Next Monday the 25th, ...
we're having an intimate dinner in a series of small courses, with matched Spanish wines inspired by the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compstela, at MoVida next Door to celebrate the launch of Dee Nolan's sumptuous & enriching...
'A Food Lover's Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela' ....and you can join us - you'll need to be quick - we only have 40 seats!A thousand-year-old pilgrimage route and food traditions stretching back de toda la vida - since forever. These are what Dee Nolan set out to experience on her pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela - through the rich farming lands of southern France and northern Spain, green Spain. The monks who came here in the Middle Ages to look after the first pilgrims planted grapevines from their homelands far away. Now food lovers come seeking the magnificent wines made using grapes grown in those same ancient vineyards, along with sublime cooking and fresh, luscious produce.
Dee's own emotional journey along the Way of St James - el camino de Santiago - took her back to the very heart of things: why we should care about what we eat and how it is produced, why we need escape valves like the pilgrimage in our busy modern lives, and why she found herself, after a long career in publishing, back on her grandfather's farm and connecting with the soil.
This joyful, evocative & beautiful book tells the story of Dee's camino, of the pilgrimage itself and of the food traditions that sustain us all. Following the route of those first pilgrims, Dee met wise cooks and farmers who are finding that the future lies in the past. And she realised why, in our secular age, we are so captivated by this medieval Christian pilgrimage. . Dee Nolan, an award-winning journalist and editor, began her career in Melbourne. She then worked for some of the world's leading newspapers and magazines in London and New York.
While still living in the UK, she and her husband, John Southgate, bought back her family farm, Gum Park, in the Limestone Coast of South Australia, and they began a long-distance restoration of the house and property. Established by Dee's grandfather a century ago, it had been out of family ownership for twenty-five years. After more than two decades overseas, Dee has returned to live in Australia, where she and John divide their time between Sydney and the Limestone Coast.
Their passion for olives and their commitment to sustainable farming has been realised in the certified organic olive oil Nolans Road, which they produce from the olive groves they have planted at Gum Park.Please join us! Telephone Bookings are Essential
$100 per head7pm Monday 25 OctoberMoVida Next Door
Hosier Lane, Melbourne
(just opposite Federation Square)For bookings, call 03 9663 3038
If you can't attend, we can organise signed and/or personalised copies of The Food Lover's Pilgrimage for you.
Copies will be available for purchase on the night.
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