Slow Food Mother City
September 3, 2010
09:28
Solms Delta Indigenous Garden Visit
Saturday 11 September, 2010 On Saturday 11th September our sister convivium, Slow Food Cape Town, will be visiting Solms Delta wine estate outside Franschhoek to tour their culinary veldkos (indigenous food) garden project. They have kindly invited us to come along. You can view their invitation here. Now, here’s the complicated part. They have also [...]
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August 24, 2010
17:47
Photos: Waterblommetjie Outing (August 2010)
This weekend we ventured out to Lelieblom Farm in Darling to find out more about waterblommetjies (an indigenous Cape winter delicacy) and to pick some of our own. The full report is still to come, but in the meantime, here are some photos from the day.
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August 4, 2010
22:51
Encounters Documentary Festival
This year is the 12th Encounters International Documentary Festival. This festival has grown every year, probably due to the fact that they always show great documentaries from South Africa, Africa and around the world. This year is no different and there are some which tie in very well with Slow Food principles. Below is a [...]
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July 30, 2010
19:00
Farm Visit and Waterblommetjie Lunch at Lelieblom Farm, Darling
*UPDATE: event fully booked* Slow Food Mother City is celebrating the last cozy days of winter with a visit to Lelieblom Farm just outside the West Coast town of Darling to sample waterblommetjies, an indigenous winter delicacy. Waterblommetjies are the flowers of the Cape Hawthorn (Aponogeton distachyos), which grows wild in vleis and on riverbanks [...]
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July 16, 2010
15:02
Slow Food: Reconnecting with our food by Dax Villanueva
Catch Slow Food Mother City committee member, Dax at a free Lunchtime Soapbox talk at IDASA next week. He'll be chatting about Slow Food and how we need to reconnect with our food. We need to be aware of where it comes from and how it was produced so that we can change this system.
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June 27, 2010
09:56
To the heart of good eating
When Catharina’s started running a Meat-free Mondays menu late last year, some restaurant reviewers thought they’d gone nuts (and lentils). But the initiative (which ties into a global movement) has been a success, and now Catharina’s is once again making a quirky stand by introducing Free-range Fridays. Executive Chef Garth Almazan explains the concept, which [...]
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June 26, 2010
20:08
Fungi Foray
Father’s Day dawned gloriously with perfect mushrooming weather – a crisp, clear morning after half a week of soaking rains. More than thirty slowfooders of all ages joined us to forage for fungi at the Tokai Arboretum... here's a review with photos, and a recipe for mushroom soup!
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June 20, 2010
19:34
Winter Mushroom Forage – Pictures
This morning, Slow Food Mother City members (and guests) went mushroom-hunting in Tokai Forest. We’ll be writing up a report-back soon, but for now, take a look at these pics of all the fungi action.
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May 17, 2010
22:46
A wonderful day out at Backsberg
Saturday the 27th of March dawned drizzly and overcast, which was a relief after a cooking hot week. A group of us set off for Backsberg, hoping the rain would clear so we could enjoy the planned biodiversity walk with Simon Back. By the time we drove into the estate, the rain had abated, but [...]
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