When: October 11, 2023
Where: St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, 1501 32nd Ave. S, Seattle 98144
Speaker: Trevor Keaton Pogue
Topic: Salt, Mold, and Time: Three Months As A Tuscan Norcino’s Apprentice
In January 2023 Trevor left his day job as a residential property manager in Seattle to live on a 1100 acre organic farm in rural Tuscany. With no professional butchery experience Trevor began his training under master norcino, Riccio Pigozzo. For the next three months Trevor studied and practiced butchering and curing culturally protected cinta senese pigs using 500 year old Tuscan methods and ingredients. Salt, Mold, and Time is a presentation about the history and impact of Italian salumi, the ethics of farm to table butchery, and how when nothing else makes sense, sometimes the only sane thing to do is throw your life in the air and say “aah”.
Trevor Keaton Pogue is an Italian-American author, radio journalist, and community cook. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Comparative History of Ideas. His writing, photography, and audio work have appeared in The Stranger, Seattle Weekly, Seattle Met Magazine, Vice, and KNKX. Trevor is the founder and editor of Meatball Americano, an Italian-American food and lifestyle newsletter, and the former host of Anxiety Club, a Seattle arts and culture podcast. In addition to writing, Trevor is also a martial artist with a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, an old car collector, and a fervent focaccia baker. He is currently in the final stages of applying for dual Italian-American citizenship through his great grandfather who was born in Pietraperzia, Sicily.
Website: Archive – Meatball Americano
DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
2023-2024 Season
Live Meeting COVID Guidelines
Even as COVID variants continue to plague the population, we have returned to offering live meetings for Dante this season. We’ve all been longing for a return to shared meals, and since this is foundational to Dante activities, we want to make it possible. Following the guidelines and regulations now in place by many workplaces, public venues and community groups, the Dante Board of Directors has agreed to the guidelines listed below as an acceptable plan to keep us as safe as possible when meeting in person.
1) Please do not attend if you have been exposed to COVID, or are experiencing any symptoms of illness. We will make best efforts to record the presentations so that those who cannot attend in person can enjoy them afterwards. There will also be a few meetings presented on ZOOM instead of live this season, for all to enjoy.
2) Masks are encouraged. Although no longer required, we encourage attendees to wear masks when not eating or drinking.
Thank you again for your understanding and observance of these guidelines. Let’s work together to control COVID!!!