hope this is not coming out as multiple postings - my email is not 
cooperating but this is too good to miss

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July 14, 2006




http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2006/07/14/pf-1684279.html

Belly up to the boob





Art installation has people sampling breast milk

By MICHELE HENRY, TORONTO SUN

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Lorraine Munro holds her 71/2-month-old baby, Bram, as she goes to 
sample a cup of human breast milk at an art installation at the 
Ontario College of Art and Design. (Ernest Doroszuk/Sun)

Virginia Baeta held the small cup between her thumb and forefinger 
and swirled the liquid inside, as if to air a fine wine.

Drawing her nose closer to the cream-coloured liquid, the Toronto 
resident sniffed deeply then tipped her head and shot it back.

"It's fruitier than the last one," the 35-year-old said, after 
tasting the second of six breast milk samples, which were on order 
yesterday at the Ontario College of Art and Design as part of a 
performance art installation.

"This one was sweeter, between soy milk and almond milk."

As she jumped from her seat at the trendy Lactation Station Breast 
Milk Bar, which offered its patrons a taste of pasteurized milk 
pumped from the breasts of six donors, Baeta seemed buoyed by the experience.

SERVED ON SILVER PLATTER

"I could drink that one all day if it came down to it," she said, 
looking at the table, upon which rested a bowl of Cheerios, elegantly 
presented as a post-milk snack.

"How could you resist a breast milk tasting? How often does that happen?"

That wasn't the first question on everyone's lips when they sidled up 
to the high-gloss bar to be served breast milk from a silver platter. 
Many were interested in the donors, whose milk was given a name, 
including Passion's Legacy and Sweet fall Harvest, that was detailed 
on a tasting menu.

Jess Dobkin, creator of the experience, told the story behind each 
milk after each tasting, including the donor's diet, her ease of 
breast feeding and the baby's age at time of harvest. The names came 
out of Dobkin's interviews with the donors.

"It's learning about the woman's experience and how that experience 
maybe informs the taste of the milk," Dobkin said from behind the 
bar, admitting that drinking a stranger's breast milk is a little "freaky."

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