"SicilyCulture lunch talks" with Dan Saladino in conversation with Geoff Andrews

Francesca Marchese

Enjoy a Sicilian meal with a sense of History: SicilyCulture lunch talks is a series of lunches with inspiring writers, journalists and artists about Sicily, in a Sicilian restaurant in Central London.
The next event will be a talk by Sicilian-British journalist Dan Saladino, Senior Producer and Presenter of BBC Radio 4's <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnx3" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Food Programme</A>. He will be in conversation with author and academic Geoff Andrews. The event will take place on Wednesday 13th July from 12pm to 2.30pm at "Luce e Limoni" in Gray's Inn Road. 
Tickets are available for £25: £5 booking for the organization (through Eventbrite) and £20 for the lunch (payable at the door). You will get a glass of Prosecco and two delicious courses prepared by the Siracuse-born chef Fabrizio Zafarana. Selections of Sicilian wines are also available upon request.
On the occasion of the exhibition "<A HREF="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/sicily.aspx" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sicily, culture and conquest</A>" at the British Museum, SicilyCulture lunch talks creates a cultural opportunity to know more about the island, continuing the good vibe of the exhibition even after it finishes. SicilyCulture is organized by the London-based Sicilian journalist <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/Francesca-Marchese-Journalist-204109539774643/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Francesca Marchese</A> with the support of<A HREF="http://sicilyunlimited.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> SicilyUnlimited</A> and in partnership with <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/associazioneslowfoodsicilia/?fref=ts" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SlowFood Sicilia</A>, <A HREF="http://lavolio.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lavolio</A>, <A HREF="http://www.etnacoffee.net" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Etnacoffee</A> Sicilian street food, <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/AliviniCompanyLtd" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alivini</A> and <A HREF="http://www.ortigiasicilia.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ortigia</A>. 
 
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
DAN SALADINO is the series producer of BBC Radio 4’s "The Food Programme", he has also presented awarding winning editions of the programme (on subjects ranging from craft beer to guerrilla gardening in downtown Los Angeles). Dan started working for BBC Radio more than 20 years ago, working on a range of programmes from investigative documentaries to daily live magazine programmes. Much of his childhood summer holidays were spent in Italian restaurants (where his father spent most of his working life) or citrus and olive groves in Ribera, Sicily (which is where most of family lives) and so an interest in food started from an early age.   
GEOFF ANDREWS is a writer and historian who specialises in the history of political ideas and movements. His books include: The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle; The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure and Not a Normal Country: Italy After Berlusconi. In 2015 he founded Sicily Unlimited whic organizes annual summer schools in Sicily on literature, history, food and film. He is Senior Lecturer in Politics at The Open University.
 
• Duration: 2.5 hours
• Price per person: £25 
• Language: English
• Location: Luce e Limoni, 91-93 Gray's Inn Road, WC1X 8TX
 
SCHEDULE
12.00 Greetings and a glass of Prosecco
12.15 Introduction
12.30 Lunch in served: first course
12:45 Dan Saladino in conversation with Geoff Andrews + Q&A
13:30 Second course
14.00 SicilyCulture 
14.30 See you for the next talk!
 
Conversations online: #SicilyCulture
Have a look at the photo gallery of our previous event with Simonetta Agnello Hornby <A HREF="https://www.flickr.com/photos/142664474@N03/albums/72157669367043191" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>.