Slow Food Los Angeles

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

No “chefs” in Marcella Hazan’s kitchen

In her op-ed piece in today’s New York Times, Marcella Hazan talks about the increasingly frequent elision of “chef” and “cook” and why an appreciation of the latter is so important: I am my family’s cook. It is the food prepared and shared at home that, for more than 50 years, has provided a solid [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

Wishes for a happy Thanksgiving to all the members and friends of Slow Food Los Angeles! Today is a day to remember all the people and things for which we’re thankful, and we offer special thanks to those people who grow and harvest the food that we enjoy today and every day, and salute the [...]

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Follow us on Twitter

For those Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends who are so inclined, news and announcements will also be posted on our new Twitter feed. You can find us via the web via this link or by following snailwrangler on your Twitter client of choice. No need to worry if “Twitter” is not part of [...]

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Michael Pollan: “Eating Sunshine” at the Web 2.0 Summit

As part of the Web 2.0 conference earlier this month, Michael Pollan talked with John Battelle about many of the issues Pollan raised in his recent New York Times Magazine article, “Farmer in Chief: What the Next President Can and Should Do to Remake the Way We Grow and Eat Our Food.” His advice to [...]

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Reading: The Fall Issue of Edible Los Angeles

The Fall issue of Edible Los Angeles is now available and it features a host of stories of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends, including news about subjects ranging from the national Farm-to-School program to the importance of honeybees, from the hard-working middlemen who’ve organized to provide better organic produce to U-pick [...]

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A Benefit Dinner for The Farmer’s Kitchen

SEE-LA (Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles) has announced a dinner at The Hungry Cat to benefit The Farmer’s Kitchen, a soon-to-be permanent addition to the Hollywood Farmers’ Market. When: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 5:30pm until closing Where: The Hungry Cat, 1535 North Vine Street, Hollywood Cost: $75.00 per person Located in the heart [...]

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Screening of Shall We Gather at the River this Sunday

Our friends at Path to Freedom urban homestead in Pasadena have sent us news of a film screening and vegetarian potluck this Sunday, November 23. Slow Food members and friends are invited to participate: Please see the information below for event details including how to reserve your place: On Sunday, November 23, Path to Freedom [...]

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Late Notice: Growing Mushrooms at Home

Learn to grow your own mushrooms with Marta Teegan of Homegrown and David Kahn of Sustainable Habitats and the Los Angeles Mycological Society: When: Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 10:00am-noon Where: Location in Los Angeles; address provided with registration Cost: $50 per person The surest way to grow mushrooms at home is with a mushroom [...]

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Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Talk at the SMPL

The Santa Monica Public Library will host a discussion entitled “A Garden in Every Yard: Bringing Edible and Sustainable Plants Out to Play”: When: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 7:00pm Where: Santa Monica Public Library, Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica (MLK, Jr. Auditorium) Cost: Free The discussion will feature Jimmy Williams, owner [...]

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Proposition 2: California votes tomorrow

Naomi Starkman interviews Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society, about Proposition 2, a California ballot measure that’s of significant interest to Slow Food members and friends in California, and one that should be of interest to anyone who consumes meat and poultry: The Humane Society has brought a wave of national attention this year [...]

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