MARCHTaking Time with . . . Food & Drink
Slow Food Edinburgh is participating in two events to
coincide with an exhibition currently running at the Dovecot Studios in
Edinburgh entitled Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution.
The
exhibition is about the response of various international artists to
ideas of slowness, and there are many parallels to draw with Slow Food.
Reacting to our increasingly fast
lifestyles, the artists have been responding to our consumer
culture, questioning modes of production through new (or reviving old)
processes, and looking at issues of stewardship and sustainability. Our special events at the Dovecot bring this art together with good local food, and in particular food where craftmanship plays an important part and where taking time matters. Thursday 4 March:
Taking Time with local food and drink, featuring introductions to craft
beer by Catherine Maxwell Stuart of Traquair House Brewery and artisan
breadmaking from Campbell Barbee of Peter's Yard bakery. Each event will run
from 6–8pm and will include an expert introduction to and tour of the
Taking Time exhitibion at the Dovecot, an introduction to the featured
food/drink from the craftsmen and women involved in their production
and a guided, comparative tasting of their products.
Tickets £10 per person, or £18 to attend both. Bookings to events@slowfoodedinburgh.co.uk
www.takingtime.org Slow Food Cooking Demo at Edinburgh Farmers' MarketSlow Food Edinburgh will be at Edinburgh Farmers' Market as ususal on the first Saturday of the month, 6 March. Tina Kenny of Lazy Lohan's is our guest chef this week – she'll be sourcing ingredients from the market stalls and cooking up some simply, tasty, seasonal dishes between 10am and noon. Monthly Slow SupperThis month's Slow Supper takes place on Monday, 8 March at David Bann’s, 56-58 St Mary Street, from 6.30pm onwards. Get a main course and a glass of wine for £10, and all are welcome, whether Slow Food members or not, to join a relaxed, convivial meal. There’s no need to book – just turn up. For more going on in March with Slow Food connections and interest, take a look at our Noticeboard page Other local Slow Food ProjectsA Forth DietIn partnership with various other environmental and community organisations around Edinburgh, we're hoping to get involved in a local eating project along the lines of the successful Fife Diet. For more on this, click here.Slow Food Edinburgh's Taste PanelSlow 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. Email taste@slowfoodedinburgh.co.uk to apply. Gorgie City Farm pigs Slow Food elsewhere in ScotlandSlow Food LinlithgowSlow 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 status a Citta Slow, or 'Slow Town'. For further information about the Linlithgow convivium contact catriona@cstaddon.com Slow Food Linlithgow's AGM takes place at Livingston’s Restaurant on Wednesday 10th March at 7.30pm. We will have a two course dinner, set price £15.00 per person. An additional course and drinks are paid for individually. Please phone Livingston’s direct to book your places – 01506 846565.Slow Food FifeThere's now 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 65671 Slow Food PerthSlow Food Perth's monthly Slow Suppers take them to different
restaurants around town. They take place on the
first Tuesday of each month and for £15 you get two courses. The next supper on 2 March is at the Roost – call the restaurant on 01738 812111 to book. Further information from slowfoodperth@live.co.uk |
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