Archive for November, 2009
Community, Events, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local
December Open House at Sylvan Star Cheese!
Event Notice from Sylvan Star Cheese – CALGARY (November 23, 2009)
On Saturday December 5th 2009, Sylvan Star Cheese will have an ‘Open House’. We finished our new cheese plant and Farm-Direct-Market and we want to celebrate this with you. If you ever wanted to know how Champion Gouda Cheese is made, come in and check out our brand new production facility.Also be sure to visit out our new Farm-Direct-Market, with a wide selection of local and gourmet products.
Find out which high quality products your local community has to offer. As always, it is possible to try our award winning Gouda cut straight from the wheel, but also our Gruyere and Edam can be purchased here. We also offer many other cheeses such as Cheddar, Feta, Blue Cheese and several specialties. Besides cheese we sell many other local products like meats, eggs, crackers, soups, jams & jelly, chocolates, cookies and much more! Everyone is welcome to come in and tour our facility and try samples of our products at our Farm-Direct- Market.
The doors open at 10.00 am and close at 5.00 pm.
Please visit www.sylvanstarcheesefarm.ca for more information and directions.
Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food Resolutions at The Cookbook Co. Cooks
Monday, January 11, 2010 @ 6:30 PM
The Cookbook Co. Cooks, 722-11 Ave. SW
Price: $40 members, $50 not-yet-members
Slow Food Calgary invites you to enter the New Year with
the inspirations of a good meal, a glass of wine,
a few words to consider, and congenial company.
Spend this winter evening with Slow Food Calgary’s president, poet, educator, author and advocate, dee Hobsbawn-Smith. She will share her annual ruminations on how to live a Slower life, in Calgary, in Alberta, in winter. And in spring, summer and autumn.
A New Year offers another opportunity to make a small change or two towards Slow living, and inspiration can arrive in small or unexpected ways.
Dinner and wine included.
Call or visit the Cookbook Co. Cooks to reserve a place a this event: 403-256-6066
722 – 11 Ave. SW, Calgary
www.cookbookcooks.com
Slow Food Calgary
At “Route 40 Soup Co.”, Turner Valley
Get on the trail to Route 40 Soup Co.
Route 40 Chef-Owner Mark Klaudt with Trudy Cutfield of Cornflower Ranch, Turner Valley
The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
Rebekah Pearse and her Delightful Desserts
Rebekah Pearse, owner of Nectar Desserts, in a rare quiet moment with some of her creations.
Where to find Nectar Desserts
The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
In the big chair at Kayben Farms, Okotoks
This is a picture of myself, John Mills, and my girlfriend, Rayell Rowland, while visiting Kayben Farms this fall. We are in their big chair, which is just one of the large attractions on the farm. We also had time to pick some awesome strawberries, have a glass of black currant slushy and purchase some gifts from the on-site store. This was fantastic because, as you can see, we were dressed up and needed a gift for the wedding to which we were headed that day. Jolene and Judy Kolk were amazing hosts...This was my one visit to another farm this year so I thought that I should share the experience. John Mills, Eagle Creek Farms.
Slow Food Calgary
December 10th is Terra Madre Day
Start planning for Terra Madre Day 2010! Click here to reach the Slow Food International Terra Madre Day website, complete with PRESS KIT and organizer’s GUIDE to hosting a Terra Madre Day event.
The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
Down on the “Shoestring Ranch”
Ty and Ian Murray and one of many naturally raised Alberta Angus Beef Cattle on Shoestring Ranch in Acme.
The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
Kitchen Party @ Infuse, Calgary
Infuse owners Jaclyn Labchuk and Wade Sirois and Janet Henderson, Past President of Slow Food Calgary and VP of Training and Development for the Alberta Food Processor Association. Infuse has been the site of many Slow kitchen parties featuring local produce and local producers. Infuse is consistently one of Calgary's strongest voices for local food.
The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
River Café
Executive Chef Scott Pohorelic, Slow Food Calgary President dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Proprietor Sal Howell and Janet Henderson, Slow Food Calgary Past President - all celebrating the pleasures of a Alberta producers' dinner - 2009