Slow Food Los Angeles

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

“A Taste of Croatia” in Westlake Village

News from our colleagues in Ojai/Ventura about a Westlake Village event organized by Slow Food member Karen Evenden:
We all know about the benefits of eating fresh, seasonal, local foods that are grown and produced using sustainable methods, but we often feel challenged as to how to integrate these concepts into our busy lives simply, efficiently, [...]

A Hundred-Mile Dinner with Slow Food Temecula Valley

Our colleagues with Slow Food Temecula Valley have asked us to extend an invitation to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends for an early October event:
Celebrate Temecula’s regional food shed at this special dinner where principal ingredients will have traveled no more than 100 miles from farm to plate. Hosted by Chef Leah Di [...]

Peak of Summer Tomato Festival and The Heirloom Tomato Book Signing

Our friends at The Cook’s Library have alerted us that Amy Goldman, author of The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table will sign copies on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market. Copies will be available for purchase and the author’s signature from 9:00am until 11:00am.
As noted on The Cook’s Library’s website:
From heirloom [...]

Terroir in Wine and Chocolate

Slow Food Los Angeles member Terry August is coordinating a multi-session tasting event at Skylark, a West Hollywood art gallery, and invites Slow Food members and friends to attend:
When: Saturday, August 23, 2008 from 3:00pm until 9:00pm
Where: Skylark Fine Art Gallery, 8576-A Melrose Ave, West Hollywood 90069
Cost: Free, but RSVP required (see below)
Among new [...]

Reminder: Culinary Historians of Southern California Used Cookbook Sale

Some food lovers and appreciators of culinary history wait all year for the opportunity to get their hands on the thousands of cookbooks donated by members and friends of the CHSC. The sale includes both vintage and recent books, all at incredible prices.
This year, best-selling author Anne Willan has donated hundreds of books from her [...]

Batches of Jam–and Friends–at the Public Fruit Jam

Thanks to Mindy Farabee of the Los Angeles Times for reporting on the Public Fruit Jam held on Sunday at the Machine Project in Echo Park:
As pots of concoctions such as fig-lemon-lavender bubbled on portable burners, about 250 participants moved between indoor and outdoor tables with red-checked tablecloths, forming small jam-making bands. They chopped and [...]

Tomatomania! Tasting

The passionate organizers of Tomatomania! invite those of you enjoying your homegrown tomatoes to join them and other tomatomaniacs for a Tomatomania! Tasting:
When: Saturday, August 9, 2008 from 10:00am until 12:00noon
Where: The new Loteria Grill in Hollywood, 6627 Hollywood Boulevard
Cost: One perfectly ripe, correctly labeled homegrown tomato
The tasting will be an opportunity to share what [...]

At the Movies: Bottle Shock

Bottle Shock is a dramatic retelling of the “Judgment of Paris,” the Steven Spurrier-organized blind tasting that dramatically raised the profile and esteem of California wines. Starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, Dennis Farina, and a talented supporting cast, the film reminds us of the time when wines from California, South America, South Africa, [...]

Late Notice: Fallen Fruit Project Event in Los Angeles

Thanks to Judi Bikel for spotting information on the Slow Food Nation blog about an event tomorrow, August 3, in the Los Angeles area.
The Fallen Fruit project in cooperation with The Machine Project has organized the Third Public Fruit Jam. The Public Fruit Jam invites Los Angeles residents to come together and make jam with [...]