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Food Network host Anna Olson
Whitecap Books in support of the KidSafe Writers’ Room presents:
SPEAKING OF TASTE BUDS, the Art of Food Writing
Featuring an accomplished panel of Canadian food writers, this fundraiser was both informative and delicious! On the panel were Food Network host Anna Olson, Globe and Mail restaurant critic Alexandra Gill, and editor and founder of Scout Magazine Andrew Morrison. With canapés and bar service provided by Wescadia Catering.
All proceeds went directly to the KidSafe Writers’ Room, a charitable program that works with inner-city kids in East Vancouver to build lifelong literacy skills through creative writing projects, tutoring and mentorships. Writers’ Room volunteer tutors provide one-on-one support so that each child receives the attention that he or she deserves.
Hosted by Taryn Boyd of the Literary Press Group of Canada.
Date: Monday, November 28, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Cecil Green Park House, University of British Columbia,
6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC
Price: $100 (Included a donation to the Writers’ Room, canapés and a copy of Anna Olson’s brand-new book, Back to Baking.
Additional copies of the book were available for purchase/signing at the event—and they are great for gifts!)
SPEAKING OF TASTE BUDS, the Art of Food Writing
Featuring an accomplished panel of Canadian food writers, this fundraiser was both informative and delicious! On the panel were Food Network host Anna Olson, Globe and Mail restaurant critic Alexandra Gill, and editor and founder of Scout Magazine Andrew Morrison. With canapés and bar service provided by Wescadia Catering.
All proceeds went directly to the KidSafe Writers’ Room, a charitable program that works with inner-city kids in East Vancouver to build lifelong literacy skills through creative writing projects, tutoring and mentorships. Writers’ Room volunteer tutors provide one-on-one support so that each child receives the attention that he or she deserves.
Hosted by Taryn Boyd of the Literary Press Group of Canada.
Date: Monday, November 28, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Cecil Green Park House, University of British Columbia,
6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC
Price: $100 (Included a donation to the Writers’ Room, canapés and a copy of Anna Olson’s brand-new book, Back to Baking.
Additional copies of the book were available for purchase/signing at the event—and they are great for gifts!)
Restaurant critic Alexandra Gill
Anna Olson is the host of Fresh with Anna Olson, which airs daily on Food Network Canada and is broadcast internationally. She previously hosted five seasons of the program Sugar. She is a prolific cookbook author and has recently released her seventh book, Back to Baking.
Alexandra Gill is The Globe and Mail's West Coast restaurant critic. She joined the newspaper in Toronto in 1997 and moved to Vancouver to serve as the Western arts correspondent, a position she held from 2001 to 2007. In 2005, her feature writing was nominated for a National Newspaper Award.
Andrew Morrison is the editor of Scout Magazine and the award-winning Vancouver Cooks cookbook (2010). Since 2005, he has been the restaurant critic at the Westender. Morrison also contributes to Western Living, Condé Nast Traveller,Monocle, Vancouver and Harry magazines, as well as the annual Van Mag Eating & Drinking Guide. He lives and works in Strathcona with his wife and two kids, Jack and Pip.
Host: Taryn Boyd is the former managing editor of Whitecap Books, where she worked with chefs, food writers, and editors, and oversaw the publication of hundreds of books about food. She now works for the Literary Press Group of Canada.
Please contact writersroom@kidsafe.ca with questions about the KidSafe Writers’ Room and this event.
Alexandra Gill is The Globe and Mail's West Coast restaurant critic. She joined the newspaper in Toronto in 1997 and moved to Vancouver to serve as the Western arts correspondent, a position she held from 2001 to 2007. In 2005, her feature writing was nominated for a National Newspaper Award.
Andrew Morrison is the editor of Scout Magazine and the award-winning Vancouver Cooks cookbook (2010). Since 2005, he has been the restaurant critic at the Westender. Morrison also contributes to Western Living, Condé Nast Traveller,Monocle, Vancouver and Harry magazines, as well as the annual Van Mag Eating & Drinking Guide. He lives and works in Strathcona with his wife and two kids, Jack and Pip.
Host: Taryn Boyd is the former managing editor of Whitecap Books, where she worked with chefs, food writers, and editors, and oversaw the publication of hundreds of books about food. She now works for the Literary Press Group of Canada.
Please contact writersroom@kidsafe.ca with questions about the KidSafe Writers’ Room and this event.
