![]() Chanterelle ice cream from Celeste maybe, (and) a cold beer from Bannerman Brewing. What would be served at your dream dinner party? What three people would join you for your dream dinner party?Ĭeleste (Mah, pastry chef) and Ross (Larkin, chef de cuisine) at Raymonds (and) Lori McCarthy (founder) of Cod Sounds.ġ9. He’s balls-to-the-wall whatever he does.ġ8. He’s an electrician, but he’s at everything. ![]() What physical or personality trait are you most grateful to a parent for? I’m so bad for collecting things and to be honest, since I’ve moved down here last year, I’ve been trying not to hold onto objects so much. How would you describe your personal fashion statement? It’s good for some things, but so much rain, it’s just hard to get out picking.ġ5. Other than that, I’ve (got) a fear of a full week’s forecast of rain. I’m a crazy animal lover … (but) I have a little bit of a fear for raccoons. (I’m) busy with spring, (taking care of) the farm and harvesting for the restaurants and the Farmer’s Market. I’m not really watching anything right now or reading anything. What are you reading or watching right now? One of several roosters on the grounds of Points East Guesthouse in Pouch Cove where Shawn Dawson works, this guys name is Gorgeous George after a character in Dawson's favourite movie - Andrew Watermanġ3. (Later, Dawson remembers his favourite movie is “Snatch” when he spots a rooster he named for Gorgeous George, a character in that film.) “The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America” by Langdon Cook. … I’m (now) a mushroom nerd, I went right down the rabbit hole of finding out what mushrooms are here and what’s edible and learning about mushrooms and the role they play in the forest and the ecosystem.ġ1. The first time I ever picked wild mushrooms. Can you describe one experience that changed your life? Writing a book was pretty tough, (but) finishing high school. What is the hardest thing you’ve ever done? I noticed a big movement of people wanting to eat healthy and be healthy.Ĩ. I know (there was a) pandemic and everything, (but) last year was actually a pretty good year despite the world going to (hell). It wasn’t as hard as I expected, but it was a long process.ħ. It was a challenge for sure, but I was just so passionate about wild foods. What would people be surprised to learn about you? Local chefs and people in the food industry.Ħ. I’ve done a lot of travelling throughout the world, too, and it made me realize how beautiful home is. There (are) so many beautiful places, it’s impossible to pick. I have to just go (with) Newfoundland in general. What’s your favourite place in the world? One of the goats at Points East Guesthouse certainly wasn't camera shy. In advance of that revelation, Dawson sat down in a small nook overlooking the ocean, to answer The Telegram’s 20 Questions. That book, “The Forager’s Dinner,” is nominated for the 2021 Best Atlantic-Published Book Award for the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. John’s Farmers Market grew to the point where he began writing a book. Interest in his business, Barking Kettle, from restaurants and patrons of the St. Then they found out I was really into collecting mushrooms,” he said. “I grew so many tomatoes and peppers my first year, I started selling them to the restaurants. Andrew WatermanĪnd while he’s been interested in food and food security from a young age, things really took off a few years ago when Dawson started a hobby farm at his old residence in The Battery. Shawn Dawson's book "The Forager's Dinner" was published in memory of his grandmother, who taught him that dandelions are more than weeds. He also provides meals for the guests using his foraged wild foods. “Ever since I was young, I was just so passionate about finding food and where it comes from.”ĭawson lives at Points East Guesthouse, a bed and breakfast catering mostly to hikers of the East Coast Trail, where he helps owner Elke Dettmer tend to the livestock and garden. ![]() Me and my brother would be down on the beach collecting mussels,” Dawson said. “I grew up at my grandmother’s up on the Southern Shore so I spent a lot of time picking berries, harvesting dandelion greens for Jiggs dinner. One of eight cats which live on the grounds of Points East Guesthouse in Pouch Cove. Roosters can be heard crowing every minute or so. When he whistles, more cats appear - eight in total. Approaching a wooden fence at the end of a shaded driveway in Pouch Cove, the view of a sun-drenched yard in front of the Atlantic Ocean becomes more expansive with each step.Ī cat lis on its back in the grass in the mid-morning sun, eyes slowly closing, and Shawn Dawson walks from the house to the barn to let out the goats. ![]()
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