Mid-Week Libation: Constant Wonder
Cooking with Chef Sean Sherman, music from Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia & Quinn Christopherson, centenarian Sylvia Fein's surrealist paintings, the world's oldest wine & What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture! Click above to listen to this weeks’ audio segment!
Introducing the Julia Child Award Recipient for 2023: Sean Sherman aka “The Sioux Chef”!
“2023 Julia Child Award recipient Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, is a chef, award-winning cookbook author and activist. Sherman has dedicated his career to supporting and promoting Indigenous food systems and is the founder of North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NĀTIFS) and its Indigenous Food Lab, a professional Indigenous kitchen and training center. Working to address the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways, NĀTIFS imagines a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises.” [Source]
Check out Sean Sherman’s beautiful and award-winning cookbook: The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen!
Music Video of the Week: Yo-Yo Ma, Pattie Gonia & Quinn Christopherson: “Won't Give Up”
Cheers to Sylvia Fein! The Surrealist Painter Who Turned 104 This Week!
Click here to read more about Sylvia Fein’s life “Meet Sylvia Fein, One of the Last Surrealists Still Painting” (via Hyperallergic)
Click here to watch a short documentary about Sylvia Fein: A Delicious Battle - Sylvia Fein’s Surreal Nature
Commandaria: The Oldest Wine in the World?
“Commandaria, an amber-colored sweet dessert wine from Cyprus, has the prestigious distinction of being the oldest named wine still in production today.
The name dates back to the arrival of the Crusaders in Cyprus in the 12th century, but the wine itself is far older, dating back to the ancient Greek presence on the island.” [Source]
Click here to read the article: The Oldest Wine in the World (via Greek Reporter)
Happy Birthday to Geraldine Page! (November 22, 1924 – June 13, 1987)
In celebration of what would have been the 99th birthday of the legendary star of stage and screen, here’s one of our absolutely favorite 70s camp classics: What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969)!
The whole film is currently available on Youtube:
Artists Born Today: November 22nd
Visual Artists:
Today is the birthday of Lydia Shackleton, Christian Rohlfs, Marie Adrien Lavieille, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Consuelo Fould, Frances Farrand Dodge, Robert Lee Eskridge, Adolf Dehn, Lin Fengmian, Miguel Covarrubias, Dora Maar, Bridget Bate Tichenor, Sudjana Kerton, Eila Hiltunen, Ruth Schloss, Ramón Torres Martínez, Jean Dupuy, Shafic Abboud, Misha Frid, Henry Tayali, Jacob Cress, Naja Salto, Diana Boulay, Edgar Heap of Birds, Joe Coleman, Marjane Satrapi, Meredith Pardue, Hrvoje Slovenc and Ramón Esono Ebalé!
Writers, Philosophers & Scholars:
Today is the birthday of George Eliot, José-Maria de Heredia, George Gissing, André Gide, Cecilio Apóstol, Endre Ady, Huseng Batute, Zhu Ziqing, Fumio Niwa, Edwin Thumboo, Roy Thomas, Adamou Idé, Marly Youmans and Lisa Genova!
Musicians & Composers:
Today is the birthday of Cecil Sharp, Chicho Ibáñez, Hoagy Carmichael, Joaquín Rodrigo, Ethel Smith, Benjamin Britten, Jean-Étienne Marie, Dika Newlin, Gunther Schuller, Jimmy Knepper, Antonio Cabán Vale, Ricky May, Max Romeo, Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Steven Van Zandt, Tina Weymouth, Kent Nagano, Stephen Hough, Sumi Jo and Karen O!
Film/TV/Stage:
Today is the birthday of Elizabeth Patterson, Oswald Morris, Rodney Dangerfield, Arthur Hiller, Geraldine Page, Peter Hall, Robert Vaughn, Terry Gilliam, Andrzej Żuławski, Saroj Khan, Richard Kind, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leos Carax, Mariel Hemingway, Khalil Kain, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicholas Rowe, Michael K. Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Cecilia Suárez, Shangela, Isild Le Besco, Scarlett Johansson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Alden Ehrenreich and Dacre Montgomery!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: André Gide (November 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951)
I love the piece on Chef Sean Sherman Very inspiring!
Every week I marvel at your range and depth of knowledge and interests!
Happy Thanksgiving!
As usual, a great mid-week. I had never heard of Sylvia Fein. Thanks for bringing her to my attention. What an amazing artist. Also enjoyed learning about Sean Sherman. I would love to experience Indigenous food.