Slow Food Los Angeles

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

Event Announcement: A Spring Tamalada

Slow Food Los Angeles & Mama’s Hot Tamale Café™ are pleased to invite you to attend A Spring Tamalada.
Join us as we welcome the arrival of spring in Los Angeles with a spring Tamalada at Mama’s Hot Tamale Café. We will gather to experience a fun-filled and convivial morning of tamale-making, cooking, and eating under [...]

Reminder: University of Gastronomic Science Information Session

A reminder that this Friday, Slow Food Los Angeles will welcome David Szanto, the North American representative of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, to Los Angeles. David will speak about undergraduate and graduate programs at the UNISG, offer practical information about application procedures and academic requirements, and will talk about the history of the University [...]

“Where the Good Things Are” at the Santa Monica Public Library

The City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market have announced the first in their 2009 Quarterly Panel Series: Where the Good Things Are: Growing, Buying and Cooking the Best in California
When: Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where: The MLK Jr. Auditorium of the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa [...]

Path to Freedom Film Screening + Potluck: Pollen Nation

Our friends at Path to Freedom – Urban Homestead have extended an invitation to their upcoming film screening and vegetarian potluck to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends:
On February 22, Path to Freedom – Urban Homestead will host a vegetarian potluck followed by a screening of the documentary Pollen Nation.
This event will be held [...]

Event Announcement: University of Gastronomic Sciences Information Session

Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to announce that it will welcome David Szanto, the North American representative of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, to Los Angeles for an information session at the UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab at CNSI:
When: Friday, February 27, 2009 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where: California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA Campus, Los Angeles. [...]

TOMATOMANIA! and a class for San Fernando Valley Tomato-Growers

Thanks to Judi Bikel for spotting the following announcement in this weekend’s “Daily Dish” in the Los Angeles Times:
Scott Daigre, one of the developers of Tomatomania!, will teach a class on tomato selection and planting strategies for San Fernando Valley residents on March 7, 2009. The class will be held at the Cal State Northridge [...]

2009 Slow Food on Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions

Slow Food on Film is an international festival of cinema and food promoted by Slow Food and Cineteca di Bologna. Its aim is the promotion of a new critical awareness of food culture through the screening of films, short films, documentaries, and TV series focusing on food-related issues in an original way, as well as [...]

A Good Month for Soup

Are you participating in our annual soup swap? There’s still a bit of room for those interested.
Unbeknownst to us when we announced the date of the swap, The Kitchn declared February to be soup month, and they’re offering readers a host of posts on soup history, soup recipes, soup accompaniments… You name it, the Kitchn’s [...]

“Food Politics”: Dr Marion Nestle’s new home on the web

Marion Nestle’s excellent “What to Eat” blog has migrated to a new home on the web, Food Politics. Same great content, new design and URL.
From news on the FDA and USDA to foodborne illness outbreaks to food marketing to nutrition and food science…Dr Nestle covers it all. Be sure to bookmark the site or grab [...]

25th Annual Wild Mushroom Fair

The Los Angeles Mycological Society invites Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to participate in the 25th Annual LAMS Fair:
When: Sunday, February 8, 2009 from 10:00am until 4:00pm
Where: Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Ayres Hall, 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia
Cost: Admission to the Mushroom Fair is free, but there are charges to enter [...]