Check out the festivities for Eat Local! Week here: http://transitioncolorado.org/events.php
Eat Local! Week Events
August 31st, 2010July 18 Il Forno Al Fresco Farm Dinner
June 20th, 2010Il Forno al Fresco Farm Dinner
Hush Boulder Dinner and Benefit June 20
June 13th, 2010Did you read the article in the Daily Camera’s Essentials section? Hush Denver is hosting its first Boulder mobile gourmet dinner on June 20 right here at Colorado’s Best Beef ranch, with Longmont’s Terroir chef and owner Tim Payne. Hush Denver’s mission is to showcase young, talented chefs in unusual venues. Owner Phil Armstrong says, “Dining should be communal, exciting, mysterious, and most of all, memorable.” We agree. for more info, go to: hushdenver.com. You must sign up to be on the email list; then you will receive an email with the events; click the event and then the “reserve” button. This is a benefit for Slow Food Boulder! Thanks, Hush Denver.
Save the Date: May 15 School Food Project Farm Dinner
April 21st, 2010
April 18 Noodles&Co Benefit for SF School Gardens
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Noodles&Co in Boulder and Longmont will donate 25% of sales on April 18 to Slow Food Boulder’s school/community gardens projects. Bring your kids and take home some seeds to plant. Support Slow Food Boulder gardens now! We are helping Longmont’s Twin Peaks Charter Academy’s brand new garden project, as well as the CU Going Local community gardens in north Boulder. For more info, contact slowfoodboulder@yahoo.com.
Now’s the Time to Speak to Congress
March 5th, 2010
Congress is discussing the renewal of the Child Nutrition Act as we speak. We can improve how we feed our school children if Congress strengthens the CNA and grants $1 more per child in the budget. Chef Ann Cooper, Boulder Valley School District’s interim Food Services Director, is a strong, tireless advocate for healthy school lunches. Read her recent Washington Post article here.
And her email:
“There has been a lot of talk over the past few weeks about Michelle Obama and her mission to keep our kids healthy. Her “Let’s Move” campaign is critically important to the future health of America and it’s her job to raise awareness about issues that are important to our country. It’s my job, though, to challenge people to take action.
“Every day, millions of children eat lunch, and sometimes breakfast at school. For many, these are the only hot meals they’ll get all day. To truly support the first lady’s initiative, we should ask our elected officials for an additional $5.4 billion annually to support child nutrition through the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act. An additional $5.4 billion a year would ensure an extra dollar for every student at lunchtime and could guarantee that fresh, healthy foods find their way to our kids’ bellies.” — The Washington Post, March 5, 2010
Congress has the power to change the way our children eat. Join me and lunch box advocates from across the country in asking Congress to invest one more dollar a day in healthy school food.
This may seem like a no brainer to you and I, but we’re going to have to fight for every penny and each small improvement.
Let’s help our kids together. Tell Congress to do the right thing.
Chef Ann
March 7 Coffee Tasting at The Cup Postponed
March 3rd, 2010We are postponing our coffee tasting at The Cup this Sunday, March 7, due to too few sign-ups. However, The Cup and Conscious Coffee are poised to offer it again when more people can attend. BTW, we heard CC’s Mark speak last night at the SF Local dinner at Arugula (check out chef Alec Schuler – a true artist in the kitchen!), and we encourage you to find out about the world of coffee growing and buying. He has a lot of important info to share. We’ll keep you posted about the next tasting date.
Eat Local at Arugula March 2
February 20th, 2010Slow Food and Arugula invite you to a special all local dinner on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 6:30pm at Arugula Ristorante (2785 Iris Avenue Boulder, CO 80304) The chefs are challenging themselves to make the entire meal with local products, They named the dinner “Eating local in Colorado at the most difficult time of the year!”
The menu features tilapia, pork and beef which are easy to source in Colorado at this time of year. The produce however is more difficult, it consists of “cellar vegetables” harvested in the fall or things the chefs canned back in September.
There will be half a glass of Colorado wine paired with each course. The cost is $55/person for Slow Food members and $65/person for nonmembers.
All proceeds go to support Slow Food programs.
The Menu
1) House cured salumi platter; made with ‘Long Farm’ pork, ‘Grant Farm’ pork, ‘Colorado’s Best’ beef with ‘Grant Farm’ beets and microgreens
2) ‘Munson Farm’ dumpling squash ravioli in thyme brown butter with ‘Hazel Dell’ mushrooms
3) Grilled ‘Canyon City’ tilapia over ‘Toohey Farm’ in-house canned heirloom tomato sauce
4) ‘Colorado’s Best’ beef roulette with roasted ‘Grant Farm’ fingerling potatoes and sweet onions
5) ‘Haystack’ goat cheese cake with in-house canned ‘Ela Farm’ western slope peach coulis
Reservations are required. To make your reservation, please RSVP to Pam Stewart, pamela@essenzacomm.com. Your seat is confirmed upon receipt of a check made out to Slow Food Boulder; mail check to Mary Johnson, 787 Meadow Glen Dr., Boulder, CO 80303
Blind Olive Oil Tasting March 28
February 14th, 2010Elise Berlin and Felicia Furman will be hosting an olive oil tasting for Slow Food members on March 28th. Join them for a blind tasting of olive oils from the Mediterranean, Israel and the US, at varying price ranges, and choose your favorite! After the tasting, the opened bottles will be raffled to guests.
Enjoy a delicious potluck meal of dishes based on olive oil. Each guest will bring a dish using olive oil and the hosts will provide a delicious dessert of olive oil lemon almond gateau!
Date: March 28, 2010
Time: 6pm
Location: The home of Elise Berlin – 4027 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Boulder, CO 80301
Cost: $15 to cover the olive oils.
RSVP to Felicia Furman at ffurman@ecentral.com by March 20th. She’ll reply with instructions for sending a check, and your spot will be reserved when the check is received. Space is limited to 18, so hurry and don’t miss out!
Conscious Coffee Tasting March 7
February 14th, 2010Save the morning of March 7th and join Slow Food Boulder at The Cup to sample coffees, learn about the small farm growing co-ops, and increase your knowledge of truly conscious coffee! Wendy and Chris of The Cup are offering this special cupping event to Slow Food members in Boulder.
Mark from Conscious Coffees will guide the tasting event. The coffees are certified organic and grown on small family farms which have been collectively self-organized into cooperatives, from which they are directly purchased. The mission of Conscious Coffees is to create long-term relationships with growers, customers, and the environment, which transcend volume and profits, and emphasize cup quality, human rights, and sustainability.
The Cupping will involve smelling, sipping and slurping each coffee while taking notes on all the flavors, the body, the acidity and the overall balance of the coffee. After tasting the various coffees, we will discuss what it is we tasted, what we liked and did not like, the history of the region, and the attributes of the coffee.
Date/Time: March 7, 2010 at 9 am
Location: The Cup – 1521 Pearl Street, Boulder 80302
Cost: TBD – approximately $5 to cover the cost of pastries and coffee
Please RSVP to diane_mcd@comcast.net by February 28th to reserve your spot. Because of space restrictions, attendance is limited.