by Jillian on March 13, 2010
Last week, Christina and I headed to the Tenderloin district in San Francisco for a Slow Food panel discussion, “How do we close the food gap?”. If you aren’t familiar with the Tenderloin, it’s kind of a sketchy area notorious for its congregation of homeless people and druggies. It’s not the kind of neighborhood you’d [...]
by Jillian on December 12, 2009
In case you didn’t know, last Saturday marked the official beginning of crab season. (I’m talking Dungeness crab people, not the other kind!) For the third year in a row, I joined in on Slow Food’s Annual Slow Crab & Oyster Festival and indulged in fresh Dungeness crab served up by the local Monterey Fish [...]
by Christina on December 8, 2009
This Thursday, December 10th, marks Slow Food’s 20th Anniversary and a worldwide celebration of “eating locally” with Terra Madre Day. The purpose of the day is to celebrate the local food movement in your community – and in communities across the globe – and to raise awareness of the importance of “eating locally” . You [...]
by Christina on December 1, 2009
Ever since Jillian and I attended a recent Slow Food Workshop where we made gumbo and bread pudding, I’ve been dying to try my own version at home. Well, actually I take that back. The desire to make homemade gumbo goes back to when I went to New Orleans last year and got a taste [...]