Refresh / Refreshment / Refreshing

Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th November

2022

Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and History

Palmerston North

The New Zealand Symposia are informal meetings of amateur, academic and professional gastronomers, exploring specific topics of significance to eating, drinking, cooking and food production. It is open to all with an interest in food, its creation and history. The 2022 Symposium of Gastronomy has, as its theme, Refreshment - refreshing foods, ideas and liquids that sustain us, enliven our palates and bring us together socially. From breakfast through to digestifs, 'refreshment' is a wide concept offering many perspectives for dreaming, discussion and debate.

The Symposium will be hosted at Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and History, in Palmerston North, New Zealand's centre of food innovation. The programme includes a welcome dinner on the Friday evening (25th), papers, discussions, the annual banquet on the Saturday evening, and guided tastings of coffee, saki and wine. For those remaining in Palmerston North on the Sunday evening there will be more food and tastings of beer and gin.