Some of the things going on locally with Slow Food connections or interest . . .Whitmuir TalksWhitmuir Farm near Peebles is hosting a series of winter lectures under topics such as Sustainable Meat Production, Biodynamic cheesemaking and Sustainable Fish. For details, go to www.whitmuirtheorganicplace.co.uk and click on the link under 'Learn at Whitmuir' All the Way from Plough to PlateA local Slow Food supporter, Rev. Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, is speaking at Scottish Churches House in Dunblane on Wednesday 10 March, 6–8:30pm on the challenge of feeding the world, maintaining soil fertility and overcoming the malnourishment of both the poor and the affluent. Cost: £15 including meal, coffee (£5 local rate for talk/coffee only). Like the Languedoc?If you do, Jean-Michel Gauffre of La Garrigue and L'Artichaut is hosting two special dinners on 15 and 16 March where the special guest is Catherine Roques from the organic domaine Clovallon in J-M's home town of Bedarieux. Find out more about the events and menus by clicking on the restaurant names above. If you're a Slow Food Member give your membership number when you book to claim a 10% discount. Not that we're biased, but there are snails on the menu (at La Garrigue's dinner. At L'Artichaut you'll have to make do with honey-roasted chicory and walnut terrine or jerusalem artichoke and thyme risotto.) Eat Up at Valvona & CrollaCharles Campion has written about restaurants and food for London’s Evening Standard for over a decade and is a patron of Oxford Gastronomica. He's also an advisor to the board of Slow Food UK. On Thursday 18 March Valvona & Crolla are hosting a literary dinner to celebrate his new book Eat Up, at which Charles and whisky writer Charlie MacLean will both speak. More details here. The Evolution of FoodA discussion on the topic above is being held as part of a series of 'natural conversations' organised by the Centre for the Study of Natural Design at the University of Dundee. It takes place on 25 March from 2–4pm. Looking at how society and culture has been shaped by our food consumption, the conversation will discuss food, how it has evolved as we as a species have evolved, and how the infrastructure of our cities are now dominated by the giant supermarket chains. It will use Dundee as an example to demonstrate the change that has occurred over the last 100 years. Email Fiona Wood for further details: F.K.Wood@dundee.ac.uk Cakes for HaitiOn Friday 26 March there may well be cakes. More here: http://cakesforhaiti.org/ Discover Scotland's Wild EdiblesEdinburgh-based Forage Rangers, aka Fiona Houston and Xa Milne, authors of Seaweed and Eat It, are running various local foraging trips in April and May:Urban Foraging Tour: Sat 17 April and Sat 24 April: 10am-1pm – Edinburgh. A morning walk, talk and forage around Edinburgh's greenspaces Seaside Foraging Tour: Sat 15 May – Fife coast. Low tide beach walk to discover seaside plants, seaweeds and shellfish Borders Hedgerow Forage: Sat 19 June: 10am -1pm – Melrose area Cost of all tours: £20/head. To book place, email foragerangers@mac.com, or for further details go to www.foragerangers.com The Future of Food Symposium |