Slow Food Los Angeles

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

Welcome Edible Los Angeles!

We’re pleased to welcome a new contributor to the Los Angeles conversation about food: Edible Los Angeles.
One of a family of fifty Edible Community magazines, Edible Los Angeles aims to shine a spotlight on the area’s exemplary farmers’ markets, community food programs, and treasured resources. We at Slow Food Los Angeles are delighted to have [...]

CHOW Presents Slow Food Nation Podcasts

In addition to being among the supporters and sponsors of Slow Food Nation, CHOW is presenting a series of “bite-sized bulletins,” interviews with the people behind the scenes who are tasting, selecting, organizing, and working to make Slow Food Nation the biggest artisanal food event in the United States.
Currently available, via the CHOW website and [...]

Slow Food San Diego’s Stagecoach Days Dinner

Our colleagues at Slow Food San Diego have asked us to share an announcement with Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends for the upcoming Stagecoach Days Dinner, a candlelight dinner celebrating the food cultures of early San Diego:
Slow Food San Diego invites you to the Fifth Annual Taste of Slow Food, a “Stagecoach Days [...]

The Slow Food Nation Victory Garden Takes Root

In the first event of Slow Food Nation, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Alice Waters, and Anya Fernald, executive director of Slow Food Nation, officially opened the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden at the San Francisco Civic Center on July 12. Coordinators and more than 250 volunteers worked to transform the heart of the Civic [...]

“Slow Food Savors Its Big Moment”

Kim Severson writes in Wednesday’s New York Times about Slow Food Nation as a “coming of age” for Slow Food in the United States as the organization develops its own identity, related to but distinct from our Italy-based parent.

Chefs Collaborative on Sustainable Seafood

Chefs Collaborative recently published “Seafood Solutions: A Chef’s Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Seafood.” Although it is addressed to chefs who make seafood purchasing decisions, the guide offers definitions, helpful information, and useful questions to consider when making seafood purchases for the home kitchen, too. It discusses issues related to farm-raised and wild fish and suggests [...]

Yingst Ranch Event Photos

Reports from Sunday’s peach-picking event (and Hungarian Valley lunch) have been that all who attended had a great time meeting other Slow Food members, learning about Yingst Ranch, and picking peaches at the peak of ripeness.
Members Karen and Curt Gibbs have shared with us a link to their event photos on Flickr, and serve as [...]

Fallout from the Tomato Fiasco

Thanks to Carolyn Lochhead of the San Francisco Chronicle for examining the effect of the salmonella outbreak–and its unclear origins–on California’s tomato growers:
By the time the Food and Drug Administration cleared tomatoes Thursday in its investigation of a salmonella outbreak, California’s tomato sales had plummeted more than 40 percent.
“It’s a government-made disaster,” said Melanie Horwath, [...]

Event Announcement: Slow Food Nation Marin Road Trip

Are you considering attending Slow Food Nation this year? If you are, consider joining members of the Los Angeles convivium on a gastronomic Road Trip outside the city. Explore the pristine Tomales Bay, enjoy a tour of Cowgirl Creamery, pick up some lunch essentials in Pt. Reyes Station or the Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop, visit [...]

Members’ Event Announcement: 2008 Yingst Ranch Tour and Hungarian Lunch

Nancy Yingst of Yingst Ranch in Littlerock will once again provide a tour of her peach, pear, plum, and apple orchards for Slow Food members. She is not certified organic but does not use sprays or chemicals. Following the tour we will be provided with buckets and carts to go into the orchards and pick [...]

Influencing U.S. Food Policy

Thanks to our friends at The Ethicurean for the pointer to a clip from Alice Waters’ conversation with Anna Deavere Smith at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival about food policy, the potential influence of a “kitchen cabinet,” and the importance of considering the role of food in children’s education.

Sharing this video is also a good [...]

In the News… Thursday, July 3, 2008

† What’s Going on with Tomatoes? The New York Times is not alone in asking what’s going on with tomatoes, and are they really the key to the salmonella outbreaks that have been reported in several states? Marion Nestle, one of our favorite sources of information on these types of matters, tries to sort out [...]