On Monday, May 5th join us for the second Read | Eat | Drink book pairing dinner, where we create a four course set menu centred around a book from our friends and neighbours at Daisy Chain Book Co.

For May we're switching gears from non-fiction, using "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman as our culinary inspiration.

Backman's debut novel quickly became a New York Time's best seller, and was recently made into a movie starring Tom Hanks. It's a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step.

Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife's grave, Ove has given up on life. After a boisterous young family moves in next door and accidentally flattens Ove's mailbox, an unlikely friendship forms

The menu will be a blend of culinary references sprinkled throughout the book, along with inspiration from our own core food memories. The evening includes a private shopping party at Daisy Chain, a four course dinner, reception cocktail, and a reading of favourite snippets from the book.