Slow Food Los Angeles

supporting good, clean, and fair food production and consumption in Los Angeles

South Central Community Garden Update

Further to our post about the conversion of the community garden is an article in today’s Los Angeles Times about the ongoing protests and efforts to retain the land for the community.
Those interested in supporting the community garden may contact Fernando Flores by email at emonandoflo@yahoo.com or nandodesigns@hotmail.com or by phone at 909.605.3136. The South [...]

Heritage Turkeys Are Still Available

You may have read in the New York Times last week about the excess numbers of turkeys that farmer Frank Reese has this year. If you need a turkey or would like to help read on…
Through a very generous offer from Heritage Foods USA, we’re once again able to offer some incredible turkeys to you [...]

“Year of the Rooster” Cooking Class

With the Year of the Rooster winding down and Thanksgiving just around the corner, a class in cooking poultry Chinese-style will take place on Sunday, November 13, in Chinatown.
Winter melon chicken velvet soup, Hainan chicken and rice, soy sauce chicken, and chicken stir fried with black beans and peppers will be the featured recipes. Chinatown [...]

Job Opportunity with the Theodore Payne Foundation

For more information about this position, please contact Theodore Payne Foundation directly. Contact information is below.
Seed Room Coordinator
Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley, California
The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, Inc., seeks a motivated, hard-working individual to coordinate activities in our seed room and to assist with retail sales activities. The Seed Room [...]

Japanese Tea Whisk Ceremony/Tea Cuisine Event

You don’t have to go to Kyoto for a real taste of authentic Japanese Zen Tea Ceremony culture. Zenshuji Soto Buddhist Temple, 123 S. Hewitt Street (1st and Hewitt Streets., Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles) invites the public to attend its annual Chasen Kuyo, the offering of tea ceremony whisks (chasen), Sunday, November 6, 2005, [...]

Social Action News

News and calls to action from Slow Food LA’s Social Action Committee and our friends in the community:
++ AB 826 is now awaiting Governor Schwarzenegger’s signature. The California Food and Justice Coalition is urging members and friends to contact the Governor’s office with a request that he sign the legislation, and the CFJC has provided [...]

October is Slow Wine for Slow Food Month

As noted in the latest edition of “The Food Chain,” Slow Food USA’s e-Newsletter, October will be the month for the second annual Slow Wine for Slow Food fundraising program. As the newsletter notes:
Throughout the month of October Slow-spirited restaurants, wineries, and wine shops across the country will donate a portion of their wine sales [...]