Jokai Fearless Tea’s Aditya Shah, a tea-taster, planter and entrepreneur, will conduct this specially curated tea-tasting workshop. The first part of the workshop will be a traditional tea tasting class, comprising the many varieties and grades of tea that Jokai grows, harvests and sources. Aditya will take everyone through a detailed class on how to discern good quality tea, what a dry leaf tells you, how to brew each kind of tea, and especially how to read the nuances in flavours in tea.
Curated by
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
A dedicated space within the Festival where visitors can engage in a descriptive and immersive exploration of diverse local produce. This bustling area accommodates a continuous flow of attendees, providing them with a platform to connect with the essence of traditional culinary heritage
Project by:
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
The Village at Serendipity Arts Festival 2023 aims to capture the essence of Indian village life, providing a platform for cultural exchange, learning, and appreciation of the diverse traditions that thrive within rural communities. It serves as a reminder of the rich heritage that shapes Indian cuisine, craft, and culture, while offering Festival-goers an opportunity to engage with and learn from the community members in a meaningful way.
‘Paint with Food’ is an immersive and innovative activity designed to foster creativity, curiosity, and a playful approach to both art and food. This engaging activity offers participants, especially children, the opportunity to use a spectrum of artistic supplies, ranging from water colours, fabric paints, food pigments, collage materials, and dry waste, to create artworks depicting food in unusual ways.
Facilitated by:
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
A walkthrough segment made of panels and frames will have multiple activities for children and adults to engage in or learn about. At the end of the walkthrough and after going through all engagements, the participants will be certified for Doing Good Through Food.
Project by:
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
This workshop showcases the traditional method of churning butter from dahi (known as the bilona method) and talks about the historical significance of fermentation as a form of preservation and natural flavour development in traditional Indian ghee.
Curated by:
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
A universally favourite segment at The Locavore Meetups, the Shuffle invites strangers to be seated facing each other and converse with cues provided to them. These cues range from topics like food and memory, food and identity, recipes, kitchen utensils and equipment, global food systems, local markets and their vendors, and much more.
Project by:
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
Historians debate the origins of paneer. Did the Portuguese bring paneer to India? Chef Aditya Raghavan delves into ancient texts to uncover a possible explanation of how paneer emerged as a product of mixing milk with yogurt.
Curated by
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
These workshops will engage participants in creating a zine: an independently produced booklet, made for love, not profit. Everyone who attends these workshops will get the chance to submit the zines they make to Potluck: The Cui-Zine Library, housed at The Grove in the Old GMC Complex during the festival. Facilitated by Riya Behl and Devashree Somani of Zinedabaad Collective, each workshop explores diverse thoughts, feelings and stories on food.
Facilitated by:
Zinedabaad Collective
The workshop will be centered around Red Snapper Ceviche and Sasam Salad from Slow Tide. These dishes exemplify blending local origins with innovative techniques, aligning with Slow Tide’s ethos inspired by Anjuna’s 60s cultural blend.
Curated by
Thomas Zacharias and the Locavore Team
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