TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 , 7PM
ROWAN JACOBSEN / AMERICAN TERROIR
Rowan Jacobsen has a habit of bringing food to his events here at Bear Pond. We have had chocolate with his first book, he flew in oysters for The Geography of Oysters and for this new book we will taste the terroirs of local ciders and cheeses.
American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters and Fields shares the best of America’s bounty while explaining why place matters. Why does honey from the tupelo-lined banks of Apalachicola River have a kick of cinnamon like no other? Why is salmon from Alaska’s Yukon River the richest in the world? Find out the romance behind the food we eat at this event.
Rowan Jacobsen writes about food, the environment and the connection between the two. He lives in Vermont with his wife and son and speaks and writes on the subjects of food, wine and sustainability
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 7PM
RUTH KING PORTER / ORDINARY MAGIC
Ruth Porter is the author of the well received, A Simple Life, which she and her husband self-published to ensure that the book met her artistic specifications. Ruth has just self-published her second novel, Ordinary Magic in paperback. This new novel, illustrated with her own photos, has more of the same sharp, witty observation of day-to-day life in rural Vermont that A Simple Life has.
Howard Frank Mosher says of the book: “Ruth Porter’s novel, Ordinary Magic, is an inspiring story of family, community, land, and tradition in a beautiful but endangered section of rural Vermont. Porter understands her corner of northern New England inside out. She writes with honesty, clarity, and passion about the changes and challenges it and its ever-so-independent residents continue to face in our era….”
Ruth King Porter has lived in Vermont since 1964. In 1973 she and her husband moved to a farm in Adamant Vermont where she raised four children as well as most of their food and farm animals.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 5
Archer Mayor / Red Herring
October 19
Howard Mansfield and Sy Montgomery(husband and wife) at 4 pm for a children’s event
Sy Montgomery / Birdology
October 26
Tim Simard / Haunted Hikes of Vermont
November 9
Thomas Powers / The Killing of Crazy Horse
November 16
Krisin Kimball / The Dirty Life
December 7
Jay Parini / Passages of HM
