Week Seven with the Green Gastronome Gary ...
This blog explores the art of FINE DINING in the company of CREATIVE FRIENDS.
Each week I hold a dinner party themed on a letter of the alphabet - A to Z.
The menu follows the alphabet, and at each dinner I host a creative guest of honour whose name also corresponds with that letter of the alphabet.
Each guest and their work is featured on this blog - and there is also be A to Z etiquette tips for the guests at the end of each posting ...
And finally at the end of the blogging ( November ) you will be able to purchase a creative book featuring the guests and the recipes.
... enjoy dinner with Gary ( and other guests "thanks for the Stocks" Wendy and Noela ) ...
but first ...
Great Galloping Gourmets!
- Garry Claridge - August 2010
Got:
Garlic in the soup
Grenache in the goblet
Goulash on the spoon
Greens in the gourd
Glaze on the pikelet
Gorgeous guests
Gorging gracefully with growing gastronomy
Glade gut-full - Gotta go
Grateful Goodbye
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... G ...
guest of honour
Garry Claridge
Guacamole
Garlic Soup
Gnocchi
and Greek Salad
Grilled Pineapple Crepes
with Grapefruit Possett
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Artist in Profile - Garry Claridge - Artist, IT whizz and Federal Greens Candidate
In my early teens my mother accused me of being a "daydreamer". Maybe being "right-brain" dominant, and "left-handed", explains that!
Perhaps, my "daydreaming" is important in my work as an informations systems developer and my social developmental efforts as a "systems thinker". While developing software (programming), being creative is very important, as the process can be very free-form, with the results potentially showing great variance from a perceived purpose.
My art is mostly experimental, that is because I "never-have-time" to grasp a particular style. Photography has always been my artistic base; probably been too impatient to become proficient at other forms. Since moving to Maleny in 2000 I have been tutored in drawing by Peter Hollard, and watercolour painting by James Fearnley. These new skills have given me greater scope to express my need for artistic escape (just wish I had more time ;). The COMA exhibitions have also been a great help in providing motivation to produce art pieces and hence gain confidence.
The other passion is the need for a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable world. As a systems thinker, and with background studies in mathematical modelling and economics, I understand, and dream about, what is possible! Hence, my involvement with The Greens.
Taking the next step is one of both individual and collective courage.
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Etiquette Tips from Madame de Plumes ...
Good manners put people at their ease and brings out the best in all of us. Good manners indicate a sensitivity; in contrast, those without good manners are society's outcasts and are generally short on friends!
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The next posting will be Tuesday 14 September - when you'll hobnob with the happy hippy "H", and dine heartily on the handmade healthy "h" menu.
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Cheers - Ken Munsie
