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Food for Thought: The Slow Food Orange County Newsletter, March 2011
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Join the Slow Food Movement!We invite you to join the Slow Food movement! Slow Food Orange County is working hard to preserve and protect local foods and food traditions. Our convivium plans events and programs in places across Orange County-anywhere from community gardens, taste education dinners, and farm tours-join the network and become active in planning and participating in these diverse initiatives. Click here for Benefits of Membership or send us an email if you have questions.
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Get Pumped on Permaculture!
Primer with Dr. Bill Roley
Sunday, March 20th 10am-6pm
Laguna Beach, CA
Tickets: $35 per person
This fun and informative introduction to permaculture class offers an overview of permaculture design, using the five fingers of permaculture: combining food, waste, water, energy and shelter into a full circle solution for environmental health. Dr. Roley will show case studies of village design and use hands-on exercises to illustrate these principles. A potluck meal will be shared for lunch.
This event is limited to 30 people so order your tickets soon. Tickets can be purchased here.
Dr. Bill Roley is the director of the Permaculture Institute of Southern California. He is an applied ecologist, environmental instructor and consultant. He designs strategies to improve sustainable resources for homes, organizations, governments and business. He used to head up the Ecological Restoration certificate program at Saddleback College and taught biology at Soka University.
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Food for Thought: FIRST TALK THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 10th,
Rain or Shine!
Picnics and Films at the Orange County Great Park
Cosponsored by Slow Food Orange County
The Great Park is presenting a thought-provoking film series about the origins of the food we eat.
Reclaiming Our Connection to Food: Embracing Food Problems in a Day of New Solutions
Lecture and Discussion by nationally-renowned speaker Mark Winne
Lawn opens at 6:30 p.m. for picnics; lecture starts at 7:30 p.m. From breakfast programs for low-income children to innovative national food policies in Washington, D.C., Mark Winne enables people to find solutions to their own food problems in communities and across the world. The activist and author will share stories of how people across the country are reclaiming their connection to their food, health, land, and governments. A book signing will follow the talk with Winne's newly released book Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas.
Admission is free.
The Great Park is off the 5 or 405 freeways at Sand Canyon Avenue and Marine Way in Irvine. For directions or more information please visit www.ocgp.org or call 949-724-7420.
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Tour the Overcrowded Rare Fruit Garden of Thom Hendricks
April 9, 2011 1-3pm
Huntington Beach, CA
RESERVATIONS ARE FULL!
Join Thom in his "overcrowded garden", two suburban backyards intensively planted primarily with rare fruits. Thom will give a tour of the garden and talk about its history and his methods for growing a massive amount of produce in a small space. He will give a grafting demonstration and answer any questions from both aspiring and established gardeners.
Plants will also be available for sale. Be sure to bring a hat and water if it is a warm day, and keep in mind that this is an outdoor site with no restroom available. This event is free of charge but reservations are required.
Donations of extra nursery pots are gratefully accepted. Please bring a dessert (finger foods only) to share, Thom will provide the lemonade. |
Spring Potluck
Sunday, May 15th at 4 p.m.
Home of Cathy & Lynn Bowser in Costa Mesa
Join Slow Food Orange County as we celebrate spring with a potluck! Please bring a beverage and dish to share
and don't forget the recipe for our upcoming Slow Food Orange County cookbook. Be sure to bring your own place setting, including glassware, utensils, plate, and napkin. Please reply to here. Address will be provided with reservation confirmation. See you there! |
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Community Farmers' Dinner at Sage Restaurant in Newport Beach
This dinner, held on the lovely patio venue of Sage Restaurant, was a tribute to how rewarding and enjoyable Slow Food dining can be. Chef Rich Mead, who has for many years delighted in working with organic, local family-operated farms, planned and executed a most delectable presentation of a wide array of heirloom and rare varieties of produce, paired with locally-raised meat and poultry and sustainable seafood.
The dinner included four courses and started with not one, but two salads. One featured beets, with all the wonderful earthy flavors provided by fresh, organic beets, paired with goat cheese, arugula and toasted walnuts, tossed in a Dijon-horseradish vinaigrette. The second salad featured citrus, locally farmed tangerines, grapefruit and blood oranges bursting with flavor, on butter lettuce in a sesame vinaigrette with a sprinkle of pine nuts.
Next was Panko-Crusted Local Corvina, a local saltwater fish, that was accompanied by delectable preparations of vegetables that included a favorite of the evening, roast-anchoaide (anchovy)-crusted romanesco cauliflower.
 This was followed by Roast Pinot-and-Garlic Rubbed Pig served with an assortment of heirloom fingerling potatoes, cipollini onions, and a melt in your mouth roast maple bourbon Tahitian squash dish.
Dessert was a truly delectable Strawberry-Rhubarb Cake served with house-made strawberry ice cream.
All of this was made possible by these contributing farms: Weiser, Schaner, Coleman, McGrath, Trevino, Gloria Tamai and Peacock. These farms are so dedicated to their products that they sent representatives, including Peter Schaner and Alex Weiser, to talk about what they raise, why and how. Chef Paddy Glennon of Santa Monica Seafood shared his passion, the importance of sustainable fishing.
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Slow Food Wants You!
Volunteers welcome for 2011 Steering Committee, Potluck Hosting and More!
 The Slow Food Orange County Steering Committee is perhaps the most congenial group of foodies in OC. We shape and organize the fabulous Slow Food OC events, and we're preparing for 2011 Steering Committee Board elections while gearing up for some of our largest events of the year. Here are some ways in which you can be involved:
- Join the steering committee of SFOC! Our events, communications and outreach subcommittees need your input and ideas. If you are interested in joining the steering committee, please plan to attend our next steering committee meeting on March 29th. For details or for more information, email SFOC Chair Heather Westenhofer.
- Volunteer your home for a SFOC potluck! We are in need of locations for our regular potlucks throughout the year. This is a great way to get to know Slow Food friends in an intimate, informal setting. If you would like to host for another time, please email Events Chair Wayan Kaufman.
- Participate in the Tustin Chili Cook-Off! This year, SFOC will be entering chili in this massive event, attended by thousands. This year's cook-off is June 5th -- let's show OC how good Slow Chili can be! If you'd like the opportunity to cook with head chef Roger McErlane, or can help with giving out SFOC information at the event, email Roger.
- Be part of the Annual Barbeque! The barbeque committee will began meeting in February to put together our largest, best-loved event of the year. This year's barbeque will take place on July 10th and we need lots of volunteers to make it happen! From creating publicity to tracking down auction donations to working in set-up and tear-down crews, we can find a fit for your talents. If you would like details about joining the committee, email Barbeque Chair Roger McErlane.
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