Book + Supper Club with John Birdsall
Please join us for Book and Supper Club with John Birdsall, whose new culinary culture deep dive, What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution, explores how the Food in America and Europe has long been shaped, twisted, and upended by queer creatives.
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John Birdsall is the author of The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard and is the recipient of two James Beard Awards for food and culture writing.
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The evening will kick off with drinks and a conversation between John and local farmer and queer food author, Taylor Hartson about the importance and state of queer food in America in urban and rural spaces.
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Following the discussion will be a multi-course meal with dishes inspired by John's book. Each ticket includes a copy of John's most recent book. The event will conclude with a book signing. Copies of Taylor's new book, Playing in the Dirt, will be available for purchase on the night.
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This event is produced in collaboration with Harbor Country Pride.
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Garden Grove Inn in Union Pier is offering a limited availability add on package that includes a double occupancy, two-night stay at the Inn, along with a mailed copy of What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution, transportation to and from the dinner, and breakfast with John on Sunday morning.
- Contact:
- Granor Farm Events Team
- Email:
- [email protected]
Beloved food writer John Birdsall fills the gap between the past and present, channeling the twin forces of criticism and cultural history to propel readers into the kitchens, restaurants, swirling party-houses, and humming interior lives of James Baldwin, Alice B. Toklas, Truman Capote, Esther Eng, and others who left an indelible mark on the culinary world from the margins. Queer food is brunch quiche à la Craig Claiborne, Richard Olney’s ecstatic salade composée, and Rainbow Ice-Box Cake from Ernest Matthew Mickler’s White Trash Cooking. It’s the intention surrounding a meal, the circumstances behind it, the people gathered around the table. With cinematic verve and prose that dazzles, What Is Queer Food?: How We Served a Revolution is a monumental work: a testament to food’s essential link to a modern queerness that reveals how, like fashion or tastes in music, food has become a language of LGBTQ+ identity.
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Add the Garden Grove Inn weekend package: includes a mailed copy of What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution, a double occupancy one night stay at the inn, transportation to and from the dinner, and breakfast with John on Sunday morning!
- Contact:
- Granor Farm Events Team
- Email:
- [email protected]
Getting to Granor Farm
Farm Store & Farm
3480 Warren Woods Road
Three Oaks, MI 49128
Greenhouse & School House
3520 Warren Woods Road
Three Oaks, MI 49128
From:
Downtown Three Oaks: Three Oaks Rd. (north) to Warren Woods Rd.
St. Joseph & Chicago: I-94 Exit 6 (Union Pier)
New Buffalo: Red Arrow Highway (north) to Warren Woods Rd.
Niles: Highway 12 West to Pardee Rd. to Warren Woods Rd.
We are located 7 miles east of Red Arrow Highway or 3 miles north of Highway 12 on Warren Woods Road, between Log Cabin Road and Pardee Road.
Events , What's happening on the farm this season
There’s a bunch of great reasons to visit the farm all year round, from our annual Seedling Sale, to visiting the Farm Store, to participating in our CSA or Farm Camp programs. Join us on Fridays and Saturdays for dinner in our state of the art Greenhouse!
Friday Dinner: Austrian Schnitzel
The meal will begin with family style snacks followed with an individually-plated, three course menu featuring famed Austrian Schnitzel. This thinly-pounded, crispy pork cutlet will be served alongside Granor-grown vegetables and rye spaetzle. The meal will conclude with a tasty, winter-time dessert.
Every meal includes beverages, both Granor Table Wine and non-alcoholic options, paired with that night's menu.
*Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate gluten free restrictions for this dinner.*
