Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: : Abbotsford Library Makerspace (G171g)
Book Launch for Lost Feast by Dr. Lenore Newman
The University of the Fraser Valley invites you to a public celebration and book launch for Dr. Lenore Newman’s newest book, Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food.
- Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
- Reading by the author
- Books for purchase ($30+tax – cash, debit, or credit)
Kindly RSVP to Danielle.MijoBurch@ufv.ca by Friday, January 17
About the Book:
“When we humans love foods, we love them a lot. In fact, we have often eaten them into extinction, whether it is the megafauna of the Paleolithic world or the passenger pigeon of the last century. In Lost Feast, food expert Lenore Newman sets out to look at the history of the foods we have loved to death and what that means for the culinary paths we choose for the future. Whether it’s chasing down the luscious butter of local Icelandic cattle or looking at the impacts of modern industrialized agriculture on the range of food varieties we can put in our shopping carts, Newman’s bright, intelligent gaze finds insight and humor at every turn.” ― ECW Press
About the Author:
Lenore Newman holds a Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley, where she is currently an Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment. She also serves as Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at UFV.
Lenore’s academic career as a culinary geographer has included fieldwork around the globe in the study of public markets, regional cuisines, farmland preservation, global food security, and the ecology of the world’s food system.
Lenore’s first book, Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey, was published by University of Regina Press in 2017 and won a Saskatchewan book prize. It has been reviewed in the National Post, the Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail, and led to fifty print, radio, and television interviews, including on The Current, North by Northwest, CKNW, and Unreserved.
Lenore has also authored over forty academic papers and reports in her areas of research. She is particularly proud of her work on foraged foods and on the impact of climate change on cuisine.
Lenore’s work has received widespread attention, and in 2014 she was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. She has published op-eds in Georgia Straight, the Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, Alternatives Magazine, and Modern Agriculture Magazine, and she has been interviewed for a diverse and growing range of media outlets on topics such as farmland protection, Canadian cuisine, and the future of food.
Event Location : Abbotsford Library Makerspace (G171g)
Book Launch for Lost Feast, by Dr. Lenore Newman
Date(s): Tuesday, January 21Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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