Events
We host a variety of events throughout the year to provide members and prospective members with opportunities to experience the Slow Food mandate in action. We host workshops with local food producers, many food and wine events at local restaurants, two major food and wine events celebrating seasonal changes – Feast of Fields celebrating harvest in September and Roots and Shoots in April celebrating the imminent arrival of spring – wine and cheese tastings, wine and food pairings, field trips to local producers and a summer garden party to provide respite from the calamity of Stampede.
Slow Food Calgary encourages you to drink responsibly and in moderation. The legal alcohol blood level limit in Alberta is .08. Please be aware of your responsibilities and govern yourself accordingly.
Spring Events 2010
• 10th Annual Roots & Shoots
Monday, March 8 @ 6:30 pm
River Café, Prince’s Island Park
Slow Food’s annual celebration of the return of Spring to Alberta and end of a long winter. Four guest chefs will join River Café hosts chef Scott Pohorelic and owner Sal Howell to present five locally sourced courses paired with superb Canadian wines.
Slow Food Calgary Members: $115; Not-yet Members $150
*Includes food, beverage, tax and service.
• 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
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
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.
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
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.
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