This month, we’re celebrating HONEY! Below you will find 4 recipes from the book “Honey: Everyday Recipes for Cooking and Baking with Nature's Sweetest Secret Ingredient” to highlight the deliciousness of this ingredient and celebrate the importance of its producers, the honeybees, so important to … [Read more...]
Reflections on Terra Madre
Amanda Koyama, Calgary convivium “Terra Madre is a way of giving a voice and a face to people engaged in producing food in their own geographical and social realities” (Carlo Petrini) I could tell you that “Terra Madre brings together those players in the food chain who together support … [Read more...]
Terra Madre: A Tidal Wave of Inspiration
From Megan Giffen, Toronto Convivium I began my Salone Del Gusto Terra Madre journey filled with excitement, a sense of nervousness and anxiety. I was excited to try new flavours and meet like minded people, nervous because I didn’t know what to expect and anxious that I hadn’t done enough or … [Read more...]
Posting Food / Colis gourmands
By / Par Tonya Lailey, Slow Food Calgary Planning Committee My niece is turning 13 and I'm mailing food: a meaningful hunk of Sylvan Star Grizzly Gouda in a cheese bag I bought at Lina's Italian Market. The bag is decorated with a cartoon mouse and that stock image of ghastly yellow cavernous … [Read more...]
Exploring all things food at Eco Practicum / Exploring all things food at Eco Practicum
By/Par Lesia Kinach As an environmental geography major, I am always looking for ways to connect what I’ve learned in my courses to current relevant issues. I am especially interested in food and agriculture, and earlier this summer I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes and to see what it … [Read more...]