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Lara MFeast Bazaar SBS
October 11th 2006 04:39
Feast Bazaar is not simply about food but an intimate exploration of its intricate relationship with history, life and culture. The ten part series aired on SBS and features areas in Morocco and Syria, depicting them as tantalising and enigmatic. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful and will leave you with a yearning to visit the places featured.
The program’s host, Barry Vera, is not too annoying and presents a varied and respectful view of the colourful towns. He also has a first hand experience with the wonderful world of food as he owns a restaurant, named after himself. http://www.vera.com.au/
The particular episode that I watched highlighted Essaouira, a Moroccan city with a “colourful and violent history.” I was entranced by shots of the fish markets, spice shops and fruit and vegetable stalls packed together in a maze of ally ways where live chickens awaited there fate and fresh carcasses were strung up on display. This honest and brutal depiction of food in Essaouira was engaging and fascinating. Our host Barry explained that the genatalia is left on the carcasses so buyers are ensured that they are purchasing male animals, as eating female creatures is forbidden.
The fish markets were another sight to behold, with gorgeous traditional blue wooden boats. Morocco is the world’s largest exporter of sardines and the charcoal cooked sardines prepared on the street made my mouth water.
Barry also takes us on a tour of mysterious spice shops, in which one labelled bottle caught my eye as the camera panned past. It said, ‘viagra turbo’ in a handwritten scrawl. Later a local shows us a jar of dried Spanish flies, sought after for their aphrodisiac properties, and as a side affect they are also supposed to aid back pain.
The show has a lot of potential and you can get a feel for it by streaming some samples from their comprehensive website.
http://www.feast-tv.com/feastbazaar/
The website also contains a few recipes, some awe inspiring photographs and information on how to purchase the series.
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images in this context
• to illustrate the program in question,
• with the program name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
The program’s host, Barry Vera, is not too annoying and presents a varied and respectful view of the colourful towns. He also has a first hand experience with the wonderful world of food as he owns a restaurant, named after himself. http://www.vera.com.au/
The particular episode that I watched highlighted Essaouira, a Moroccan city with a “colourful and violent history.” I was entranced by shots of the fish markets, spice shops and fruit and vegetable stalls packed together in a maze of ally ways where live chickens awaited there fate and fresh carcasses were strung up on display. This honest and brutal depiction of food in Essaouira was engaging and fascinating. Our host Barry explained that the genatalia is left on the carcasses so buyers are ensured that they are purchasing male animals, as eating female creatures is forbidden.
Barry also takes us on a tour of mysterious spice shops, in which one labelled bottle caught my eye as the camera panned past. It said, ‘viagra turbo’ in a handwritten scrawl. Later a local shows us a jar of dried Spanish flies, sought after for their aphrodisiac properties, and as a side affect they are also supposed to aid back pain.
The show has a lot of potential and you can get a feel for it by streaming some samples from their comprehensive website.
http://www.feast-tv.com/feastbazaar/
The website also contains a few recipes, some awe inspiring photographs and information on how to purchase the series.
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images in this context
• to illustrate the program in question,
• with the program name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
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