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Upcoming Events

November

Dinner on the Farm Saturday 22 November at the Garvald Farm, Dolphinton, West Linton. A farmhouse kitchen meal for up to 20 people entitled 'The Auld Alliance', offering good Scottish food and smuggled French wine (all biodynamically produced). As well as a convivial meal, it's a chance to learn more about the farm, which is one of six Garvald organisations in the Lothians and Borders. Inspired by Rudolf Steiner, they offer creative opportunities and support for adults with learning disabilities – as well as the farms at Dolphinton and in West Lothian, the Garvald enterprises include a bakery and the Engine Shed tofu factory. The price for the evening is £35 for three courses with wine. A minibus is available for those who'd prefer not to drive. Funds raised are to help with the farm's new extension. Bookings please to events@slowfoodedinburgh.co.uk

The Hardiesmill 10 Steak Experience Friday 28 November. Slow Food has received an invitation to this event, run on the farm on Friday afternoons in small groups. Guests are greeted with a light lunch and then taken to see the Aberdeen Angus herd. You’ll find out what makes a great bit of beef, how flavours can vary, what to look /ask for when you’re buying beef. The farm's master butcher, Lee, will give a demonstration and then it’s back to the farmhouse for the “Hardiesmill 10 Steak Experience” – a tasting of ten different types of Aberdeen Angus steak (Feather steak, Thick Rib, Fillet, Ribeye, Rump [Popeseye], Bavette, Onglet, Flash Fry, Sirloin, False Fillet &/or Carbonade). Tickets are £35 per person (£30 per person for Slow Food members), maximum eight people to a group. For more call 01573 410797 or email robin.tuke@hardiesmill.co.uk

Food Trust Scotland's St Andrew's Day Lunch, Sunday 30 November, New Lanark Mill Hotel. Slow Food members have been invited along to the annual lunch put on by the Food Trust Scotland, which this year celebrates the International Year of the Potato. Speakers are potato experts Alan Romans (from Fife) and Marlena Spieler (from California) and potatoes (in some form or another) are promised at each course, along with some fine local delicacies such as shin of Aberdeen Angus and Clyde Valley damsons and plums. Tickets are just £25, including wine – book at info@thefoodtrustscotland.org.uk or 01968 660727. For the full menu and more about the trust, have a look at www.thefoodtrustscotland.org.uk

December

Members' pot-luck lunch Sunday 7 December aboard the Re-union canal boat Something a bit different for a Christmas gathering. Bring along a dish of slow food to share as we cruise along the Union Canal from Fountainbridge. There's room for around 30 on board and we'd particularly like to encourage families along to this one. Noon start at Edinburgh Quay (see www.re-union.org.uk for directions) – we should be back by 3pm. £10 per head covering the cost of boat hire and something warming to drink (mulled wine or hot apple juice – if you want more, BYO!). Bookings please to events@slowfoodedinburgh.co.uk

Slow Supper Monday 8 December At Petit Paris, 17 Queensferry Street, in Edinburgh's West End. Get a main course and a glass of wine for £10. Turn up any time after 6.30pm - there's no booking required. All are welcome, whether Slow Food members or not. Slow Suppers are Slow Food Edinburgh's convivial monthly gathering. Newcomers to Slow Food can find out more about the movement in an informal setting, while members new and old are always welcome to join us to catch up with what we're up to locally. Future date: Mon 12 January.

Also planned

We're looking for expressions of interest in taking a Elementary Health & Hygiene Course. This is essentially a six-hour course which we'd aim to cover in three evening sessions. It's very useful for anyone handling food in situations such as helping out at a farmers' market or taste workshop. We're negotiating a special Slow Food rate and costs should be under £50 – less if more folk sign up.

Other local Slow Food Activity

Slow Food Linlithgow

Slow Food Linlithgow have a programme of events open to members, non-members and anyone based in West Lothian keen to discover more about Slow Food and Linlithgow's application to become a Citta Slow, or 'Slow Town'. For further information about the Linlithgow convivium contact catriona@cstaddon.com

Slow Food Fife

There are also moves to set up a Slow Food convivium in Fife. If you'd like to find out more, please email, phone or fax Viv Collie: vivien.collie@btconnect.com Tel 01334 656714 or 07977 510 435; Fax 01334 656714

Slow Food Perth

Slow Food Perth's monthly Slow Suppers take them to different restaurants around town including 63 Tay Street. They take place on the first Tuesday of each month and for £15 you get two courses. For more contact Douglas Ritchie on douglas@tals.co.uk

Slow Food Edinburgh's Taste Panel

Slow Food Edinburgh runs a Taste Panel with the aim of getting to know our local foods a little better. The panel remit is to discover, taste, research and record examples of good, interesting local food, gradually establishing an authoritative knowledge base which will be independent of the producers themselves and therefore of value not just to members, but also visitors, chefs, delis etc. The findings will also provide direct links into other convivium events such as meals, farm visits or wider tastings.

(By local we are looking towards food associated with Edinburgh and the Lothians, by geographic, historic and individual links.)

Tasting sessions might focus on a single product, or might involve comparative tastings with other, similar local products, or other, similar products from elsewhere or abroad. A cheese, for example, might be tasted alongside a cheese from France made in a similar way. Alternatively, a session might cover a range of products from a single producer.

Applications to join the Taste Panel will be considered by the committee. If you are interested, write to Donald Reid (info@slowfoodedinburgh.co.uk, or 9 Rosslyn Terrace, EH6 5AU) explaining briefly why you'd like to join the panel and what benefits you think you could bring to it.