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Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Backyard Benefit for Slow Food Calgary at Vinestone Wine Co. in Cochrane
Vinestone Wine Co. on behalf of Slow Food Calgary presents…
GRAZIN’ THE BACKYARD
a celebration of wine, food & music
Saturday July 17, 2010
6:30 to 10 pm
@ Vinestone Wine Co. – 608, 2nd St. West, Cochrane
www.vinestonewine.co
Featuring…
The Ethical, Delectable Offerings of Forage Foods
The Swinging, Smooth Melodies of Spiral Groove &
The Adaptable, Intriguing Wines of Vinestone!
$85 per person
Proceeds go to Slow Food Calgary
Call 403-981-9463 for tickets and info.
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food Calgary’s 9th Annual Feast of Fields
June 15, 2010 (Calgary) – Join Slow Food Calgary for a food-fuelled afternoon in the garden. Enjoy plenty of local fare to eat and drink, meet the people who grow your food and the chefs who create delicious dishes with our wonderful Alberta
harvest. Last year we debuted our “The Alberta Snail Trail”, our guide to
local products and this year we’ve expanded it to include 78 local food
producers who meet our good, clean and fair criteria. Come and connect with
all things local.
Slow Food Calgary’s 9th Annual Feast of Fields
Sunday, September 12, 2010: 1 – 4 pm
Rouge Restaurant, 1240 – 8 Ave SE, in the garden. Rain or Shine.
FURTHER EVENT DETAILS COMING SOON!
Community, Events, Local, The Alberta Snail Trail Passport
Local Food Policy Development: “Finding our Roots”
Slow Food Calgary members Darrel and Corinne Winter (Winters Turkeys), Cherie Andrews (Chinook Honey & Meadery) and Kris Vester (Blue Mountain Biodynamic Farm) emphasize the elements. The photo was taken at “Finding our Roots”, an event hosted by Calgary’s Office of Sustainability in an effort to develop a local food policy.
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Janice Beaton Fine Cheese and Wild Rose Brewery
“Beer and Cheese” Pairing
Monday, April 19 from 7 to 9 pm
Wild Rose Brewery, in the Currie Barracks
4580 Quesnay Wood Dr., SW
This fun event features two local favourites in our first ever beer and cheese pairing night. Guests will enjoy six hand-crafted Wild Rose brews lovingly paired with Canadian cheeses and charcuteries delicacies while learning about how both the beers and the cheese are made.
Slow Food Calgary Members: $35; Not-yet Members $45
*Price includes the beer and accompaniments.
To purchase tickets to any event listed, call or visit:
The Cookbook Co. Cooks, 722 – 11th Ave. SW/ 403-265-6066
Community, Events, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Local 101 and Local 201: Two LOCAL events about eating local food and meeting people who are a part of the local food movement.
Local 101: Eating food you know from people you know.
An afternoon of presentations by farmers and cooks followed by a sampling of local foods and beverages.
SATURDAY MARCH 13TH, 2010 @ 1:30 PM
@ River Park Church Auditorium
Tickets $20
Tickets are available from Forage
Tel: 403•269•6551
Go to www.foragefoods.com for more details.
Local 201: Connecting people in the local food movement
Hear what’s happening at the core of the local food movement followed by a panel
discussion and lunch.
SATURDAY MARCH 13TH, 2010 @ 9:30 AM
@ River Park Church Auditorium
Tickets $40
Tickets are available from Forage
Tel: 403•269•6551
Go to www.foragefoods.com for more details.
Click here to view event poster: 101201poster
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
10th Annual Roots & Shoots Dinner at River Café
When: Monday March 8, 2010 @ 6:30 pm
Where: River Café, Prince’s Island Park
Our annual hopeful celebration of Spring’s return is once again hosted by
River Café. Join chef Scott Pohorelic and his team, along with a cadre of
several guest chefs, for a magnificent seasonal multi-course prairie menu,
accompanied by stellar Canadian wines. If you thought there’s little to eat
in Alberta in early March, Roots & Shoots will delight your palate in
learning otherwise! This popular event is always a sell-out. Dinner at 6:30
pm.
Members, $115; non-members $150. GST and gratuity included. Tickets
available @The Cookbook Co Cooks, 722-11 Ave SW, Calgary, or by phone at
403-265-6066.
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.