Event Announcement: Culinary Historians of Southern California
Our friends at the Culinary Historians of Southern California have alerted us to the following events: Saturday, October 15, 2005, 10:30am at the Central Library (Los Angeles) Luigi Ballerini, “The Renaissance and the Modern: The Art of Eating Well in Italy” Luigi Ballerini is a Professor of Italian at UCLA. At the October meeting Ballerini [...]
Garden School Foundation Activities
News from Nancy Goslee Power regardng the Garden School Foundation: The Garden School Foundation’s mission is to provide a natural environment in elementary schools where children can discover the joys of planting, harvesting, and preparing their own food while enjoying a garden-enriched curriculum. We are manning our first Garden School Foundation stand in this Saturday’s [...]
A Message from the Slow Food Turkey Team
It’s not too early to think about Thanksgiving… Turkey season is just about upon us, so it’s time to give you an update on where you might be able to get a great heritage bird this year. Our wonderful Peter Schaner is taking a year off from growing the birds, so here are a few [...]
Action Alert: AB 826 for Governor’s Signature
Our friends at the California Food and Justice Coalition have sent us the following news regarding AB 826, the farm-to-school legislation, and have asked for our support in the next phase. Please read on: AB 826 has passed the California Assembly and has now been sent to Governor Schwarzenegger to be signed into law. By [...]
Event Announcement: The Art of Hoshi Gaki
Hoshi gaki are persimmons that are peeled and dried whole over a period of several weeks through a combination of hanging and delicate hand-massaging, until the sugars contained in the fruit form a delicate “bloom,” a surface dusting that looks like frost. Unlike sliced dried fruit, which tend to be leathery, hoshi gaki are succulently [...]
Event Announcement: A Taste of Jerez (Sherry)
Slow Food LA presents A Taste of Jerez (Sherry): The Styles and Traditions of a Neglected Classic Wine at Grace Restaurant, featuring the wines of Bodegas Dios Baco, makers of artisan Sherry in small handcrafted batches from the region of Jerez (Sherry), Spain. Also featuring an assortment of cheeses from The Cheese Store of Beverly [...]
LAsupportsLA: Your Contribution
For those of you with an interest in numbers…the LAsupportsLA event was a real success. Nearly 1,000 paying guests attended the event, and nearly $200,000 was raised for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. During these times, which are so desperate for so many people who were in the path of the hurricane, your contribution to [...]
LAsupportsLA Success; Hurricane Katrina: How Can Slow Food Contribute?
Please take the time to read the following letter from Erika Lesser, head of Slow Food USA, regarding how Slow Food can best respond to the misery surrounding Katrina. Also, those of you who either volunteered or bought tickets to the LA supports LA event already made a difference. We’ve heard from Alex Brennan Martin…read [...]
Tonight: LAsupportsLA
The LAsupportsLA event is tonight, from 7:00pm-10:00pm, in the Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport. Tickets may be purchased at the door; check-in begins at 6:30pm. The cost is $100 per person, with all funds going to Hurricane Katrina charities. Harry Shearer will be hosting. For more information on the restaurants, wineries, and other [...]
“L is for Lunch”: Schools Emphasizing Food Education
The New York Times has just published the second in a series of articles about schools that are making food–and food knowledge–an important part of the educational experience. The first article, “How Does Their Garden Grow?”, describes the impact a program at the Bronx High School of Science has had on its students, motivating many [...]
The Future of Food: September screening in Santa Monica
Deborah Koons Garcia’s film, The Future of Food, will premier in Los Angeles on September 16 at the Laemmle Monica Theater in Santa Monica. Information on film screenings and additional events in each city, including Santa Monica, is available on the film’s web site, which will be updated frequently in the coming weeks as the [...]
New Orleans Culinary Culture; Dine For America
Today’s New York Times addresses the damage wrought by Hurrican Katrina on one segment of New Orleans society : its culinary culture. Hurricane Katrina has devastated one of the nation’s most distinctive culinary cultures. As restaurateurs and diners around the country worked to organize fund-raisers and find jobs for industry refugees, the people who ran [...]
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