{"id":39579,"date":"2018-02-15T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T22:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?p=39579"},"modified":"2018-02-15T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T22:53:57","slug":"jonathan-talks-to-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/jonathan-talks-to-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Talks to Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jonathan Kauffman<\/strong>, a James Beard Award-winning writer, is returning to Seattle. The former restaurant critic at Seattle Weekly, he will be at West Seattle\u2019s Westside School to discuss his new book, Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat on<\/em> Tuesday, February 27th<\/sup><\/a> at 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n

Jonathan recently sat down with Jonathan Shipley<\/strong>, Town Hall\u2019s Marketing Manager, to discuss lentil casseroles, vegetarian cults, and the horror of carob.<\/p>\n

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JS<\/strong>: You lived in Seattle and now live in San Francisco. What\u2019s different between each city\u2019s\u00a0food<\/span>\u00a0cultures?<\/p>\n

JK<\/strong>: They\u2019re really similar. There\u2019s more money in San Francisco and so there are more high-end restaurants. The Chinese population is greater here, so there are better and more Chinese restaurants in San Francisco. Seattle\u2019s got better seafood and, since it\u2019s not as expensive as San Francisco, there\u2019s more willingness to experiment in Seattle. They can try new things.<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: What do you miss about Seattle?<\/p>\n

JK<\/strong>: My family and my friends.<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: What don\u2019t you miss about Seattle?<\/p>\n

JK<\/strong>: I like sunlight. I like that I don\u2019t have to take Vitamin D supplements anymore.<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: What inspired this new book of yours?<\/p>\n

JK<\/strong>: I was having a meal in Seattle at\u00a0The Sunlight Caf\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0on Roosevelt. I was being served steamed vegetable with tahini dressing, and whole wheat pastries, and veggie burgers and I was hit with a sudden sense of nostalgia. I grew up in the middle of Indiana. How did I grow up eating this\u00a0food<\/span>? How did lentil casseroles and stir fried vegetables with tofu and South African stews get there?<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: What\u00a0hippie<\/span>\u00a0food<\/span>\u00a0is your favorite?<\/p>\n

JK<\/strong>: My reset meal is a big wok full of stir fried vegetables and tofu over brown rice.<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: What\u00a0hippie<\/span>\u00a0food<\/span>\u00a0do you detest?<\/p>\n

JK<\/strong>:\u00a0Carob is\u00a0horrifying<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The food revolution is upon us. Line cook turned journalist @jonkauffman brings "Hippie Food" to #WestSeattle TONIGHT! Link in bio for those $5 tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n

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