This page provides information on events organised by Slow Food in and around Edinburgh. For even more going on locally with Slow Food connections and interest, take a look at our Noticeboard page.FEBRUARY The theme for the next Slow Food supper at Cafe St Honore is wild food. Chef Neil Forbes has included wild pigeon, wild leeks and sea buckthorn on the menu, as well as some special home-made bread using seaweed from the The Sea-Spice Co. Fiona Houston and Xa Milne founded The Sea-Spice Co after honing their skills as wild food foragers and writing a book about it, called 'Seaweed and Eat It'. Menu Home-made seaweed bread. Main Course - £10 including a glass of wine, Innis & Gunn beer or Cuddybridge apple juice Local wild pigeon, braised barley, wild leeks. East Coast Mackerel, buttered spinach,pink fir apple potato, apple sauce or Barley and root vegetable stew, organic leaves Pudding - £3 Montezuma British chocolate nemesis, Sea Buckthorn sorbet Artisan Scottish cheeses, Beremeal bannocks Artisan Roast coffee and home-made tablet. (£2). To book call 0131 2662211 or email eat@cafesthonore.com AGM: 7.30pm, 23rd February. It's time for our Annual General Meeting again. Once more, we'll be at the New Town Cookery School 17 Queen Street on Thursday 23rd February. We're very pleased to have two very special guests from Slow Food in Italy. Paolo di Croce, International Secretary, and Elisa Demichelis will be talking about Slow Food’s major events this year - Terra Madre, Salone del Gusto and the International Congress - as well as answering your questions about any other projects and policies. There'll be something to eat to welcome members from 6.30pm, a review of 2011 and an outline of our plans for 2012. If you feel you would like to join us on the committee, please let us know. We are particularly looking for someone to fill the role of treasurer, but all skills welcome! We look forward to seeing you. Meals on Reels: a celluloid celebration of Scottish food and drink: 28th February. 7pm Tuesday 28th February 2012 The Scottish Café, The Mound, Edinburgh Join us for an evening of food, film and conversation to celebrate our great Scottish food traditions. In collaboration with Regional Screen Scotland, we're hosting the inaugural screening in Edinburgh of Meals on Reels, a series of films and extracts from the collection of Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland. We're delighted to be joined by Catherine Brown, Scotland's award-winning food writer. The evening will be a nostalgic look at food and drink products, showcasing bygone products, methods of production and advertising before, during and after WW2. Divided into a ‘menu’ of footage, it features everything from Arbroath Smokies, Dundee Peh and Black Pudding to Dunlop Cheese, Lofty Peak cake and, of course, whisky. You will be welcomed with a glass of wine and, before settling down for the screening and discussion, there'll be a supper of warming bowls of Scottish fare, featuring products inspired by the film: • Crispy Findlay’s of Portobello Haggis and Stornway Black Pudding balls and Smokehead Whisky Sauce • Mug of Creamed Cullen Skink with shards of toasted bread • Mini homemade Inverurie steak and Deuchars IPA pies with mashed tatties • Vegetarian options wiTll be available on request (please say so when booking) The cost is £25 per person. Additional drinks, including tea and coffee are available. The Scottish Café, in the heart of Princes Street Gardens, is proudly committed to promoting Scotland’s culinary culture and supporting local suppliers, and is therefore the perfect venue for this celebration. For any enquiries and to book, please contact Fiona Richmond on fionarichmond_836@hotmail.com, or 07762 772014. Please advise of any dietary requirements, please. We look forward to welcoming you to The Scottish Café for what will be a wonderful celebration of our Scottish food heritage. MARCH Edinburgh Farmers Market: 3rd March. We'll be back at the market as usual, with a guest chef cooking up something tasty from local market produce, from about 10.30am. Fish Masterclass: 11am, 3rd March. Neil Forbes of Cafe St Honore will be running another Masterclass, this time on the subject of fish. Using fish sourced from the East Coast fishing ports of Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire and Scrabster in Caithness, Neil will demonstrate how to prepare fish pie, as well several other dishes. Neil will share techniques including filleting and the best ways to cook different varieties.You'll be able to taste a variety of seasonal fish found in and around Scotland. Neil will be joined by Iain Campbell, managing director and great grandson of the founder of the specialist Perthshire fishmonger George Campbell & Sons, suppliers of local fish to the Scottish catering industry since 1872. Iain will bring the most up-to-date fishing industry news to the table, helping you to make an informed choice at the fish counter. Masterclass lunch menu. (£25, including a glass of wine, Innis & Gunn beer or Cuddybridge apple juice.) Spelt Bread East Coast Fish Pie served with Phantassie organic salad Glazed Italian Lemon Tart Artisan Roast coffee, tea & home-made tablet Cafe St Honoré, North West Thistle Street Lane, Edinburgh To book call 0131 2662211 or email eat@cafesthonore.com Slow Food elsewhere in Scotland Slow Food FifeIf
you'd like to find out more about the Slow Food convivium in Fife, 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. For a comprehensive list of events taking place in and around Perth over the next few months go to www.perthcittaslow.org.uk or contact slowfoodperth@live.co.uk Slow Food West Highlands The 2011 West Highland Slow Food
weekend, 'Braw Brewsters – the Women Brewers of Scotland', has been postponed until the spring. |
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