18 August 2008
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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 … Continue reading
19 June 2008
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Update: June 19, 2008: While the requirement to bring jams, chutneys, and preserves to swap stands, we will be offering this event free of charge. Blenheim Apricot Jam… Chunky Fig and Balsamic Chutney… Kyoho Grape Jelly… Peach and Crystallized Ginger … Continue reading
26 May 2008
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Slow Food Los Angeles member and UCLA music student Tom Terrell has shared with us news of an intriguing event later this week: The UCIRA (University of California Institute of Research for the Arts) has granted me funding to put … Continue reading
22 May 2008
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Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to share the news that the Culinary Historians of Southern California will present a program by Slow Food member Allana Elovson on Slow Food’s biennial Salone del Gusto, to be held in Turin in … Continue reading
13 May 2008
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Can one little produce market save the world? Eat at Bill’s is a video documentary about the phenomenon that is the Monterey Market, a small family-owned produce market in Berkeley, California that has served as crossroads and wellspring, an oasis … Continue reading
22 April 2008
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The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities has announced another program in its ongoing series about food access and security: What: Deserted: How to Solve the Crisis of Poor Access to Healthy Food When: Thursday, May 1, 2008 beginning at … Continue reading
7 March 2008
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Author and photographer Rick Nahmias has alerted us that the traveling exhibit for his work, “The Migrant Project: California Farm Workers,” is now at the Museum of Tolerance and will be displayed until April 25. As Rick describes it: “The … Continue reading
5 March 2008
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Members and friends of Slow Food and readers of Michael Pollan’s recent works have had their eyes opened to the staggeringly large role of corn in our economy. Recent estimates from 2007 suggest that in the United States alone, 92.9 … Continue reading
23 January 2008
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The Santa Monica Public Library is sponsoring two public presentations and discussions that may be of interest to Slow Food members and friends: When: Saturday, January 26, 2008, beginning at 2:00pm Where: Santa Monica Public Library (Ocean Park Branch), 2601 … Continue reading
25 September 2007
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Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to invite all the members to an End-of-The-Summer/Actually Beginning-of-Autumn Beach BBQ at Sycamore Cove State Beach. Bring the whole family, your favorite beach foods, and a thick blanket. Meet your fellow convivium members at … Continue reading
21 September 2007
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The Culinary Historians of Southern California are presenting a panel discussion and have extended an invitation to Slow Food members and friends to attend: “When SoCal Went Ag: Past and Present Stories of Farming and Farmers’ Markets in Southern California” … Continue reading
14 August 2007
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You’re invited to attend a discussion of “Making the Most of the Farmers’ Market: How to Select, Prepare, and Preserve California’s Bounty” this week in Santa Monica: When: Thursday, August 16, 2007 from 7:00pm-9:00pm Where: The MLK Auditorium of Santa … Continue reading