David Moscow invites you to the
FROM SCRATCH & WORTHYBOOKS PREMIER EVENT
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
From Scratch: Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet is an exploration of our planet’s complex and interconnected food supply, showing us where our food comes from, who is part of the process, and why it matters.
Join us for cocktails, a seated dinner, and a silent auction as David celebrates and shares the mission of
From Scratch
with friends and family.
Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Cocktails, dinner, & SILENT AUCTION
6 - 9PM
Republique
624 S La Brea Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90036
AUCTION ITEMS
David is thrilled to be able to auction several luxury and exclusive items, generously donated
by a few of the people featured in
From Scratch. Some of the silent auction items include:
- A two-night stay at The Lodge at Blue Sky in Park City, Utah, including a private fly fishing experience
- A private tour with Whidbey Wild Mushroom Tours, in Langley, WA, including a one-night stay at the Inn at Langley
- A signed cookbook from Jesse Griffiths, The Hog Book: A Chef’s Guide to Hunting, Butchering and Cooking Wild Pigs. (Winner of the 2022 James Beard Award in the single subject category)
- A signed cookbook from Margarita Manzke, Baking at Republique: Masterful Techniques and Recipes
PURCHASE TICKETS
David has partnered with WorthyBooks, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit to facilitate tax-deductible donations of books for distribution among worthy communities.
From Scratch
is an educational experience designed to connect readers to their part in the global food chain. WorthyBooks works with public libraries across the country to provide free access to books.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In an effort to help us reconnect with the food that sustains our lives, David Moscow has spent four years going around the world, meeting with rock-star chefs, and sourcing ingredients within local food ecosystems—experiences taking place in over twenty countries that include milking a water buffalo to make mozzarella for pizza in Italy; harvesting oysters in Long Island Sound and honey from wild bees in Kenya; and making patis in the Philippines, beer in Malta, and sea salt in Iceland.
The result is this travel journal that marvels in the world around us while simultaneously examining the environmental issues, cultural concerns, and overlooked histories intertwined with the food we eat to survive and thrive. Through the people who harvest, hunt, fish, and forage each day, we come to understand today’s reality and tomorrow’s risks and possibilities.
WorthyBooks believes everyone deserves access to new ideas and perspectives—all through the pages of a book. Books are essential to knowledge sharing, cultural learning, empathy development, and much more—so essential that they should not be locked behind a paywall.
Those of us that believe in the power of books to change lives feel compelled to break down any and all barriers to them. WorthyBooks donates impactful books to individuals and non-profit organizations to spread knowledge and ideas.
ABOUT THE Authors
David Moscow is the creator, executive producer, and host of From Scratch.
David made his feature film debut at age thirteen in Big, starring as the young Tom Hanks; years later, he starred with Christian Bale in Newsies. He has appeared in dozens of films, television shows, and theater productions over a thirty-five year career.
Most recently, David founded the production company UnLTD Pictures. He has executive produced more than twenty feature films, including Under the Silver Lake, To Dust, Strawberry Mansion, and Wild Nights with Emily. He also directed the thriller Desolation.
David develops mixed-income sustainably green apartment buildings. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
Jon Moscow is David’s father and creative partner, and is a writer on From Scratch.
He is co-executive director of Ethics in Education Network and co-host of the Ethical Schools podcast. He actively works to support asylum seekers with housing and links to social services.
Jon has a BA in International Studies from Reed College and a master’s degree from Bank Street College of Education. He and David’s mother, Pat, live in Teaneck, NJ, with a Shih Tzu named Niki.
