Last week I had the privilege to be among 150 other chapter leaders at the Slow Food USA National Congress held in Louisville, Ky. It's always inspiring to hear about the incredible food community, farm, and school garden work that more than 225 Slow Food chapters are engaged in around ...
MICHELLE LOCKE, For The Associated Press Can you eat well without being wealthy? That's the focus of a $5 meal challenge being launched this month by Slow Food USA. The object is to get people to commit to making a slow food meal — in other words, using whole ingredients ...
The Homegrown Local Food Summit celebrated its third year with more than 300 people in attendance at Washtenaw Community College on March 1. The sun shone down on the information booths and tables groaning under the bounty of donated food. Rachel Chadderdon, of Double Up Food Bucks, introduced the day’s ...
This Tuesday evening at the Ann Arbor Library, June 15th, Slow Food Huron Valley will be meeting from 7-8 to inspire and enliven interest for their Slow Days of Summer Fundraiser Parties. The parties will run July 9-11 and are designed to rally the food community to raise money to ...
We've talked about scrumptious fungus, heirloom potatoes and classes to help decide what to grow in the garden, but here's a chance to try some of those great local foods for yourself. Think of it as research for the garden or next trip to the Farmer's Market! The Ark of ...
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According to Shannon Brines of Brines Farm, “Slow Food was a political movement when it started.” He mentioned this in the context of individuals in the US being encouraged at the last Terra Madre meeting to find ways to be more active in their food community. The best example I ...
The college basketball season isn't a month old and, but it's never too early to talk about tournament "profiles." Last year, Michigan made the NCAA tournament based on the strength of a strong non-conference schedule that included wins over Duke and UCLA. This year, the Wolverines are looking for their ...
A feature film starring Robert De Niro that shot scenes in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and other parts of Michigan has picked up a domestic distributor. Overture Films announced this week it is acquiring U.S. distribution rights to the thriller called "Stone," which also stars Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich (JOH'-vuh-vitch).
I was recently at a schmancy schmooze party filled with very intelligent and bejeweled individuals. I mentioned at one point, probably tired from small talk about the weather, that we have backyard chickens at our home in Ann Arbor. “Chickens!” This very well dressed woman shrieks. “WHY do you have ...
Orchestrated by local food maven, Kim Bayer and the laughing leadership team, the Huron Valley Slow Food Local Harvest Cook Off on November 8th was a success worthy of its own haiku. Tall squash elicit laugh Bird too as prize for food work Cook off - smiles abound.
Sunday was a gorgeous, sunny day which I spent in fabulous company at the Slow Food Huron Valley Local Harvest Cook-Off. The presumptive purpose of this food fest was to showcase the bounty of Michigan’s amazing ingredients: from squash to beets, from butter to flour, from cheese to pasta. But ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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