[Herbalist] Call for Presenters: Cook's Symposium 2002

[Gaylin Walli]

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Call for Teachers and Presenters: Cook's Symposium 2002

*Tentative*  Date: Saturday, December 14, 2002
Location: Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Barony of Roaring Wastes, Middle Kingdom)

The Barony of Roaring Wastes invites you to join cooks, researchers,
farmers, herbalists, toolmakers, food aficionados, gourmands and
interested bystanders in metro-Detroit, Michigan to a Cook's
Symposium tentatively scheduled for December 14th, 2002. Normally
held in the Shire of Starleaf Gate in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, this
year's Symposium will be held across the US border in metro-Detroit.

We would specifically like to invite you to present a class or
exhibit at this year's Symposium. We are planning to have a a track
of classes for attendees with little to no prior knowledge about
particular subjects and a track for more in-depth and detailed
coverage of topics, though not necessarily requiring extensive
experience. Classes in both these tracks are typically 1 hour long,
though some hands-on classes may run as long as 2 hours.

The expected cutoff date for finalizing the class list has been
tentatively set for November 1st, 2002. As of this writing, the final
event date of December 14th has not been confirmed with the site;
thus, we are waiting to post the information to the Kingdom calendar.
However, we are hoping to begin soliciting teachers and presenters
now to begin advertising proposed classes in the near future and
continue the amazing attendance increases the previous three
Symposiums have seen.

Not sure what or  how you should teach? Previous classes have
included presentations on feasts in the Middle Kingdom, humoral
theory classes, hands-on classes working with marzipan, practice
classes for menu writing, classes on cooking without modern
conveniences, period sausage making, and restaurants in period china.

Don't let your imagination stop there. Why not consider a sampling
class of various version of particular recipes, or a class on spoon
carving, making spice collections for various cultures, clay pot
throwing, garden plant and tree care, herb identification, clothing
for the medieval cook, hair-styling for the period and modern cook,
mundane food safety regulations and guidelines, food served to
celebrate death, famous cooks and what they wrote. The possibilities
are truly endless.

For additional information, for help deciding on a topic to teach,
for gentle nudges and encouragement, or simply to volunteer, please
contact

TH Iasmin de Cordoba, Baroness Roaring Wastes, Middle Kingdom
mka. Gaylin Walli, iasmin at comcast.net, or contact by telephone at
248-582-0533 (EDST)