How to grow your own (and cut down on trips to the supermarket). This weekend (10-11 July 2010), Robina McCurdy will be hosting a workshop on ‘Local Food Reliance’.
A little while back I took a look at what’s natural and organic at the upcoming SA Cheese Festival (coming up this weekend, yay!). But natural and organic isn’t the be-all and end-all. Just because a cheese is made in a natural way using organic ingredients, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a great product. It takes the skill of an artisan to bring out the best in a cheese, and it’s those guys that I’m spotlighting today.
Taste Magazine has just launched an awesome new website that has me drooling from the get-go. It’s got pretty pictures, simple recipes, foodie news and I think I’m going to be spending quite a bit of time on it in the months to come.
When last did you sit at a table and share a meal with people you’ve never met before? In these tumultuous times, it’s important, I think, to have events which bring people together and unite them in a convivial way. And what better way to connect people than through the delicious delights of excellent food?
Bright green wasabi-flavoured goats cheese, juicy organic olives, oh-so creamy cheeses made from the milk of grass-fed cows – clear your diaries everyone, the SA Cheese Festival is coming!
Remember that old Farmer Brown ad: ‘They taste so good, ’cause they eat so good’? It turns out that a diet of grubs, grass, grain, fresh air and sunshine makes the tastiest chickens of all. On 6 March 2010 a group of Slow Fooders visited Spier to learn more about their biodynamic farming methods.
A new summer CSA is on the cards for 2010. This one will run for 10 weeks (Tuesday 26 January through Tuesday 30 March) and in addition to the uber-fresh organic vegetables members will receive every week, the deliveries will also include mushrooms and preserves from other sustainable food producers and projects.
Moddergat Organic Farm holds a weekly Saturday morning organic market from 8am-1pm. To find out more, contact Dawn or Johann My burgh at 021 842 3186 or email dawnm@netactive.co.za