Joel Salatin Hosts a Game Show: The Food Play at The North Market
In case you're wondering, that's a lobster roll from DeepWood , and while probably only tangentially related to the main subject of this post, I figured it is as good a way as any to get your attention. (And yes, it was delicious.) This past Saturday, a friend and I traversed through hail, high winds, and torrential rain to get to the North Market and catch a performance of Available Light Theater's current production, The Food Play . It runs through June 11, so that means there's still time for you to get tickets and go see it. The Food Play is an original piece born out of the insatiable reading appetite of troupe's member Matt Slaybaugh. Using a series of theatrical devices (skits, a game show, monologues, even a Seinfeld parody), AVLT explores most of the major issues facing our food supply, as examined in books by writers including Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle, and Mark Bittman. The cast of six manages to convey to the audience a huge amount of informat...