Archive for April, 2008

Community, Events, Slow Food Calgary

Languedoc Food & Wine

June 21, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
The Cookbook Company Cooks, 722-11 Ave. SW

Hosts: Gail Norton of The Cookbook Company & Richard Harvey of Metrovino

This is an evening of wine and food from the Languedoc region of southern France, adjacent to the Basque region of Spain. Culinary and vinous delights will be presented by veteran travelers and Francophiles – Richard Harvey and Gail Norton.

Tickets are $35 for members and $45 for non-members.
Tickets are available @ The Cookbook Company ~ 265-6066

Slow Food Calgary

WORDFEST presents: Barbara Kingsolver reading from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer) and husband Steven L. Hopp recount local food adventures from the New York Times bestselling book (part memoir, part journalistic investigation) Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.

WHEN & WHERE

Wednesday May 28 at 7:30 pm at the Knox United Church
506 – 4th Street SW, Calgary

TICKETS

Tickets $15 at WordFest 294•7462 or Ticketmaster 777•0000
Tickets also availalble at… The Cookbook Co. and Pages Books on Kensington

WordFest is a Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival - www.wordfest.com

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Community, Global, Slow Food Calgary

South-central Albertan nominees to attend Terra Madre 2008

Slow Food Calgary is pleased to announce the following slate of south-central Albertan nominees to attend Terra Madre in Turin, Italy in October 2008.
Slow Food Italy has yet to confirm attendance.

PRODUCERS

Alexandra’s Butterfly Gardens
Alexandra Luppold
Black Diamond 

Blue Mountain Biodynamic Farms
Kris Vester

Carstairs

Brassica Mustard
Desmond Johnston & Karen Davis

Calgary

Buffalo Horn Ranch
Peter & Judy Haase
Olds

Bumbleberry Orchard Ltd. & Fieldstone Fruit Wines - GRATEFULLY DECLINED
Elaine & Marvin Gill, Lorraine & Glen Ellingson

Strathmore

Broek Pork Acres
Allan & Joanne VandenBroek
Coalhurst

Cakadu Heritage Lamb
Linda & Denis Jabs

Innisfail

Chinook Honey Company & Chinook Arch Meadery
Cherie & Art Andrews

Okotoks

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Events

Slow Food Calgary's 9th Annual Feast of Fields
Sep 12, 2010
at Rouge Restaurant, 1240 - 8th Ave. SE, in the garden. Rain or shine.

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Giving that is Good, Clean and Fair: Slow Food Membership Gift Certificates

NOW AVAILABLE…Gift Certificates for Slow Food Calgary Membership. Just fill out the contact form, specifying your request.Instructions regarding payment and receipt of certificate will follow your request.It is simple, sustainable and ethical gift giving at its best. 

Students and Youth: We want to hear from you!

Slow Food Calgary would like to work with students and our youth to spread the Slow Food message. We want to hear from young people who care about a healthy, sustainable and delicious food supply for the future.

We want to talk to you about how Slow Food’s vision for Good, Clean and Fair food for the planet may gain life in the places where young people study, work and play.

Click here to learn more about Slow Food International and its Youth Food Movement.

Get involved in the future of food. Students and Youth, we really do want to hear from you: Contact us at Slow Food Calgary.

Slow Food Calgary Annual Report 2008

Click here to access the report.

Slow Food Network

Discover the international world of Slow Food at www.slowfood.com

Slow Food & the Community

Late Summer Canning
There are moments that are magic, and events that are alchemy. You never know when they will arrive, or with whom. All you can do is raise your face to the sky and say thank-you.

Canning with Penny and Tony Marshall was one of those moments. Learn more »

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