Slow Food Vancouver celebrates Earth Day with a series of workshops, open houses and tastings around the City. We are featuring restaurants, chefs and businesses that are in support of GOOD, CLEAN, and FAIR.
When purchasing a ticket a percentage will be donated to Slow Food Vancouver and it’s projects, so please mention Slow Food when registering or dropping in at events.
To view Locations on the Earth Day Crawl go to:http://g.co/maps/ccspd
For details on all events visit: slowfoodvancouver.com
Featuring:
• Local Chefs and Producers will bring to you an amazing variety of workshops around food preservation, heritage, culture, and community.
• Open Houses at small-scale, local businesses offering tours, tastings and educational talks.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Dinner at Calabash Bistro
Join Calabash and enjoy a beautiful Caribbean dinner. Learn how to make their famous ‘Dark and Stormy’ drink.
Time: Starting at 6:30pm
Cost: $38 for a three-course meal
RSVP: sam@calabashbistro.com
www.calabashbistro.com
Olive Oil Workshop at Le Marche St George’s & Messors
Messors is based on a workshop series Tonio Creanza conducts in Puglia, Italy. Join Tonio as he teaches about olive oil and organic cultivation. Enjoy an olive oil tasting.
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Cost: No charge, BUT Registration is required @ www.messors.com.
Tasting Menu at Le Marche St George’s & Messors
Taste food based on Pugliese recipes: many traditional ways to use olive oil; wine and some surprises…
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Cost: $15 (you can bring your own wine)
RSVP: www.messors.com
Schokolade Cafe’s CLASSIC CHOCOLATE HIGH TEA
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
RSVP: 604-253-9411 or info@schokoladecafe.com
www.schokoladecafe.com/ for more details
10% discount for Slow Food members without children under 6years old. Chocolate making cost $10 per child: 6 yrs old & above.
April 17-21 ARTISAN CHOCOLATE TASTING & PAIRING
Time:10:00am – 6:00pm
Cost: $15 + HST
Drop-in; 10% discount for Slow Food members
Other Workshops and Open Houses include:
• Jamming and Canning at Canoe Creek Community Kitchen RSVP:
email Alice at alice.macpherson@kwantlen.ca
(small class capacity so reserve ASAP!) Cost: $9 – $7 for Slow Food members
• Potato Fusion with A World in a Garden RSVP: email Alicia, Garden Project Coordinator: abaddorf@jfsa.ca.
• The Joy of Cheese with David Asher Rotsztain at Woodland Smokehouse and Commissary RSVP: david.rotsztain@mail.mcgill.ca
• Fermenting Food with Andrea Potter from Rooted Nutrition at Radha Yoga RSVP: www.wholefoodscooking.ca (Cost: $55 – 15% discount to Slow Food Members (present card)
• Sauerkraut Making with Ian Marcuse at Britannia Community Centre RSVP: Please call Ian Marcuse at 604-718-5895.
• River District market with Urban Digs Farms and Yummy Yards
• East Village Bakery