Archive for May, 2009
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
A Summer Solstice Champagne Bus Tour
Sunday June 21 @ 4 pm
Start: One bus only, departing from Coookbook Co. Cooks (722-11 Ave. SW) 4 pm sharp and returning after dark.
Price: Members, $100; non-members, $110
Details: This progressive dinner welcomes summer, on the road and rolling from Calgary to Black Gold Country and back again. After a welcoming glass of Champagne, embark by bus from The Cookbook Co. Cooks (722-11 Ave. SW), with delicious pit stops in Okotoks, Black Diamond and Turner Valley at Divine, Bistro Provence, Wild Horse Bistro and Route 40 Soup Co.
Champagne selection is by J. Webb Wine Merchants
A taste of the menu…
Wild Horse Bistro
Chili infused prosciutto wrapped asparagus with aged goat cheese
Grilled portobello and gorgonzola turnovers
Southwestern corn cakes topped with chipotle roasted beef tenderloin
Spinach puffs with smoked trout and dill aioli
Route 40 Soup Co.
Kananaskis stinging nettle soup with Port caramelized red onion
Hotchkiss microgreens salad with a black currant vinaigrette topped with Cornflower Ranch grilled beef and a ginger Chinook Honey Mead glaze
Divine
Slow braised Windy Ridge bison with a cabernet saskatoon jus, whipped Poplar Bluff potatoes and local vegetables
Bistro Provence
Sunken souffle with goat cheese ice cream and berries
Book your seat now – seating limited to 44 guests!
Slow Food Calgary
“Broke? Get Cooking”
“Good food has an image problem in hard times: When the economy goes bad, the pleasures of the table are seen as a luxury waiting to be skimped. Slow Food Canada held a sumptuous $150 five course dinner in Toronto last night? How dare they! Everyone knows that these days real people are making do with Campbell’s soup, Kraft dinner and Big Macs, eaten fast.”
To continue reading this Globe and Mail article: globeandmail.com
Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food aligns politics with pleasure
Here is a link to a great article about the political force of pleasure-driven choices.
British writer Geoff Andrews has written a 190 page document entitled The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure published by McGill-Queen’s University Press (unpriced).
Globe & Mail columnist Sasha Chapman gives us a taste of Andrews’ argument – Andrews makes a case for how the Slow Food philosophy could stimulate leftist politics by stimulating our senses, by appealing to our softer social selves.
Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food event is the fastest ticket in town
Slow Food Planning Committee members Janet Henderson and dee Hobsbawn-Smith have just returned from an inspiring national Slow Food meeting held in Toronto. It seems that the forces of Slow Food are galvanizing across this grand country. Here is a link to a Globe & Mail article spawn from one of the dinners prepared for Slow Food founder and international Slow Food leader Carlo Petrini who attended the Canadian meeting. theglobeandmail.com