Thursday, April 28, 2011

Food Festival and more...

Dear Slow Fooders

This is an update on the planned events for May and June.

As many of you may be aware Donna Le Marrec and John Garton have organized the Jersey Food Festival from 14 to 22 May.  This looks like a fantastic week with many events that embrace so much of what we believe in.

Lots of trips to visit various sites and some delicious food to be sampled. Taste the passion.

Please visit the website for full details:
In June we have 2 events planned:

A visit to Fungi Delecti for a tour by Jamie Racjan (visit www.fungidelecti.com ). 

Fungi Delecti has become known as the best wholesaler of quality produce on the island.  They supply all the top restaurants and hotels, sourcing produce from all over the world.  They also grow Shii-Take mushrooms and many fresh salads and herbs, as well as producing the tastiest eggs on the island.
To avoid having too many people to enjoy this visit Jamie is happy for us to split into 2 visits – Thursday 9th and Thursday 16th June at 6.30pm. 

If you would like to come then please let us know which date you would prefer and then we can try to ensure even numbers over the 2 evenings.  Fungi Delecti is at Les Platons in Trinity.  By visiting in mid-June the fresh produce should be at its peak.

There is no charge for this event but please inform us if you are coming.

An evening with Cyrus Todiwala  - Indian Chef extraordinaire

Monday 20th June – Highlands College – 7.30pm to 9.30pm

This is planned as the highlight/show piece of our Slow Food year.  Cyrus is a renowned Indian chef and he is coming specially to Jersey for this Slow Food event.  Cyrus is passionate about local food and so he will be sourcing local produce for his demonstration, and will be taking us on a tour of Indian spices.  (This is purely a demonstration and so no food will be served, but there will be small tastings).

This is for Slow Food members only. There will be a charge for this event to contribute to costs – more details to follow (we haven’t done our sums yet!).  Numbers will be limited. 

We would be grateful if you could email us to let us know if you are interested in either of these events as soon as you can. 

Please do try to attend some of the Food Festival events.

See you all soon.

The Slow Food Committee

Monday, April 18, 2011

"Best before Dates"

A debate is brewing on the whole issue of "Best Before Dates". Mainly championed by  anti-waste campaigners who suggest that this poor labelling is responsible for large amounts of wasted edible food.

The BBC offers an insight on all this.

Worth taking a look at.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Pot Luck Night - 14th April

We're off again!

Unfortunately Emma, our resident chef, is under pressure so we have had to postpone the Cake making demo but we have a great alternative...a Potluck night!

Donna Le Marrec is going to talk to us about the Food Festival she has organised for May.

If you are not sure what happens at a Pot Luck event then this article gives a taste. /http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/pot-luck/ 


Slow Food is not just about spreading the message but cooking, eating and sharing food

Local and seasonal if possible, one dish per person is fine.

So on the 14th April - 7.00pm - 10.00pm we are meeting at Les Creux Scout Hut. (We'll provide directions nearer the date.)

Easy to find and ample parking. We'll provide some wine, soft drinks, plates and cutlery.

Cook anything you want and bring it along. It doesn't matter whether it's sweet or savoury if the Pie Night is anything to go by it'll all get eaten.

Here's the chance for those that missed out last time and want to show off their skills.

There is a kitchen so we can heat food up and wash up...

The idea is to keep the flavour of what we did last time but take the competition out of it.

Spread the word it's completely free.

If you have any questions then please call Rod Bryans on 07797721559.