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Festival Program

Event

Alison Roman: The Roman Empire

Fri 5 May, 8.30pm
Melbourne Town Hall

In her first ever visit to Australia, New York Times–bestselling author and millennial food icon Alison Roman sits down with Benjamin Law to discuss her career, recipes and latest cookbook, Sweet Enough. She shares her journey from working as a chef in professional kitchens to becoming a much-discussed food writer renowned for unfussy, flavourful dishes – exemplified by hit recipes like her Caramelised Shallot Pasta and her new collection of dessert recipes, Sweet Enough – that tap into the culinary zeitgeist for studied imperfection over aspirationally haute cuisine.

Please note, premium seating is excluded from the early-bird discount.

This event will have Auslan interpretation.

This event is supported through the Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund – a $200 million partnership of the Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne.

Thanks to the Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund, this event will be live-streamed to the State Library Victoria forecourt, so you can listen for free! 

Duration

1 hour

Categories

20% early-bird discount until 11.59pm, Thursday 6 April
Flexible refund policy
Community tickets for First Nations peoples
Convenient public transport and parking options
Coffee, bars and dining options nearby
Readings bookshops available plus book signings
Over 80% of our 2022 guests felt MWF helped them gain new insights about the world, held their interest and were inclusive, well-produced and topical! (With more than 70% keen to attend again!)

Tickets

20% early-bird discount until 11.59pm, Thursday 6 April
Flexible refund policy
Community tickets for First Nations peoples
Convenient public transport and parking options
Coffee, bars and dining options nearby
Readings bookshops available plus book signings
Over 80% of our 2022 guests felt MWF helped them gain new insights about the world, held their interest and were inclusive, well-produced and topical! (With more than 70% keen to attend again!)

Event artists

Benjamin Law is the author of The Family Law, Gaysia, the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia. He's also a playwright, AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter, co-host of ABC Radio's week...

Alison Roman is the host of the Home Movies series on YouTube and author of “A Newsletter,” the most popular food newsletter on Substack. Prior to that, she was a columnist for the New York Times Food section and a f...

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