“A Moveable Feast”
“Wine is the most civilized thing in the world. In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.”
- Ernest Hemingway, “A Moveable Feast,” 1964
Foodies and Hemingway fans: take note.
There are still tickets for Tuesday’s “A Moveable Feast” dinner, part of the University of Idaho’s sixth annual Hemingway Festival.
The multi-course dinner is catered by chef Eric Conte of Gnosh and inspired by Hemingway’s works and travels, particularly in France and Italy. Look for buckwheat blinis with cured salmon lox, oysters on the half shell, wild rabbit terrine and venison loin with wild mushrooms.
Wine is by Colter’s Creek Vineyards and Winery in Julietta. Beer is by Moscow Brewing Company.
Decorations are inspired by “In Our Time,” Hemingway’s first published collection of stories, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.
The dinner raises funds for the university’s Hemingway Fellowship, given each year to a third-year fiction student in the university’s Creative Writing Program. Tickets cost $85.
The event takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., in Moscow. A no-host cocktail hour takes place from 5 to 6 p.m.
For more information or tickets, visit http://marketplace.uidaho.edu and click on The Hemingway Review, or call (208) 885-6156. Tickets are also available at the door.
The Hemingway Festival runs Tuesday through Thursday. For a full schedule of events, visit uidaho.edu/class/hemingway/festival-events.