CELEBRATING FOOD TRADITIONS AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE 26 MAY – 3 JUNEDAREBINARTS.COM.AU/FOODANDWINE

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For over a decade Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival has celebrated the importance of food in our community, tapping into the traditions and sustainable food practices of the culturally rich residents of Melbourne’s inner north.

Whether you want to sample local creations, expand your cooking repertoire, brew your own beer or make your own kombucha, you will find something to suit your taste s. The program is bookended by two wonderful markets showcasing our ingenious creators and Indigenous culture.

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W HAT ' S O N ...SATURDAY 26 MAY12pm Homemade Marketplace Northcote Town Hall 1112.20pm Thai Street Food Northcote Town Hall 201pm Darebin Bake Off Northcote Town Hall 201pm Meet the Makers Northcote Town Hall 131.15pm Salami Demonstration Northcote Town Hall 212.15pm Spatzle Workshop Northcote Town Hall 213pm Raspberry Winemaking Demonstration Northcote Town Hall 22

SUNDAY 27 MAY12pm Gardening throughout the Year Sylvester Hive 22 and Chilli Pickling 2pm Mushrooms are our Future! Intercultural Centre 233.30pm Pizzaly Wood Fired Pizza Pizzaly 23 Demonstration & Tasting 4pm Tibetan Momo Making Northern Soul Tibetan Café 244.45pm A Vegan Mexican Feast with Juanita Juanita’s Kitchen 24

MONDAY 28 MAY6pm Kimchi Mania Lentil as Anything 25

TUESDAY 29 MAY6pm Introduction to Homemade Winemaking Home Make It 256.30pm Yoko Nakazawa: Zen Cooking Melbourne Polytechnic 157pm Pulp Fiction: What to do with the Leftover Pulp Shoku Iku 26

WEDNESDAY 30 MAY6pm Introduction to Homebrewing Home Make It 266.30pm Kaye Roberts-Palmer: Save Our Citrus! Intercultural Centre 16 6.30pm Modern Scottish Masterclass Tallboy & Moose 27

THURSDAY 31 MAY6.30pm Paul West: Whole Cookery Melbourne Polytechnic 17 7pm Fun Ferments Preston Library 27

FRIDAY 1 JUNE6pm Tasting Traditional Beer Styles Tallboy & Moose 287pm Tasting Traditional Beer Styles Tallboy & Moose 288pm Tasting Traditional Beer Styles Tallboy & Moose 28

SATURDAY 2 JUNE10am RetroSuburbia: Aussie Street Reservoir Community 28 with David Holmgren and Learning Centre 2pm Olive Preserving – Mediterranean Style Intercultural Centre 293pm The Art of Vegan Momos Lentil as Anything 295.45pm Meeting Place: Zach Green Pop Up Darebin Arts Centre 7 Indigenous Restaurant

SUNDAY 3 JUNE10am Alphington Farmers’ Market Tour Melbourne Innovation 30 and Cooking Demonstration Centre10am The Plummery: Garden Tour and Tasting Private Garden, Northcote 303.30pm Pizzaly Wood Fired Pizza Pizzaly 23 Demonstration & Tasting 4pm Flavours and Stories from Iran, Free to Feed HQ 19 Iraq and Syria4pm Market on Kulin Nation: Zach Green Darebin Arts Centre 8 Pop Up Indigenous Market

Meeting Place: Zach Green Pop Up Indigenous RestaurantBush tucker comes to Darebin with chef Zach Green. This unique evening will honour the history and voice of Indigenous people. The dinner is a six course degustation, and will begin with a smoking ceremony and a Welcome to Country. Guests will be greeted with a green ant gin cocktail and will be taken on a journey of Indigenous culture, stories and food.

Saturday 2 June, 5.45pm for dinner at 6.30pm Darebin Arts Centre Cnr St Georges Road and Bell Street, Preston

Includes cocktail on arrival, choice of matched wine or beer

No alcohol

ZACH GREEN EVENTS

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Market on Kulin Nation: Zach Green Pop Up Indigenous MarketMarket on Kulin Nation is all about bringing the community together and celebrating what’s great about Indigenous culture through food, art and music. This special free event will feature food stalls, art stalls and live entertainment as well as a cooking demonstration by Chef Zach Green over an open fire. Attendees can purchase food tokens to indulge in the wonderful food that will be available for sale on the day.

Sunday 3 June, 4 - 8pm Darebin Arts Centre Cnr St Georges Road and Bell Street, Preston

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FREE Food tokens available for purchase.

HOMEMADE MARKETPLACE

Homemade MarketplaceThis brand new event will transform Northcote Town Hall Civic Square in to a bustling market featuring local craft beer brewers, wine and spirits hand selected by Thornbury’s Carwyn Cellars, a carefully selected range of locally made food and produce, information stalls, coffee, music and more. Free cooking demonstrations include Thai street food, raspberry wine making, Spätzle and salami.

This event is single use plastic free. Please BYO bag for purchases.

Saturday 26 May, 12 - 4pm Northcote Town Hall (Civic Square) 189 High Street, Northcote

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MEET THE MAKERS

Meet the MakersCome along and celebrate Darebin’s fabulous local home wine makers. Sample wine from entrants in the Darebin Homemade Food and Wine competition and vote for your favourite in the People’s Choice Award to be presented on the day. If you’re a local brewer or food producer it’s not too late to enter. Categories include: Wine, Beer, Passata, Olives, Ajvar, Pickled Vegetables. Be quick though! Entries close Wednesday 16 May. Visit the website for details and an entry form.

This event is single use plastic free.

Awards Night for competition entrants – Friday 25 May

Saturday 26 May, 1 - 4pm Northcote Town Hall 189 High Street, Northcote

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Yoko Nakazawa: Zen CookingExplore the beauty of traditional Japanese cooking. Yoko Nakazawa (Cooking with Koji) will show you how she uses the suribachi, an ancient Japanese cooking tool in her meditative approach that uses all five senses and has an emphasis on being in the moment. Learn to make miso soup and seasonal vegetables with sesame miso sauce from scratch. Yoko will also demonstrate nukazuke, a pickling technique that uses rice bran. Vegan and gluten free.

Tuesday 29 May, 6.30 - 8pm Melbourne Polytechnic (Demonstration Kitchen) Building K, Room 106 77 St Georges Road, Preston Auslan interpreted upon request.

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Paul West: Whole Cookery Presented with Darebin Fruit Squad & DIVRS Urban Food Program

Paul West is a Thornbury based cook and food grower best known as host of River Cottage Australia (SBS, Lifestyle Channel). At this demonstration and tasting, Paul will explore nose to tail and root to stem cookery. Learn how to create delicious dishes and minimise waste using offal and other exotic and underutilised cuts of meat and by using all parts of the vegetables you buy or grow.

Thursday 31 May, 6.30 - 8pm Melbourne Polytechnic (Demonstration Kitchen) Building K, Room 106 77 St Georges Road, Preston Auslan interpreted upon request.

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Kaye Roberts-Palmer: Save Our Citrus!Do you love your citrus? Kaye Roberts-Palmer is a passionate local garden design consultant, presenter and the founder of Save Our Citrus Melbourne and she’s on a mission. Join Kaye as she shows you how to take care of your precious backyard citrus trees including basic botany, tackling the dreaded citrus gall wasp and other pests, pruning, watering and fertilizing to ensure you have healthy and productive trees for years to come.

Wednesday 30 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm Darebin Intercultural Centre (Pearl Room) 59a Roseberry Ave, Preston Auslan interpreted upon request.

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WORKSHOPS & DEMONSTRATIONS

Flavours and Stories from Iran, Iraq and Syria Presented with Free to Feed

Enjoy a sizzling Persian BBQ, a delicious spread of Middle Eastern mezze and an array of hearty authentic Iraqi dishes. Listen to amazing live traditional music and learn about the rich and colourful cultures of Iran, Iraq and Syria. Free to Feed’s amazing chefs will also share stories of their individual journeys to Australia. A delicious and immersive family-friendly experience.

Sunday 3 June, 4 - 8pm Free to Feed HQ 539 High Street, Thornbury

$66 $35Adults Kids

Salami DemonstrationLearn the art of making your own homemade salami. This demonstration will cover mincing, mixing, filling and most importantly – curing. Ask Home Make Its master maker everything you have ever wanted to know about the process. A fun-filled event for lovers of cured meats! Includes tasting.

Saturday 26 May, 1.15pm Northcote Town Hall (Civic Square) 189 High Street, Northcote

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Darebin Bake Off Presented with Country Women’s Association

Are you Darebin’s best baker? Enter your home-baked sponge cakes, slices, biscuits and scones into the first ever Darebin Bake Off to find out. Entries will be judged by two of the Country Women’s Association’s best – Noella McLeod and Laurell Cockerell. Visit the website for details and an entry form.

Saturday 26 May, 1pm Northcote Town Hall (Studio 1) 189 High Street, Northcote

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Thai Street FoodCassie Pitman of popular Melbourne food truck Pok & Kok is passionate about traditional Issan (north eastern) Thai street food. Cassie will demonstrate Phad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles) – a staple of street food stalls in Thailand. She will also take you through one of Thailand’s most famous dishes - Som Tam Thai, or Green Papaya Salad.

Saturday 26 May, 12.20pm Northcote Town Hall (Civic Square) 189 High Street, Northcote

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Spätzle WorkshopAngela Pradel's parents migrated from the Tyrol region in the Italian Dolomites, close to the Austrian border in 1961. She loves cooking traditional dishes for her family. Spätzle (‘primi piatti’) is a firm favourite. In this demonstration, Angela will show you how to make Spätzle with spinach. Once cooked, the Spätzle will be tossed in a creamy sauce either made with speck and panna or burnt butter and sage.

Saturday 26 May, 2.15pm Northcote Town Hall (Civic Square) 189 High Street, Northcote

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Mushrooms are our Future! Hosted by Darebin Backyard Harvest Festival

Ryan Creed and Julian Mitchell founded Life Cykel after discovering how to grow gourmet mushrooms from waste coffee grounds. They have now five mushroom farms promoting a circular economy in food production and are inspiring people to join the Mushroom Movement. Learn varieties and uses of mushrooms and tips for growing mushrooms at home in this fascinating talk. Includes tasting samples and an opportunity to purchase Life Cykel home mushroom kits.

Sunday 27 May, 2 - 3.30pm Darebin Intercultural Centre, 59A Roseberry Ave, Preston.

Pizzaly Wood Fired Pizza Demonstration & Tasting Hosted by Pizzaly

Ever wanted to learn how to make your own classic pizza from start to finish? Come and join us for a fun Italian afternoon learning techniques from the experts that you can put into practice at home. Try your hand at topping and cooking your own authentic pizza in a traditional wood-fired pizza oven.

Sunday 27 May & Sunday 3 June, 3.30 - 5.30pm Pizzaly 561-565 Plenty Road, Preston

Gardening throughout the Year and Chilli Pickling Hosted by Sylvester Hive

The multicultural and intercultural group at Sylvester Hive are all about socialising, gardening, sharing food and food growing and preserving traditions. Enjoy a tour of the community garden, a talk exploring what we plant throughout the year, a chilli pickling workshop and find out how you can get involved. A delicious lunch using fresh produce straight from the garden will be provided.

Sunday 27 May, 12 - 4pm Sylvester Hive Corner Gray & Dean Streets, Preston

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Raspberry Winemaking DemonstrationInterested in making wine with produce from your own garden? Gary Campanella, Danny Cappellani and Mario Fantin from Eltham Wine Guild will show you how. The workshop will introduce the basics of fermentation and demonstrate the steps to make wine with a tried-and- true recipe.

Saturday 26 May, 3pm Northcote Town Hall (Civic Square) 189 High Street, Northcote

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Kimchi Mania Hosted by Lentil as Anything

Lentil's superstar catering chef Chase will show you how to make kimchi, a traditional Korean side dish made of fermented cabbage that explodes with flavour and supports a healthy gut. This vegan workshop is hands on (so don’t wear white!). A kimchi-themed dinner is included. Notes and recipes will be provided. Bring a large jar.

Monday 28 May, 6 - 9pm Lentil as Anything 562 High Street, Thornbury

Tibetan Momo Making Hosted by Northern Soul Tibetan Café

Learn the art of Tibetan momo making with Fiona and Samdup. Samdup grew up in Amdo, Tibet and will share a traditional family recipe handed down with love for generations. Using fresh organic ingredients, Samdup will teach participants how to make the dough, the fillings and will demonstrate a variety of ways to cook these delicious dumplings at this firm festival favourite. Kids welcome.

Sunday 27 May, 4 - 5.30pm Northern Soul Tibetan Café 843 High Street, Thornbury

A Vegan Mexican Feast with Juanita Hosted by Juanita’s Kitchen

Popular for her monthly taco nights, Juanita from Juanita’s Kitchen will teach you how to make (and eat!) an impressive vegan Mexican meal including perfect tortillas from scratch! Plus tips and ideas for creating quick and easy vegan meals for any night of the week. You will also get recipes and a goodie bag to take home.

Sunday 27 May, 4.45 - 6.30pm Juanita’s Kitchen 219 High Street, Preston

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Introduction to Home Winemaking Hosted by Home Make It

There is no other more discussed beverage than wine. It is something best made with the greatest of care. Your host Stephan Logoida will guide you through the process of home winemaking, covering all the most important moments of the process including selecting good quality grapes, fermenting, maturity and more.

Tuesday 29 May, 6 -7pm Home Make It 265 Spring Street, Reservoir

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Pulp Fiction: What to do with leftover pulpDo you make your own nut milk or juices? Ever wondered what you can do with your leftover pulp? Join Yoko Inoue, chef and owner of organic and raw food café Shoku Iku, for this intimate sustainability-focused workshop. You will learn a simple nut milk recipe and creative ways to use leftover pulp such as croquettes, chocolate cake, granola crackers and almond pulp cheese. A raw vegan workshop.

Tuesday 29 May, 7 - 8.30pm Shoku Iku 120 High Street, Northcote

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Introduction to Homebrewing Hosted by Home Make It

Our expert brewer, Dean Smith, will guide you through a simple home brew. He will demystify the process and talk about the many ways you can brew your own beer. The workshop will cover the basic processes, ingredients and the hardware needed, proving that this most ancient of arts is a hobby well worth taking up.

Wednesday 30 May, 6 - 7pm Home Make It 265 Spring Street, Reservoir

$10

Modern Scottish Masterclass Hosted by Wee Mans’s Kitchen and Tallboy & Moose

Head chef and owner of Wee Man's Kitchen, Chris ‘Skillz’ Orr, will take you through a crash course on traditional Scottish cooking with modern flare at this intimate masterclass. Get your hands dirty cooking up a storm and talking all things Glaswegan cuisine. Includes an amazing three-course meal. Be quick, places are limited. Aye!

Wednesday 30 May, 6.30 - 9pm Wee Man’s Kitchen at Tallboy & Moose 270 Raglan Street, Preston

$89

Fun Ferments Hosted by Darebin Libraries

Learn how to make Kombucha – the fermented tea – at home and add delicious natural herbs and fruit for flavouring. Tastings will be provided in the class. You’ll also learn how to use Kombucha to create a sourdough starter and discover other easy home fermenting and pickling techniques to save money and support your gut to be healthy and happy!

Thursday 31 May, 7 - 8.30pm Preston Library Bookings: darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au or 1300 655 355

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RetroSuburbia: Aussie Street with David Holmgren Hosted by Darebin Backyard Harvest Festival

David Holmgren’s new book, Retrosuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future elevates the importance of household food growing into an empowering vision for the future of Australian suburbs. This clever multi-media event will see David in conversation with passionate Darebin home food gardener and permaculture designer Kat Lavers. A remarkably insightful, thought-provoking vision for a resilient and life-enhancing sustainable future.

Saturday 2 June, 10 - 11.30am Reservoir Community and Learning Centre 23 Edwardes St, Reservoir

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The Art of Vegan Momos Hosted by Lentil as Anything

Join Dechen as she shows you how to make her famous traditional Tibetan momos and spicy sauces at this hands-on vegan workshop. Afterwards sit down together and enjoy a decedent all-you-can-eat momo extravaganza.

Saturday 2 June, 3pm - 6pm Lentil as Anything 562 High Street, Thornbury

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Tasting Traditional Beer Styles – Brewed Local Hosted by Tallboy & Moose

Start your night at Tallboy & Moose with a tour of the brewhouse before settling in to enjoy a tasting paddle of beers that will take you to Poland, Belgium and the UK. Our expert brew team will talk beer history, contrasting traditional and contemporary methods, how beer styles have changed as a result and the impact this has on the bold and delicious flavours you're experiencing today.

Friday 1 June, 6 - 6.45pm, 7 - 7.45pm & 8 - 8.45pm Tallboy & Moose 270 Raglan Street, Preston

$10

Olive Preserving – Mediterranean Style Hosted by Darebin Fruit Squad and DIVRS Urban Food Programme

Jessica Ridout, winner of the Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival’s 2015 best preserved olives and Martin O’Callaghan from Darebin Fruit Squad will show you how easy it is to preserve your home grown olives in a fun and practical workshop. You will also take home with you a jar of preserved olives that you make on the day.

Saturday 2 June, 2 - 4pm Intercultural Centre (Community Kitchen) 59a Roseberry Ave, Preston

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The Plummery: Garden Tour and Tasting Hosted by Darebin Backyard Harvest Festival

Kat Lavers' award winning small-scale permaculture house and food garden is featured in permaculture co-originator David Holmgren’s new book RetroSuburbia. Kat will demonstrate how her 280m2 block provides her household with almost all the vegies, herbs, fruit and eggs they need. She’ll also show how she recycles organic waste, captures water and generates power on site. Includes produce tastings and a handout on growing winter vegies.

Sunday 3 June, 10 - 11.30am Private Garden in Northcote

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Alphington Farmers’ Market Tour and Cooking Demonstration Hosted by Darebin Backyard Harvest Festival and Melbourne Farmers Markets

Welcome the start of winter with this unique opportunity to meet the characters and hear the stories direct from the farm. Collect top quality seasonal Victorian produce to use in the Love Food Hate Waste cooking demonstration to follow. Learn how to shop waste-free and make the most of your winter produce through storage tips, recipe ideas and creative ways to prevent food waste. Includes a tasting and reusable market bag to take home.

Sunday 3 June, 10 - 11.30am Melbourne Innovation Centre 2 Wingrove St, Alphington

$50

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Darebin Homemade Wine Mentor Program Darebin City Council and the Italian Senior Citizens Club of Preston have partnered on the first Darebin Homemade Wine Mentor program. The program aims to sustain the local wine making traditions that are the heart of the Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival by bringing together younger people keen to learn wine making from experienced older makers who have amazing traditional skills and knowledge to share.

MEET THE MENTORS

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Salvatore Di Palma

Years winemaking: 61 years

Wine Specialty: Merlot

Vince Vincitorio

Years winemaking: 55 years

Wine Specialty: Shiraz + Cabernet

Tarcisio Meneghetti

Years winemaking: 46 years

Wine Specialty: Shiraz + Cabernet

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Melbourne Polytechnic Partnership Melbourne Polytechnic Event Management students have been involved in Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival for 10 years. Working on the event provides students with the opportunity to put theory into practice and gain practical industry experience. Melbourne Polytechnic focuses on preparing students for their careers and we are proud to work in partnership with them. You can see them in action at Meet the Makers Showcase and visit their stall at Homemade Marketplace to find out more about studying at Melbourne Polytechnic.

AcknowledgementDarebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival and Darebin City Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional landowners and the historical and contemporary custodians of the land on which the City of Darebin and surrounding municipalities are located. Council also recognises and pays tribute to, and celebrates, Darebin’s long standing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.

We choose to reuse Darebin City Council says NO to single-use plastics. Join us – bring your own cup, refillable water bottle and re-usable shopping bags.

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