Slow Food Los Angeles

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

“Green Cuisine” in the Sierra Club Magazine

While some of us are recovering from the Salone and Terra Madre (and collecting our notes and photos to share), we thought you might find the November/December issue of the Sierra Club magazine of interest. Online articles are available here, and many of the authors will be well known to Slow Food members and friends.
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Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre

Several members of the Los Angeles convivium, along with friends from the Los Angeles area, have been attending the Salone and Terra Madre for the last five days.
Although technology has cooperated, we’ve been so busy with taste workshops, scheduled events, last-minute opportunities, and trying to see as much as possible that we’ve had little time [...]

Heritage Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so it’s not too early to order your turkey.
As in recent years, you can order a heritage bird from Heritage Foods, who will ship your turkey directly to your home. Or visit Mary’s Turkeys for a list of locations carrying their heritage, free-range, and free-range organic birds. Several Bristol [...]

Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre

Several members and friends of the Los Angeles convivium will be heading to Turin during the next week to attend two international Slow Food gatherings: Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre.
Held every other year, the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre are opportunities for Slow Food members and colleagues to meet, not only for the [...]

Event Announcement: Seasonal Events at the Zunshuji Soto Mission

Slow Food members and guests are invited to attend the annual Japanese Tea Ceremony “Chasen Kuyo” Ritual Tea Ceremony and Seasonal Shojin Ryori (Zen Temple Vegetarian Cuisine) Kaiseki (Tea Ceremony) Lunch.
 
When: Sunday, November 5, 2006, from 11:00am-3:00pm (approximately)
Where: Zenshuji Soto Mission, 123 S. Hewitt Street, in the historic Little Tokyo/Artist District of downtown Los Angeles
Cost: [...]

Event Announcement: “Organic What? Your Health and the Back Yard Farm

Please note: This event is now fully booked. (October 17, 2006)
“The urban garden is more difficult to convert to organic production because of the high levels of toxins found in the soil. No farmer could ever afford to use herbicides and pesticides in the quantities the average home owner does. Because a home owner will [...]

Announcing the Echo Park Farmers’ Market

Since the controversial closing of their neighborhood’s only local chain grocery store in 2004, Echo Park residents have been trying to secure a local source for quality fresh fruits and vegetables. Long known as a hotbed of community activism and civic involvement, Echo Park has succeeded and will open its first certified farmers’ market.
When: Every [...]

Hoshi Gaki Classes at Angeli Caffe

What do you do with Hachiya persimmons? Discover the fine art of persimmon massage! A Hoshi Gaki class will be held at Angeli Caffe, followed by a communal dinner.
Hoshi gaki means dried persimmon in Japanese. Treasured as a symbol of long life, prosperity, and fertility, hoshi gaki have been produced in Japanese villages every fall [...]

Foti Farm and “Good Food”

How do we feed ourselves? Do our agricultural practices make us vulnerable to outbreaks such as the recent E. coli contamination of spinach grown in certain California counties?
Last Saturday’s episode of “Good Food” on KCRW considered these questions from three perspectives: Laura Avery of the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market provided an update regarding farmers’ market [...]

Event Announcement: Food Politics and Sustainable Solutions

Join the Social Action Committee of Slow Food Los Angeles for an afternoon discussion about food politics and sustainable solutions for community food security at the Edible Estates Headquarters & Workshop. Speakers will include Fritz Haeg, founder of Edible Estates; Mike Foti, owner of an Edible Estate in Lakewood; Evan Kleiman, chef, host of KCRW’s [...]