Event Announcement: Chef/Farmer Lunch and Orchard Tour in the Land of Pixie Tangerines
Slow Food Ojai/Ventura and Slow Food Los Angeles invite you to join us for a special chef/farmer lunch and orchard tour in Ojai on Sunday, February 25. This is a rare opportunity to learn first-hand from growers and food professionals how local crops were affected by recent weather, and growers’ plans for recovery. Highlights of [...]
Citrus Freeze Relief Funds: You Can Help
Worse Than You Think As many of you are aware, the recent freezing temperatures damaged crops across the state as thermometers plummeted to below normal readings for what one farmer described as, “The third once-in-a-lifetime freeze I’ve experienced in the last 19 years.” Particularly hard hit was the California citrus industry, including many of the [...]
“Amber Fields of Bland”: Evaluating the Farm Bill
If you missed it, Dan Barber, chef of Blue Hill at Stone Barns (New York state), contributed to the debate over the upcoming Farm Bill in last Sunday’s New York Times: There’s invariably something risky, if not risible, about allowing Congress to decide what’s for dinner. Bad decisions about agriculture have defined government policy for [...]
Event Announcement: Recipe Exchange and Cookie Swap
Please join us at a recipe exchange and cookie swap. Slow Food members and friends are invited to share the history and origin of their favorite cookie or pastry recipe and discuss its meaning to you, your family, and your community. Please bring one dozen cookies to sample and swap with the others who attend [...]
“Saving Trees Takes Cold Calculation”
Those of us pampered by the relatively moderate southern California climate may have turned up the heat or bundled ourselves in bulkier sweaters over the last week, but local farmers don’t have such easy options when it comes to their crops. If you missed the article in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times regarding measures some farmers [...]
Chef-Farmer Series: McGrath Family Farms & Mélisse
Join us for the first event in our 2007 Chef-Farmer Series as farmer Phil McGrath of McGrath Family Farms teams up with Chef Josiah Citrin of Mélisse in Santa Monica for an extraordinary evening dedicated to the spirit of Terra Madre. While we enjoy the bounty of McGrath’s winter harvest prepared by the hand of [...]
Slow Food Nation: Mark Your Calendars!
Based on the Salone del Gusto, Slow Food’s international biennial event, Slow Food Nation is being planned for May 1-4, 2008 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California. Slow Food Nation’s aim is to bring people into a new relationship with food through a market of artisan products, tastings, demonstrations, films, and lectures. [...]
Orange County Event: Italian Food Fair
The members of Slow Food Orange County have asked us to share news of an upcoming event with our members and friends: Slow Food Orange County, Slow Food’s most recent convivium, is hosting its premiere event. Come join us for an Italian Food Fair on February 1 at Onotria Wine Country Cuisine. This educational event [...]
The Attraction of Farmers’ Markets
What’s the attraction of farmers’ markets? Some may say the fresh produce, others may note specific products or producers they wish to support. But perhaps the attraction is even deeper, and Carol Lloyd considers this in her “Surreal Estate” column, posted on today’s SFGate: Even as our farmland has been devoured by suburban sprawl, Californians [...]
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