For Slow Food Edinburgh's main events each month, click here.What you'll find here are some of the other things going on locally with Slow Food connections or interest:This year, the Fairtrade Foundation is encouraging people to Take A Step, the theme of the Fortnight from 27 February to 11 March. This can be in a number of ways: buy a Fairtrade product, tell someone about Fairtrade and bake a cake or some other recipe using Fairtrade ingredients such as oranges, bananas, spices, nuts, tea, coffee, sugar and chocolate. The aim is to support farmers who grow the food we love to eat and cook. We are asking people to register their baking step on our website stepometer at www.fairtrade.org.uk/step and help Fairtrade reach the target of 1.5 million steps. Celebrity chefs Allegra McEvedy & Jason White (participant in this year’s The Great British Bake-Off) will be the key faces of the campaign and have created their own recipes using Fairtrade ingredients. Mary Berry and other’s have also given recipes. Edinburgh Slow Food Supper (a reminder) Cafe St Honoré, North West Thistle Street Lane, Edinburgh Monday 13 February 2012, 6.30 pm Booking: 0131 2262211 / eat@cafesthonore.com (subject to availability) Slow Food Fife and Puddledub Pork at Adam Smith College. Saint Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY1 1EX Wednesday 15th February 2012 6.15pm-9pm The Slow Food Fife 2012 events programme will be launched with a fabulous evening of film, food and fun. Tom Mitchell from Puddledub Pork has been working with staff and students from Adam Smith College to put on a special event for us on Wednesday 15th February. The evening will combine fantastic local pork with the very talented chefs and students from the college. On arrival you will be treated to canapés and a glass of fizz whilst watching a film (made by the college students) of chef Eadie Manson and farmer Tom Mitchell at Puddledub farm. This will be followed by a Puddledub Pork cookery demonstration by TV chef Eadie – who will be joined by Tom in the kitchen. We will then sit down to a three course meal with a Puddledub black pudding starter, Puddledub pork main course and a seasonal dessert - all designed, prepared and served by college staff and students. Wines for the evening will be provided by ‘Mostly Wine’ in Kirkcaldy. Ticket prices for the event are: £15 for Slow Food members, £18 for non Slow Food members. To book your place at this special event - please contact Vivien Collie at vivien.collie@btconnect.com (with information about any special dietary requirements) by Weds 8th February. Sichuan Province Night at First Coast Restaurant. Our friends at First Coast are having their next regional night: Sichuan Province Night on Tuesday February 21st. As usual, there are three courses of interesting, tasty and somewhat spicy dishes for £22.95 per person including tea or coffee. We’ll be serving the starters and sweets as taster plates as always so you only have to choose your main course. Starters braised tofu, pickled veg (v) salt and chilli squid sichuan oxtail razor clams, black bean Mains sweet black vinegar pork belly duck breast and dumpling broth yellow cooked salt lythe, chilli sauce sichuan aubergine (v) Mains served with egg noodles, rice, hot and sour cucumber salad, stir fried choi sum, and sichuan chilli oil Sweets pineapple, lime and ginger granita mango and chilli parfait, black sticky rice chinese doughnut, raspberry and chilli jam Our last few regional nights booked up quickly so please do reserve your table as soon as possible. Please ring 0131 313 4404 or email info@first-coast.co.uk to book your table. Bridgend's 6th Annual Potato Day! This year it is on Sunday 26th February 2012, 11am till 3pm. Heritage seed potatoes for sale. Allan Roman, Scotland's own Potato Guru will be selling his own seeds, shallots & onion sets, and giving a talk on potatoes. Information stalls from Bridgend Growing Communities, Abundance Edinburgh, Change Works and Bridgend Inspiring Growth. Refreshments and homebaking for sale. Any left over potatoes will continue to be sold until May. If you can help out and volunteer some time on the day, then please do get in touch with Chris Macefield, Community Food & Health Worker. Contact details below. ________________________________________________ Bridgend Growing Communities Bridgend Allotment Site, 41 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4TE T> 0131 664 9559, 07748127041 E> chrism.bgc@gmail.com |
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