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co-owners and James Beard Foundation Book Award Finalists
Mary Lou and Bob Heiss will spark up your next corporate
meeting, annual conference, business retreat or other
gathering of interesting colleagues with an
engaging
presentation on food that combines history, culture,
tasting, travel and discovery.
If you are
looking for a speaker and are tired of the same old, same
old, let us work with you to design a presentation
custom-tailored to suit your group's interest and size.
What we offer:
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Tea presentations with Powerpoint slide presentation of
artisan tea processing in China and Japan
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Tea presentations with tea tasting
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Cooking with Tea Classes
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Olive oil presentations with olive oil tasting
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Cooking with Olive Oil Classes
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Cooking with Spices Classes
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Coffee presentations with coffee tasting
The following is a partial list of distinguished groups
that we have made presentations to:
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International
Association of Culinary Professionals ( IACP )
Annual
conference workshop seminars:
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2002: Green
Tea: Appreciation and Perspective from the West
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2003:
Ancient Roots, Solid Ground Extra Virgin Olive Oil in
the New and Old World
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2003: Drink
Your Apple a Day: Cider and Calvados
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2008:
Culture in a Teacup
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National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (
NASFT)
International
Fancy Food Show Educational Seminars
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2007:
Introduction to Specialty Food Retailing: People,
Products and Processes (San Francisco, Chicago and
NYC)
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2008 :
Introduction to Specialty Food Retailing: People,
Products and Processes (San Diego, Chicago and NYC)
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Adult Classes and Meetings |
Albertson’s
Cooking School, Bryn Mawr, PA
Boston University Seminars in Food, Wine and the Arts
Culinary Historians of Boston, Boston, MA
Disney Magazine, Northampton MA
Forbes Library, Northampton MA
Head Start, Westfield, MA
Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA
general education events; presentations for Trustees
Meetings & Asher
Benjamin Society Members Meetings; Elder Hostel
Programs
Hitchcock Center, Amherst, MA
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
James
Beard House, NYC, NY
Jacob Edwards Library, Amherst, MA
University of Massachusetts Amherst : Asian Arts and
Culture Dept.
Williams-Sonoma, South Windsor, CT
Wooller and Stern Financial Services, Amherst, MA
Mary Lou and Bob
are acknowledged experts in the world of specialty foods.
They have a deep respect for and passionate interest in
artisan food products, traditional foods and the history
and evolution of food and cooking in world cuisines.
They are the co-authors of:
Mary Lou is the solo author of:
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