Archive for 2010
Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Resolutions
An annual dinner event to contemplate the direction of our first SLOW steps
into the budding year and to eat delicious local food together.
WHEN: Monday January 10, 2011
WHERE: The Cookbook Co. Main Kitchen – 722 – 11th Ave. SW/ 403-265-6066
TICKETS: $40.00 for members; 50 for non-members available through the Cookbook Co.
Menu details to follow shortly.
Slow Food Calgary
A Tale of Terra Madre & Farm Tour
Written by Jacqueline L. Chalmers
Terra Madre is inspiring, enlightening and educational. To be in the company of 6000 like-minded delegates is powerful. I learned as much networking with delegates as I did attending the numerous workshops and meeting vendors in Salone del Gusto. Our week spent travelling the Italian countryside was an invaluable learning experience.
Salone vender proudly displaying one of her heritage birds compleat with head (the comb and wattles are prized) and feet
Continue reading this article …
Community, Events, Global, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Slow Food Calgary
Café Divine in Okotoks hosts a Terra Madre Dinner on International Terra Madre Day
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GOOD, CLEAN AND FAIR FOOD?
Join DIVINE in celebrating Terra Madre Day as the restaurant and its staff honour local producers from Southern Alberta and share their stories.
Guests will enjoy a locally-inspired 4-course dinner and will have the opportunity to hear local producers talk about growing and raising food in Southern Alberta.
WHEN: Friday December 10th @ 6 p.m.
WHERE: Café Divine in Okotoks
COST:$105 per person
RESERVATIONS: Call Divine @ 403-938-0000
From the proceeds of the evening, DIVINE will be donating money to sustainable food practices.
International Terra Madre Day is December 10th.
The date was established last year by Slow Food International. It is an annual opportunity to celebrate good, clean and fair locally grown and raised food and to raise funds for the cultivation of good food practices.
For more information, visit:
Slow Food Terra Madre Day
Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Tales of Terra Madre
A bi-annual event held in the cozy Wild Rose Brewery Taproom. Come out to drink great local beer, eat delicious hearty food and listen to personal stories of Terra Madre told by Alberta’s delegates just back from this bi-annual world gathering of cooks, farmers, students, conscientious consumers and academics in Torino, Italy.
The menu for the evening features four kinds of turkey from Winter’s Turkeys.
• Organic Nicholas turkey
• Free-Range Nicholas turkey
• Broad-breasted Bronze turkery
• Black Orlopp turkey, a heritage breed
All served with Blue Mountain Biodynamic Farms root vegetables
WHERE:The Wild Rose Brewery Taproom at the Currie Barracks
WHEN: November 22nd @ 6:30 p.m.
COST: $35 for members, $45 for not-yet members
Advance tickets @ The Cookbook Co. Cooks, 722 – 11th Ave. SW/ 403-265-6066
Events, Global, Local, Slow Food Calgary
An Evening with Chef Eric Ripert
The EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts brings chef, author and television host Eric Ripert to Calgary on February 1, 2011.
Don’t miss Ripert’s presentation, “On the Line: The Costs, the Chaos & the Triumphs”, at the EPCOR CENTRE’S Jack Singer Concert Hall. The main event is followed by a VIP book-signing and reception for those who choose to pay the extra dollars to attend. Food at the reception is to be prepared by our friends at The Cookbook Co. Cooks.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, Lecture and Q&A begins at 7:30, VIP reception to follow.
Eric Ripert has been executive chef and co-owner of the three-star Michelin restaurant, Le Bernardin, for the last 18 years. In 1997, GQ magazine named Le Bernardin the best restaurant in America, and in 2007 the magazine called Le Bernardin one of the “Seven Food Temples of the World.” In 2005, New York magazine declared Le Bernardin the No. 1 restaurant in the city, awarding it five stars in its inaugural restaurant rating issue. Le Bernardin continues to receive international critical acclaim. The Michelin Guide, which made its New York debut in 2005, honored Chef Ripert and Le Bernardin with its highest rating of three stars in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Eric Ripert’s working food philosophy mirrors that of Slow Food and the organization recognizes his contributions to the furtherance of good, clean and fair food.
Public on-sale date begins October 22 @ 10 am
Tickets: $35 to $100, available through the EPCOR CENTRE Box Office at www.epcorcentre.org OR 403-294-9494
Events, Global
Seafood Summit 2011
SILVER SPRING, MD – Seafood Choices, an initiative of the international ocean conservation organization SeaWeb, today announced the opening of registration for the 2011 Seafood Summit, available at www.seafoodsummit.org
The Seafood Summit, now in its ninth year, brings representatives of the global sustainable seafood industry, conservation organizations, scientists, academics, policy makers and media professionals together for a three-day conference with the goal of making the seafood marketplace environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
The 2011 Summit
WHERE: The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
WHEN: 31 January – 2 February 2011
WHO: Fishermen, fish farmers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, chefs, restauranteurs, conservation organizations, academics, policy makers, scientists and media professionals.
SeaWeb is an international non-profit communications organization dedicated to creating a culture of ocean conservation.
Seafood Choices is an international program of SeaWeb that provides leadership and creates opportunities for change across the seafood industry and ocean conservation community.
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
I LOVE ART!
This event is officially hosted by the Rotary Club of High River. It features original art works for sale from over 200 local artists. Proceeds will assist with the purchase of a mammogram machine for the Charles Clark Medical Centre in High River, Alberta.
When: Friday October 15th – 5 :00 p.m.
Where: High River Autoplex & RV – 102 – 24th Street SE, High River
Cost: $25.00 per person. Tickets include appetizers made by local chefs from locally grown and raised ingredients.
Local musicians will perform throughout the evening.
The art exhibit will run all weekend, through Sunday October 17th.
Please visit the web site for a complete breakdown of the weekend’s events or call Tony Marshall @ 403-601-1138.
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Movie Night, On Us
Please join us on Wednesday October 27th for our volunteer and member appreciation night. We will be screening the award-winning documentary: “Sea Change: Imagine a World without Fish”.
See what the movie is all about: www.aseachange.net
This annual movie night is Slow Food Calgary’s “thank you” to members, friends, volunteers and families.
It is open to the public and does not require registration.
When: Wednesday October 27th
Where: John Dutton Theatre in The Central Library @
616 Macleod Trail SE (LRT: Centre Street Station, Olympic Plaza Station)
Doors open: 6:30 p.m.
Show starts: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: NONE – No tickets required!
Community, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local, Slow Food Calgary, The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
Get the 2010 Alberta Snail Trail – your guide to good, clean and fair local food
It’s out and despite the title, is moving fast!
If you would like a copy of this second edition of the Alberta Snail Trail, we will send one to you (by snail mail of course).
Just send us $2.00 and your address:
Slow Food Calgary
P.O. Box 75092
Cambrian RPO
Calgary, AB
T2K 6J8
OR Come to a Slow Food Calgary event.
We will be handing out this latest edition of the Alberta Snail Trail
for FREE while supplies last.
Slow Food Calgary
Real Beef: Ranchers Sustaining Healthy Landscapes
An educational event that includes dinner and a ranch tour.
Join us for this wonderful event connecting food consumers to producers and to the agricultural environment.
Learn how Butters Ranching Ltd. and other innovative ranchers sustain healthy landscapes while producing quality beef and demonstrating exceptional stewardship. A locally sourced supper, including Butters beef, is included in the registration fee!
October 16, 2010 – pre-registration by October 11 @ www.cowsandfish.org
Cost: $35
Hosted by Cows and Fish, a non-profit environmental organization that works with the agricultural community on sustainable practices, particularly around waterbodies (the riparian area). This event is part of a grant that Cows and Fish received from Alberta Agriculture to help connect urban and rural communities by showcasing sustainable food production.
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