My press release for the very soon to be here Good Life Festival in Daylesford where I have a stall handing out recipes, talking about vegetarian food and showcasing the Autumn and Winter cookbook paintings. Saturday June 2, 2012.
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After years of
carnivore friends telling her she should open a cafe, artist Fiona
Morgan took their compliments on her vegetarian cooking and her
general frustration with bland vegetarian food, and is combining her
artwork and recipes into a book. Each individual recipe is personally
tested until she feels it is at optimal deliciousness. If it wouldn’t
be moreish to a carnivore, it doesn’t go in the collection.
Fiona will be at The
Good Life Festival Daylesford on Saturday June 2 as a stallholder at
Daylesford Primary School, freely giving out meatless meals recipes
from the cookbook for you to take home and try. These are recipes
that everyone will enjoy not just die hard hippies. Find out how easy
and tasty vegetarian meals can be.
She will also be
showcasing some of the artwork inspired by the recipes from the
upcoming cookbook. All the foodie paintings are 30x30cm and
affordably priced.
There is a long
tradition of still life paintings of food from our cultural history.
Careful arrangements of delicacies abundantly covering a table have
been painted for centuries. Today the modern equivalent is food
styling photography. Luscious posed shots of crafted gourmet meals
abound in magazines and cookbooks.
What if the food
images were inspired by the dish instead of literally presenting it?
What if the main ingredient, or the history, or the culture of the
recipe were represented? What if the essence of this particular food
could be captured as a painting? That is exactly what Fiona aims to
achieve in pairing her art with these recipes.
All the recipes and
images are freely available online for people to use and share (with
attribution). It’s all here, with more detail:
www.wherefishsing.com/cookbook
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And to you - come
celebrate 'The Good Life'. Live well, care for each other and the
environment. Look at some of what will be on:
Saturday
2nd June Daylesford Primary School ‘Looking after our
environment’
In conjunction with
the Farmers Market, the Good Life Festival will kick off with stalls
and workshops to be held at the Daylesford Primary School hall from
9.30 AM, Saturday 2nd June. There is something of interest for
everyone ranging from keeping chooks, advice on successful worm
farming through to the use of cultivated and wild plants for health,
beauty and other purposes.
In addition the
Festival will include a walking tour of productive gardens around
Daylesford, a Garage Sale Trail and a Fashion Upcycling Workshop.
Sunday
3rd June Daylesford Town Hall 'Householders, Renovators and Home
Builders'
The
Good Life Festival continues at the Daylesford Town Hall from 10.00
AM on Sunday 3rd. The Town Hall will be bursting at the seams with
stalls and information workshops highlighting how your home could be
made more comfortable, reduce energy and water usage and save dollars
in the bargain. Amongst other things, you could learn about pellet
heaters, solar systems or ways to minimize your power bills. This is
a day not to be missed, especially if you are considering renovating
or building. Other activities include Earthship building workshop at
our Tip and Open Day at the “Mens Shed” located at Victoria Park.
The
Good Life Festival Daylesford 2012
Presented
by the Sustainable Hepburn Association (SHARE) to share the wealth of
knowledge and ideas of local individuals, businesses and community
groups to help us all live the good life.
9.30am-4pm
at locations around Daylesford, Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd June
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