http://www.slowfood.ca/index.php On-line news, events and articles aggregrated for the Slow Food Canada Community. en-us Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:21:33 -0500 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:21:33 -0500 webed@slowfood.ca webed@slowfood.ca http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php This is Anita Stewarts fourteenth book, the latest stage on a long journey in search of the true essence of traditional and modern Canadian cuisine and the people behind the recipes and their ingredients. In the frontispiece, she quotes Jean-Anthèlme Brillat-Savarin: ‘The state of nations depends on... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:22:12 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php?id=161 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php MY peas are coming up — sugar snaps and snow peas — and the seeds I scattered out in my cold frame a month ago are now a blanket of baby greens. A few mornings ago, while weeding, I popped a tiny bok choy seedling into my mouth and let its peppery, sweet flavor explode on my tongue...... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:19:57 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php?id=160 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php It was a humble carrot, still covered in dirt. And yet, the taste was electric, so unlike the dry woody offerings in grocery stores. That wondrous bite on an Annapolis Valley farm prompted Margaret Webb to do two things...... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:52:05 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php?id=159 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php Berkeley Professor, journalist and author Michale Pollan is a popular man. His latest book, In Defense of Food: An eaters Manifesto is firmly lodged into The New York Times bestseller list, where its been since it came out. In Defence follows his 2006 blockbuster The Omnivores Dilemma: A Natural ... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:59:56 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php?id=158 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php Located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, between the desert and the sea, between the coastal merchants and the nomadic Bedouins, Lebanon has had a tumultuous history. Over the ages, it has been repeatedly invaded, occupied; it has served as a haven for the oppressed or more simply as a des... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:53:28 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news.php?id=157 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php First day of summer with Deborah Watkins, June 21 10am Deborah Watkins from Classic Catering in Your Home will choose the best that the Organic Farmers Market offers that morning and prepare it with us. More details to follow, to reserve email info@slowfoodottawa.org Classic Catering in Your Ho... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php?id=55 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php Slow Food will celebrate the first tastes of the season with a 4 course Spring Forage Dinner. Come to Peggy and Peter’s wild vegetable, fruit and flower gardens in south Ottawa and learn to pick fiddlehead ferns, wild garlic, rhubarb, greens, herbs and mushrooms. Chef David Neil of Sweetgrass Ab... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php?id=54 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php Mushroom Hunt-May 11-Sunday !0am Slow Food will join the Les Mycologues Amateurs de l’Outaouais (www.mao-qc.ca) which is THE local mushroom foraging group in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Their first spring foray this year will be at the Larose Forest in Bourget, ON. Everyone is welcome but you nee... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php?id=56 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php Slow Food Ottawa Gatineau celebrates Earth Day with an educational theme dinner exploring its Italian Roots in Piemonte, a hidden treasure of rich food, wine, and traditions. It will be held in partnership with DiVino Wine Studio, in its brand new cooking facility at 225 Preston Street Chef Arl... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php?id=53 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php SPRING FOOD FEAST With the Grain team will demonstrate how to make fresh Focaccia and pasta and will incorporate them into an amazing meal using local and organic ingredients Ontario wine and beer will be paired with the meal $50 p.p. (members) $60 p.p. (non-members) Online purchase at http://s... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:59:59 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/events.php?id=57 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php April 7, 2008 – Slow Food Canada celebrated the addition of three wild foods, miner’s lettuce, nodding onion, and Saskatoon berries, to the Ark of Taste with two quintessentially ‘slow’ events, a five-course dinner and a taste workshop held as the finale to a Stinging Nettle Festival celebrating the... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php?id=58 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php Cowichan Bay, BC – April 4, 2008. In an open community meeting this week, Cowichan Bay’s new, hand-illustrated food map of the region was officially unveiled and the small district took its next step towards official certification as North America’s first Cittandagrave; Slow. Cowichan Bay village, w... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php?id=57 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php The agents arrived before dawn. They concealed the squad car and police van behind trees, and there, on the road that runs past Michael Schmidt’s farm in Durham, Ontario, they waited for the dairyman to make his move. A team from the Ministry of Natural Resources had been watching Schmidt for months... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php?id=56 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia’s largest slum, in Mumbai, India, to ration every drop. Bakeries in the United States are fretting over higher shortening costs. And in Malaysia, brand-new factories built to convert vegetable oil into diesel sit idle, their owners unable t... Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php?id=55 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php Although no one knows what the decades ahead will bring precisely, there are enough indicators available to say with confidence that the 21st century represents a new era. Whether the concern is climate change, peak oil, overpopulation, species extinction, food and water shortages or something else... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.slowfood.ca/news_articles.php?id=54