Reference Tasting Event at Clos Pepe Winery
Our Slow Food colleagues in Santa Barbara have asked us to extend the following invitation to members and friends of Slow Food Los Angeles: “Displaying aromas and flavors of cherry, plum, cedar, and tobacco, with notes of Asian spice.” Did you ever wonder exactly what winemakers really mean by designations like these? How can pinot [...]
Event Announcement: “Fridays at Fairview”
Our friends in the Santa Barbara convivium have asked us to share news of the inaugural event in their “Fridays at Fairview” series for members and friends who may be heading north this weekend: FRIDAYS AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS: Low-tech food for a high-tech world! Start your weekend early. Come walk the farm, pick fresh organic [...]
Event Announcement: Blenheim Apricots in Santa Barbara
Laurence Hauben, the leader of Slow Food Santa Barbara, has extended an invitation to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to attend a “market foray” focused on Blenheim apricots. When: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 from 9:30am until 3:00pm Where: in and around Santa Barbara; details available upon request (see below) Cost: $50 per person; [...]
Event Announcement: Get to Know Your Heritage Turkey
Our friends in the Santa Barbara convivium have invited members and friends of the Los Angeles convivium to join them for this exceptional event: Chef Kathleen de Chadenedes, leader of the San Luis Obispo Convivium, has offered to share her experience on how best to cook the succulent heritage turkeys. Below is her description of [...]
Event Announcement: Full-Moon Harvest Dinner
Our friends in the Ojai/Ventura and Santa Barbara convivia have asked us to share the following invitation with Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends: Best-selling cookbook author Anna Thomas will host a special Full-Moon Harvest Dinner in the farm fields and orchards of Ojai farmer B.D. Dautch to raise money to send local representatives [...]
Event Announcement: The Art of Hoshi Gaki
Hoshi gaki are persimmons that are peeled and dried whole over a period of several weeks through a combination of hanging and delicate hand-massaging, until the sugars contained in the fruit form a delicate “bloom,” a surface dusting that looks like frost. Unlike sliced dried fruit, which tend to be leathery, hoshi gaki are succulently [...]
Event Announcement: A Midsummer Night’s Feast in Santa Barbara
Our friends in the Santa Barbara convivium have invited us to join them in “A Midsummer Night’s Feast”: When: Friday, August 19, 2005 Cost: $75.00 per person for members; $100.00 for nonmembers For information about location, time, or other details, and to reserve your place, please email the Santa Barbara convivium at sbslowfood [at] msn [...]
Event Announcement: Love Trail and Raffle in Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara Convivium has alerted us to an event tomorrow (Saturday), February 12, 2005, at the Downtown Farmers Market. (The Downtown Farmers Market is located at the corner of Cota and Santa Barbara Streets.) From 10:00 am to 12:00 pm the Farmers Market will host a Love Trail and Raffle. Twelve local chefs will [...]
Celebrating the 2004 Olive Harvest
Two family businesses in Santa Barbara County have joined together to celebrate the 2004 olive harvest with a spectacular five-course luncheon prepared with gold-medal winning products grown and produced in Southern California. Guests will have the opportunity to sample Global Gardens 2004 Estate Organic Olive Oil, which was a Gold Medal winner at this year’s [...]
Olive: Feast of the Noble Fruit
Global Gardens & Slow Food Chapter Buon Appetito Santa Barbara present the Second Annual Olive: Feast of the Noble Fruit, a celebration featuring a five-course, all-inclusive luncheon, made with award-winning products, estate grown certified organic extra-virgin olive oil and fine wines. When: Saturday, May 29th, noon-3 pm Where: Rancho La Cuna, home of Global Gardens, [...]
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