Tea Break
Let's have tea and start the conversation, chat with old friends and meet new ones - are you a returning symposiast? What brought you back? And for the first timers:…
Welcome Drinks
Drinks first! Join us with a gin tipple or your favourite aperitive and start to share the international spirit of the symposium. We are meeting on the virtual lawns of…
Bar
What is your own island life experience? Come and share over a glass of wine or a beer, and introduce yourself to even more new faces. Your hosts will be…
Lanza Lounge
You say digestif, I say digestive, join Fabrizia Lanza to learn it's neither! We'll meet in the lounge to discuss her film, Sicily's herbs and the bitter side of life.…
Saturday Breakfast
It's morning in Oxford, it's evening in Auckland, check out who else is up and share your plans for the day over an English breakfast or a flat white. Your…
Coffee Break
Time to replenish caffeine levels! Perhaps we talk about. . . how our spice cupboards compare with those of our parents’ (or anything else that suits our fancy)? Your hosts…
Coffee Break
More coffee, and don't forget the water - and then perhaps we talk about. . . Proustian memories: what herbs or spices transport you to another place (or anything else…
Tea Break
To blend or not to blend, that is the question ... Over delicious saffron tea (check out David Tanis' recipe!), let's linger at the lunch table and discuss those beautiful dishes.…
Tea Break
Following the keynote by Vivienne Lo, let's gather for tea, to continue discussing informally. And who knows? Our speaker may even drop in to chat. Your host will be Naomi…
Pre-dinner Drinks
Let's gather on the shores of the Bosporus, raki glass in one hand, the other free to grab a slice of melon and some feta cheese, mingle and chat -…
Bar
Wine with spicy food? Not beer? Why not? Pass me lassi or masala chai! Let's meet at the bar and in the garden, and share thoughts about Asma's wonderful offerings…
Bar
After immersing ourselves into the wonderful world of the Spice Bazaar, describe the flavours in your imagination... Your hosts will be Gamze Ineceli and Harold McGee.
