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National Slow Food Summit:
Southwest NB ‘natural’ choice for Eating Heritage Festival May 10-14
By Sarah Short
The Maritimes: Home of the kitchen party, the outdoor cookout & BYOB. Our rich appreciation for centering celebrations around food and drink often leads us to spend large amounts of our social time doing one or the other, but usually both.
As Maritimers, we take our kitchen parties seriously. There was once even an adult education course on the topic offered at the University of New Brunswick. A lively gathering with close proximity to our guests AND food and beverage is basically a Maritimer’s ‘happy place.’ We can’t help but huddle and jam our way into the kitchen as a result.
National Summit
Given our intense love for homegrown local goods and our love
of good company + food + drink, choosing Southwest NB as host for Slow Food Canada’s National Summit this May 10-14 was natural.
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