Event

Bug Banquet

Celebrate the Feast of Saint Gratus, patron saint of entomophobia (insect fear) with a bug banquet by The Bug Chef, David George Gordon, at Seattle's Café Racer on Wednesday, September 7th.

The four-course meal will begin at 7:00 p.m. and feature grasshopper kabobs, a cricket-and-pasta salad, bug juice and other exotic treats by Gordon.

The author of the critically acclaimed The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook (c. Ten Speed Press), Gordon has spent the past decade giving cooking demos at locales that include the Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Yale University and Singapore's Food Festival.

"I've been eager to showcase 'the food of the future' at a venue closer to home, in a more intimate setting, and Café Racer is the perfect place for this," says Gordon.

In addition to its special bug-based menu, Café Racer will feature an insect-themed art exhibit and the mounted insect collection of entomologist Don Ehlen, proprietor of The Insect Safari, an independent education program based in Seattle. Music will be provided by Drew Keriakides, leader of God's Favorite Beefcake, Café Racer's unofficial house band.

"The entire evening is dedicated to Gratus of Aosta," Gordon explains. "Among his many miracles, Saint Gratus is said to have thwarted a plague of grasshoppers and, in 1450, was invoked against a swarm of crop-devastating insects in France."

The event is at Café Racer, 5828 Roosevelt Way in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood.

For more information, contact Café Racer at 206-523-5282 or David George Gordon at 206-841-6326 and david@davidgeorgegordon.com.