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The Butcher and the Vegetarian Talk
Whether you're a carnivore, omnivore, vegetarian, or flexitarian...where you get your food matters. Please join us for an evening of conversation with the author of newly released "The Butcher and The Vegetarian," Tara Austen Weaver.
Tara has invited a few of the real life characters from her book and life to come and speak about the complex food choices we each face, including Doug Stonebreaker of Prather Ranch. We'll start things off with this hour long, ticketed, panel discussion then open our doors for everyone to come and meet Tara, our special guests, and snag a copy of this terrific book. The evening will be filled with laughter, food for thought, great company, and of course, wine and nibbles. Our friends at Omnivore Books will be on site selling "The Butcher and The Vegetarian" for Tara to sign.
6-7 PM: Ticketed panel discussion ($10)
7-9 PM: Open, drop-in party ($5 or free for attendees of the panel discussion)
Book description:
"Growing up in a family that kept jars of bean sprouts on its windowsill before such things were desirable or hip, Tara Austen Weaver never thought she'd stray from vegetarianism. But as an adult, she found herself in poor health, and, having tried cures of every kind, a doctor finally ordered her to eat meat. Warily, she ventured into the butcher shop, and as the man behind the counter wrapped up her first-ever chicken, she found herself charmed. Eventually, he dared her to cook her way through his meat counter. As Tara navigates through this new worldâgrass-fed beef vs. grain-fed beef; finding chickens that are truly free-rangeâ she's tempted to give up and go back to eating tempeh. The more she learns about meat and how it's produced, and the effects eating it has on the human body and the planet, the less she feels she knows. She embarks upon a sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening whirlwind tour that takes her from slaughterhouse to chef's table, from urban farm to the hearthside of cow wranglers. Along the way, she meets an unforgettable cast of characters who all seem to take a vested interest in whether she opts for turnips or T-bones. The Butcher and the Vegetarian is the rollicking and relevant story of one woman's quest to reconcile a nontraditional upbringing with carnal desires."
About the Author:
TARA AUSTEN WEAVER, a freelance writer and developmental book editor, started her popular food blog, Tea & Cookies, in 2006 and writes daily for food media blog, Chow.com. She serves on the executive committee of Litquake, San Franciscoâs annual literary festival, and pioneered the wildly successful Lit Crawl, an event that draws more than 200 authors and crowds of more than 5,000. She lives in Seattle.
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Location18 Reasons
593 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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