Chilli Festival 2000. The Fragrant Garden Chilli Festival March 10, 11 &12 Once again The Fragrant Garden Chilli Festival is about to titillate your senses and warm up your March. Annette Benson, a highly qualified Medical Herbalist, will be available to talk with you about the many medicinal, healing and health properties of chilli. Jeff the Chilli Chef has a zany sense of humour and has experimented with every rare chilli the world has to offer. He has developed lots of innovative cooking techniques using chilli. His amazing knowledge of chilli cooking, preserving and sauce-making is unequalled. Michael Bailes is the author of the recently published book "The Fragrant Chilli". He has an encyclopedic knowledge of chilli, has a wacky sense of humour and is a most entertaining speaker. He frequently appears on radio and TV. programs. Entry will be $2 per person. (This is not a festival for children. All food will be hot and alcohol will be served.)The Fragrant Garden Chilli Festival will focus again on plants and education with many lectures and demonstrations on the medicinal, culinary, preserving, using and growing aspects of Chilli. Unusual herb plants such as Kaffir Lime, saffron, Rau Ram) often used with chillies will also be featured. We will also have fun with the Red Hot Chilli Mummas singing about Chilli, stalls selling chilli produce and lots of interesting chilli food available from our café. Program Friday Program Short talks on growing and using Chillies throughout the day Chillies for Massage The Fragrant Garden Chilli Massage Oil Great Taste Sensations - Fire and Ice The Fragrant Chilli Saturday and Sunday Program 9.30 Hot Hot Hot! Chillies to make your temperature soar. 10.15 The Red Hot Chilli Mummas 10.30 Jeff the Chilli Chef 11.30 Grow the best Chillies ever! 12.30 Entertainment: The Red Hot Chilli Mummas. 1.30 Grow old with Chillies (health and healing with Chilli) 2.30 Jeff the Chilli Chef will be demonstrating how to 'Preserve the Harvest'. Smoking, drying, sauces, and developing and using the many flavours of chilli 3.30 The Red Hot Chilli Mummas 4.00 Silly Chilli -wild wacky wonderful Chillies. Questions and answers. Michael Bailes, The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia. (OZ); International fax 61 243 651979 Phone 4367 7322 Web page at: http://www.fragrantgarden.com.au/ Email: <fragrantgarden@fastlink.com.au> *****************************************************************