolution
House of Representatives Chamber, Old Parliament House – Debate details
8.15 pm
Making the Revolution: La Pétroleuse Dégustation Dinner
at The Ginger Room, Old Parliament House -Menu (2MB)
($60 per person, drinks extra. Bookings for this special optional dinner are essential: 02 6273 4366 or use the Booking Form.
Saturday 14th May 2011
8.30 am
Registration
Gastronomers Hall, Old Parliament House
9.00 am
Session 1: A Good Constitution
Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall:
Jeanette Fry ‘Warning may contain traces of nuts’
Jane Dixon, Lyndall Strazdins, Cathy Banwell, Dorothy Broom & Dan Woodman ‘Time and taste in Australian culinary culture’
Nancy Pollock ‘Regulated foods, regulated bodies’
Chair: Karen Goldspink
10.15 am
Morning Tea
By tradition, bring food to share – with recipes and stories
10.45 am
Session 2: Revolutionaries
Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall:
Marion Maddox ‘Convivial nation: towards a political gastronomy’
Staci Crutchfield ‘The bitter taste of gastronomy’
Colin Bannerman ‘Federated food – the revolution we had to have?’
Chair: Marion Halligan
12.00 noon
Sassafras Harvest Lunch: with chestnut soup & galantine of duckling filled with chestnut, apple and pork with walnut and pomegranate jus & chestnut chocolate walnut tart with chestnut parfait
Featuring local Sassafras growers Richard Moxham and Alison Saunders and a chance to meet members of The Kitchen Cabinet, Canberra’s regional food network
2.00 pm
Session 3: Heritage of Absence
Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall:
Christian Reynolds ‘A load of rubbish – food waste’
Jacqui Newling ‘Sweet tea: a universal comfort’
Ian Bersten ‘Lost flavour and tea regulation’
Chair: Lenore Coltheart
3.30 pm
Afternoon Tea: The Three Chocolatiers Tea Party
Featuring Canberra’s award winning trio Robyn Rowe, Lyndsay & Edmunds, & The Curious Chocolatier
4.00 pm
Free Time
7.00 pm
Pre-dinner drinks
Kings Hall, Old Parliament House
Deipnosophistae: Philosophers at Dinner
Members Dining Room, Old Parliament House – Menu
Sunday 15th May 2011
9.30 am
Session 4: Federated by Food
Presentation of papers Members Dining Room:
Tammi Jonas ‘Meat pie to pho’
Diana Noyce ‘From Slippery Bob to Baba Ghanoush: the influence of immigration policies on Australia’s cuisine’
Alexandra Gregori ‘Filipino culinary heritage and colonisation’
Chair: Ian Ryall
11.00 am
Federation Morning Tea with 1901 delights including cucumber sandwiches, tiny pavlovas, and princess of wales cakes
11.30 am
Session 5: Taste and Place
Presentation of papers in Members Dining Room:
Josephine Gregoire ‘Feeding the immigrant child’
Michael Symons ‘Our households: towards an alternative gastronomics’
Chair: Karen Goldspink
1.00 pm
Lunch: Senators’ Picnic – a piquant parade of bread rolls & baguettes, pies & quiche, fritters & fritatta, terrine & cheeses
Senate Rose Gardens, Old Parliament House
2.00 pm
Board buses
Bush Tucker Trail at the National Botanic Gardens
3.15 pm
Board buses
City and country – from Canberra’s suburbs to its farms
An expedition to the Mulloon Creek Natural Farms, with talks en route including Rosemary Stanton on community gardens and Jacqui Newling on ‘Crown lamb’
6.00 pm
Dinner with the stars: Asado De Tira Adobo spiced Wessex Saddleback free range pork; Pinwheel sausages; Chimichurri sauce; Salsa Verde; Salsa Piquillo; Coca de recapte; Guacamole; Patatas Brava; Tomato onion cucumber pepper sherry vinegar salad & Crema Catalana
9.30 pm
Board buses back to Canberra
Monday 16th May 2011
8.30-10.30 am
Farewell Breakfast: Congee, Kedgeree and Dundee
Old Parliament House heritage kitchens
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