Archive for January, 2010
Community, Events, Local
Free Showing of Food, Inc.
FOOD, Inc. is one of the scariest movies in recent years. The New York Times calls it “an informative, often infuriating activist documentary about the big business of feeding, (force-feeding) Americans all the junk that multinational corporate money can buy”.
If you want to know why many of us are seeking out nearby organic food sources and enjoying our home gardens, come join us at the Unitarian Church on Friday, February 5th at 6:30 for a light supper and a screening of FOOD, Inc. beginning at 7:00 PM.
Wickenden Hall
Unitarian Church of Calgary
1703- 1st Street NW
*Free parking available in the Balmoral School lot next door.
The Green Sanctuary Committee, Unitarian Church of Calgary
Co-Sponsored with ARUSHA and The Calgary Horticultural Society
Community, Events, Local
Local Food Events: Two Workshops Coming Soon
Here is notice of two, FREE one-day workshops where you will hear more about innovative local food events and the smart practices involved in organizing them – in Alberta and across the continent.
Featuring:
• Edmonton Regional Toursim Group’s Taste Event
• Dine Kalyna
• Community Connection Dinners
• Badlands Long Lunch
The full-day sessions covers:
• the details of various local food events
• ideas and opportunities for creating your own local food event
A locally sourced lunch is available and there will be ample time to network.
DATES & LOCATIONS:
February 16 – Camrose
U of A Augustana Campus Chapel
9 am to 3 pm
To register call 780-672-2710 or email: laura@boomtowntrail.com
February 25 – Brooks
Douglas Country Inn
9 am to 3 pm
To register call 403-830-9707 or email: cmmcell@telus.net
BOTH WORKSHOPS ARE FREE BUT YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND.
Community, Events, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local, Slow Food Calgary
A Kitchen Party at Infuse Catering featuring Blue Mountain Biodynamic Farm
There is room for just 24 lucky people to join Chef Wade Sirois and local producer Kris Vester of Blue Mountain Biodynamic Farm in the kitchen at Infuse Catering. Chef Sirois will prepare several lovely tasting plates with food grown on this farm. Don’t know what biodynamic is? Come and find out and while you are at it bring your Valentine for a cozy winter’s night in a hot and happening kitchen.
Monday, February 8, 2010
6:30 – 9:00 pm
@ Infuse Catering
3510 – 19 St SW, Calgary
403-269-3902
Slow Food Members: $35.00|
Not Yet Slow Food Members: $45.00
• Price includes food and drink tastings.
Reserve tickets by calling:
The Cookbook Co. Cooks at 403.265.6066
Community, Events, Local
Food…The next oil?
CALGARY (January 18, 2010)
The Alberta Farmers’ Market Association, Just Food Edmonton and Greater Food Security Alberta are hosting an event that is relevant to the Slow Food movement…
Food: Today, Tomorrow, Together
7:00 pm, Thursday, February 18, 2010
Red and White Club, 1833 Crowchild Trail NW, McMahon Stadium,
Calgary
• Local Food & Artisans on site
• Tickets cost $30 each and are available for purchase by contacting Naomi Provencal at 1-866-753-4337.
Canadian Agrologist and farm columnist Wendy Holm will talk about why emerging public focus on food is happening “just in time” and what communities can do to support it. There will be local food and artisans on site with samples of their products for tasting and purchase. Julie Van Rosendaal, freelance food writer and regular contributor to several newspapers and magazines, and author of the best-selling cookbooks One Smart Cookie and Grazing, is the MC.
Community, Events, Global, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Latest Terra Madre Day Tidings…
Karen Anderson, a pillar of the Slow Food Calgary planning committee, had 30 women to her house for “Ladies eating Local” on Dec 10, Terra Madre Day.
She says: “The Very Local Menu proves that, yes, you can eat local in December in Alberta”.
Tilly Sanchez, host Karen Anderson and Chef Tanya Geutre
Kayben Farms Black currant punch, Okotoks, AB
Blue Mountain Brut Rose Sparkling Wine, Oliver, BC
Valta Bison Chili, Valhalla Center, Peace River, AB
Tres Marias Blue Corn Chips, Calgary, AB with salsa from
Gull Valley Tomatoes and Cucumber Man basil, Calgary Farmer’s Market
Red Lentil Hummus with Highwood Crossing’s Flax Oil, Aldersyde, AB
Spelt Pizza from the Ladybug with Sylvan Star Gouda and Sunworks Farms
Rosemary Chicken Sausage from Sylvan Lake and Armena, AB
Saskatoon Tarts from Pearson’s Berry Farm, Innisfail, AB
Chocolate Truffles from Choklat in Inglewood
$330.00 was raised to help send a youth delegate to Terra Madre in Turin, Italy in 2010.
Chantal Leblanc and Slow Food Calgary President Dee Hobsbawn-Smith
Catharine Hortsing and Penny Marshall
Slow Food Calgary
More Terra Madre Day Tidings…
Two SAIT culinary students – Stephane Kolk and Kate Campbell – held a Terra Madre dinner at the home of Claude and Judy Kolk on December 9, 2009. The intended crowd was SAIT students, but most of the guests were producers and their friends. Money was raised toward sending a Youth delegate to Terra Madre 2010.
the MENU…
Roasted potatoes with thyme (Winter’s Turkeys Farm)
Honey roasted beets (Winter’s Turkeys Farm, Chinook Honey)
Acorn squash ravioli with turkey confit (Winter’s Turkeys, Highwood Crossing)
Smoked elk ribs (Canadian Rocky Mountain Ranch)
Crabapple sauce (Kayben Farms)
Black currant and strawberry crumble (Highwood Crossing, Kayben Farms)
Beverages by: Wild Rose Brewery, Chinook Arch Meadery, Kayben Farms
Photos are forthcoming!