{"id":2552,"date":"2018-04-23T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T02:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2018-04-19T14:22:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T03:52:53","slug":"special-event-wild-asparagus-wild-strawberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/2018\/04\/special-event-wild-asparagus-wild-strawberries\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Event: Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries<\/h1>\n
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France bewitched Barbara Santich as a student in the early 1970s. She vowed to return, and soon enough she did – with husband and infant twins in tow.<\/p>\n

Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of the magical two years that followed. Buoyed by naive enthusiasm, Barbara and her husband launched themselves into French village life, a world of winemaking, rabbit raising, cherry picking and exuberant 14 Juillet celebrations.<\/p>\n

Here we see the awakening of Barbara Santich’s lifelong love affair with food history, and\u00a0also a lost France, ‘when the 19th century almost touched hands with the 21st’. Shepherds still led their flocks to pasture each day and, even near the bustling towns, wild strawberries hid at the forest’s edge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I drank Normandy farmhouse cider, ate strawberries dipped in red wine then sugar, and tasted truffles and soft goat cheeses for the first time. I returned to Australia inspired to become a food writer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Join us for the launch of\u00a0Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries: Two years in France<\/em> at the Wakefield Press bookshop on Saturday May 5. The afternoon will begin at 2 pm and end at 5pm, with the book being launched by Amanda McInerny early in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Drinks and light nibbles will be provided, and you can enjoy 20% off all Wakefield Press titles (excluding\u00a0Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Please RSVP by Monday April 30 to maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are unable to attend the launch, but wish to purchase a copy of the book, you can visit us at our Mile End bookshop or find the book online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Coriole Vineyards<\/a> and Woodside Cheese Wrights<\/a> for their kind donations and support of Wakefield Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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