Culinary Tales from Tall Grass Bakery and Winnipeg’s Wolseley Community
Anthologie Volume 5, Granola Chronicles: Culinary Tales from Tall Grass Bakery and Winnipeg’s Wolseley Community is now available for sale! This volume shares the inspiring tale of Tall Grass Prairie Bread Co., a community caregiver and favourite neighbourhood gathering place for over 30 years. It also features recipes, tips, and culinary inspiration from some of Winnipeg’s most iconic restaurants and specialty markets, all of which are also located in the Wolseley neighbourhood.
Famous for their freshly milled, organic and whole grain breads, cinnamon buns, and Folk Fest cookies, Tall Grass comes by the title of Winnipeg’s hippie bakery in the heart of the granola belt honestly. Sprouted from a seed cultivated by a community, this humble Winnipeg bakery has been a model and inspiration to local businesses, and with its strong ties to the farming community, has been a major facilitator of the farm-to-table movement in Manitoba.
The Anthologie Project is a curated collection of books featuring local design, art, food, fashion and handmade wares in support of Winnipeg charities and community. Our project has donated $30,000 to Winnipeg charities to date. Sincere thanks to our readers and subscribers for supporting our project and local businesses.
Third + Bird Urban Market Makers Serve Up a Small Piece of ‘Normal’
Anthologie Volume 4, Eat Like a Bird: Third + Bird Urban Market Makers Serve Up a Small Piece of ‘Normal’ has arrived and it’s 100% Canadian content (and 100% local) from cover to cover! This volume shares the story of Winnipeg’s Third + Bird Urban Market and it’s founder and CCO Chandra Kremski, and features recipes, wares, tips, and culinary inspiration from 50 local makers. Copies are $10 each and $2 from the sale of each issue will be donated to the Anthologie Project Fund at The Winnipeg Foundation. Help us support art programming for youth in our community and Winnipeg’s creative community. Get your copy here!
The Anthologie Project is a curated collection of books featuring local design, art, food, fashion and handmade wares in support of Winnipeg charities and community. Our project has donated $30,000 to Winnipeg charities to date. Sincere thanks to our readers and subscribers for supporting our project and local businesses.
Down to Earth: Homemade Soups in Handmade Vessels Volume 2 is a collaborative project of Ayoko Design and the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s CRAFTED: Show + Sale. This special cookbook issue of Anthologie brings together over 40 ceramic and culinary artists from Manitoba to feature 21 inspiring pairings of soup recipes and ceramic vessels.
We invite you to order a copy of this special CRAFTED Cookbook in support of Winnipeg Harvest and the Winnipeg Art Gallery and help us achieve our fundraising goals.
Ayoko Design would like to extend a huge thank you to Rebecca Smith and Charli Feener from Fast Track Films for doing such an amazing job capturing the Christmas spirit at our Table Stories event in December at Blue Moon Furniture store. As well, a special thank you to Tracy Koga from Hue for facilitating this filming project.
TABLE STORIES
Community Tablescapes Decorated for Christmas & the Holidays
Tracy Koga and her production team at Hue did a wonderful job creating this video for Winnipeg Harvest. Take a peek to learn more about our Down to Earth cookbook project, and please help us reach our fundraising goal of $100,000 by sharing this video on social media.
We are planning to do a second print run of cookbooks, and hope you will tell all your friends and family about this amazing local project. The cookbooks are only $10 and make a great Holiday gift. Who doesn’t love soup?
To learn more about Tracy Koga and Hue, visit ilikehue.com.
To learn more about Winnipeg Harvest and to make a donation during the holiday season, visit winnipegharvest.org
Since we first launched our Down to Earth: Home Made Soups in Handmade Vessels cookbook at Winnipeg Harvest’s Empty Bowl Celebrity Auction on October 9th, we have nearly all 10,000 copies of our cookbook in circulation, and most have been sold.
Within the first couple weeks, we sold 5,000 copies, and we reached 6,000 copies within the first month. People in the publishing industry understand just how difficult it is to achieve this kind of success. Books and magazines published locally, by an independent publisher, just don’t move that quickly. So, why has our fundraising project been so successful? There is definitely a secret recipe, but the most important ingredients and key to our success have been COMMUNITY and COLLABORATION. It literally “takes a village”, and we are so honoured to have been part of this project.
Down to Earth is a product our Ayoko Design’s collaboration with the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s (WAG) CRAFTED Show + Sale, November 2 & 3. Now long time friends of Ayoko Design, Joyce Berry and Hennie Corrin, also the founder’s of CRAFTED, were instrumental in connecting me with the CRAFTED event. Last year, I came on board as the Philanthropic Chair. During it’s four years running, CRAFTED has supported collected hand knit scarves for Chase the Chill, hand made quilts and pillow cases for kids in hospital care, hand knit toques, mitts and socks for the Boys & Girls Club of Winnipeg, and now in 2018, we have created our Down to Earth cookbook in support of Winnipeg Harvest to fulfill the philanthropic component of the CRAFTED event.
Featuring 20 local chefs, who created the recipes, and 20 local ceramic artists, who made the beautiful soup bowls, Down to Earth showcases Winnipeg’s amazing local talent, and is an example of what a community working together can achieve. The WAG’s Director of Retail Operations, Sherri Van Went, was instrumental in coordinating our contributors and was never short of ideas. We had a lot of fun working together on this project, and it was a pleasure adding her to our creative team. Catherine Maksymiuk, Manager, Media & Marketing at the WAG also worked very hard at promoting our project. And, thank you to our editor, Jenny Gates and for the amazing photos by WAG photographer, Lianed Marcoleta and her assistant Ken Gregory.
Our project also could not have happened without the support of the WAG staff and CRAFTED volunteers who put on an amazing show, and Winnipeg Harvest’s CEO, Keren Taylor-Hughes, Colleen McVarish, Assistant Director of Development and Communications, Community Kitchen Facilitator, Anneliese Schoppe, and the Winnipeg Harvest volunteers who continue to work so hard selling our cookbooks.
Steampunk-Inspired Christmas dining table by Yoko Chapman of Ayoko Design, aDesigned Magazine.
Today is the final day of our Table Stories event Presented by Ayoko Design’s aDesigned Magazineand Blue Moon Furniture store at 109 Pacific Avenue it the Exchange District. Proceeds from the sales of our Down to Earth cookbook,a collaborative project of Ayoko Design and the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s CRAFTED Show + Sale, aDesigned Magazine, and 5% of ceramic sales will be donated to Winnipeg Harvest. Proceeds from Blue Moon’s draw for a teak root coffee table will be donated to Willow Place Women’s & Children’s Emergency Shelter.
A very special thank you to Deb and Gloria of Beyond Flowers for contributing to 4 tables at the event, and to Charmaine Mallari for these stunning photos!
Other Designers Include …
Yoko Chapman – Ayoko Design, aDesigned Magazine / Jeremy Moffatt Construction / Beyond Flowers
Left to Right: Leila Bock-Freeman & Sylvia Bock of Blue Moon Furniture, & Yoko Chapman of Ayoko Design, aDesigned Magazine.
Presented by Ayoko Design’s aDesigned Magazine & Blue Moon Furniture Store, in support of Winnipeg Harvest & Willow Place Women’s & Children’s Emergency Shelter.
Ayoko Design would thank all the amazing local design talents that took part in our first Table Stories Event at Blue Moon Furniture, 109 Pacific Avenue in the Exchange District. There’s still time to check out our 15 displays to get inspiration for your own holiday decorating.
Our event started November 29th and will be on until this Saturday, December 8th.
A very special thank you to Deb and Gloria of Beyond Flowers for contributing to 4 tables at the event, and to Charmaine Mallari for these stunning photos!
Other Table Designers Include …
Yoko Chapman – Ayoko Design, aDesigned Magazine / Jeremy Moffatt Construction / Beyond Flowers
Community Tablescapes Decorated for Christmas & the Holidays
PRESENTED BY
Ayoko Design’s aDesigned Magazine & Blue Moon Furniture
IN SUPPORT OF
Winnipeg Harvest & Willow Place Women & Children’s Emergency Shelter
FEATURING …
20+ breathtaking live edge tables decorated for Christmas & the holidays by local Builders, Interior Designers, Decorators & Artists.
Favourite holiday recipe samplings from local Chefs featured in the Down to Earth: Homemade Soups in Handmade Vessels cookbook (A Collaborative Project of Ayoko Design & the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s CRAFTED Show + Sale).
Great holiday gifts for sale including the Down to Earth cookbook, ceramic pieces made by the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s CRAFTED Artists, restaurant gifts cards for featured Chefs & Restaurants.
Food and art tell the story of our history, traditions, culture and backgrounds, and bring people together in every country around the world. Our food, serving vessels, dining tables and homes are inherently related. They all facilitate the sharing of a meal with friends, family, or even total strangers, and create the opportunity to celebrate our differences, share a common experience, and give the gift of nourishment and shelter. Because these are all things we value so deeply, it’s no surprise we take such pride and care in making these very practical objects in our lives both functional and beautiful.
If tables could talk, what would they say? Have you ever counted the growth rings in a tree? The heart of every tree trunk very literally tells us their story. And, just like with people, the environmental influences on the life of a tree make a mark. What Ayoko Design and Blue Moon Furniture share, is our commitment to supporting our community. Please help us make a mark together, and join us for a breathtaking display of Winnipeg’s art, craft, design and food at it’s finest! Our Table Stories event will not only support local businesses – Builders, Interior Designers, Decorators, Chefs, Restaurants and Artists alike – it will also support 2 important local not-for-profit organizations – Winnipeg Harvest and Willow Place Women & Children’s Emergency Shelter. What better time than the holiday season to celebrate the community that we all love and share?
5% of restaurant gift card sales will be donated to Winnipeg Harvest.
5% of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s CRAFTED artist’s sales will be donated to Winnipeg Harvest.
FOR WILLOW PLACE WOMEN & CHILDREN’S SHELTER
5% of the sales of Blue Moon’s furniture & accessories will be donated to Willow Place.
Blue Moon Furniture has donated a beautiful coffee table for our door prize. All proceeds from the sale of door prize tickets will be donated to Willow Place.
The beautiful trees used to make the majestic, one-of-a-kind pieces of nature’s artwork from Blue Moon’s signature live edge table line are grown from sustainable sources. Watch Blue Moon’s video for a glimpse of things to come at bluemoonfurniture.ca
Tablescapes will remain on display, and Down to Earth cookbooks, restaurant gift cards and ceramic wares will be for sale until end of day Wednesday, December 5th at Blue Moon Furniture. 5% of the sales of Blue Moon’s furniture and accessories will be donated to Willow Place from November 29th to December 5th.
Down to Earth: Homemade Soups in Handmade Vessels is a collaborative project of Ayoko Design and the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s CRAFTED Show + Sale. This special cookbook issue of aDesigned Magazine brings together 40 ceramic and culinary artists from Manitoba to feature 20 inspiring pairings of soup recipes and ceramic vessels. These stunning bowls are all souped up and the table is set for a visual feast, so please pull up a chair and join us for 20 extraordinary meals.
We invite you to order a copy of this special CRAFTED Cookbook in support of Winnipeg Harvest and help us achieve our fundraising goals.
Thank you to everyone that attended our launch party. We were able to kick-off our fundraising campaign for Winnipeg Harvest, and thanks to your generous contributions, we were able to donate over $1000!
