The
Boulder Slow Food Convivium
Here
are examples of the wonderful,
delicious and convivial events
Slow Food Boulder has hosted over the years.
January 20, 2005
A Slow Food Open Hearth
Slow Food Boulder's Annual Members Meeting
was held at The Depot with members bringing
favorite prepared dishes along with
a favorite Slow Food event idea for the New Year.
Great food was enjoyed by all, but of course!
Paul and Ann Cure talked about Hedgerow Farm and their new venture
with details at their new web site www.cureorganicfarm.com.
Jim Schott and Eric Wallace shared their words, pictures and emotions
about their trip to Terra Madre which prompted some great discussions.
It was really a convivial evening!
March 18, 2005Friday
at The Culinary School of the Rockies
Andy Floyd,
Director of Professional Programs at the school,
talked about some of the culinary regions of Spain
and prepared tapas for which Spain is famous.
Tastings of saffron, almonds, peppers, and cheeses
and all will be accompanied by wines and sherries
typical of the regions.
June 24, 2005 Friday
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A Tour of The Savory Spice Shop in Denver
1537 Platte in LoDo in Denver
Mike Johnston, owner of Savory Spice, hosted
a special evening for us where we were given a tour,
Mike talked to us about all the spices, herbs and extracts
he carries and offered many tastes
along with a bag of spices to take home.
This is an amazing spice store filled with more than your average spices.
There are spices in Mike's store that will truly knock your socks off!!
He's got fennel pollen, cinnamon from all over the world,
chili powders from more than 10 kinds of peppers,
Szechwan peppercorns, rose petals as well as blends that cover Mexican,
Caribbean, Indian, Thai, Chinese, European and other cuisines.
Visit their web site at www.savoryspiceshop.com.
They grind their blends fresh weekly.
And they are a small, locally owned business!
...exactly Slow...
June 26, 2005 Sunday
Convivium a Casa events are small,
member-only events at convivium member homes.
Donna Fellman hosted our first official Convivium a Casa.
She is a Slow Food Boulder member and is a tea buyer, consultant, educator and
author of the book - Tea Here Now (coming out in October 2005).
Donna has been studying Japanese tea ceremony with
the Urasenke Foundation since 1997 in Boulder, Sante Fe and Seattle.
An introduction to the Japanese tea ceremony and the kaiseki meal -
discussion with Japanese tea and snacks served.
Japanese tea ceremony which included authentic Japanese sweets
served with a bowl of matcha.
The event concluded with sake.
March
21, 2004 Sunday
Mateo Spring Dinner & Wine
Tasting
Matthew
Jansen, Bobby Stuckey, Lachlan Patterson and Nate Ready, from
Mateo hosted our Spring dinner. Bobby Stuckey, former sommelier at
The French Laundry, as well as Lachlan and Nate, also formerly of
The French Laundry, joined with Matthew to produce this
wonderful evening filled with great food and camaraderie.
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UPSTAIRS AT THE KITCHEN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2005
We were among the first to celebrate the season at the new space
Upstairs at The Kitchen with an exquisitely served tasting menu.
Wines were provided by John Salamansky of CS Wine Imports !
a small, quality-oriented, and imaginative chocolatier
introduced samples of his beautiful chocolates and donated a box for the drawing
which accompanied Secret Santa gifts.
May
15, 2004 Saturday
A
Tea with Food Pairing
Paul
Gunn and Elizabeth Perreault paired
4 teas with different savory and
sweet dishes
to offer the gustatory and educational pleasures of food and tea pairing.
May 23,
2004 Sunday
American Cheeses Without the Cellophane
The
event was held again this year at Haystack,
tasting more than 40 cheeses from America’s best artisanal cheesemakers:
Haystack
Mountain Goat Dairy, Niwot... Mou Co Cheese Company, Fort Collins
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California
Carr Valley Cheese Company, Wisconsin...Cowgirl Creamery, California...and
others.
June 29, 2004 Tuesday
Mateo Dinner with Bobby Stuckey
and
Chef Lachlan McKinnon-Paterson
introducing the wines of Robert Sinskey Vineyards
The
former chef and master sommelier of California’s famed French Laundry,
Lachlan Patterson and Bobby Stuckey, held a wine dinner featuring
Colorado-grown produce and food products and paired with
wines from Robert Sinskey Vineyards!
Chefs Don Gragg and Matthew Jansen of Mateo,
also participated in the dinner preparations. John Long, Ann Cure, and Wyatt
Barnes
each talked about their agricultural roles in growing the foods that were
prepared.
August
23, 2004 Monday
Slow Food Boulder's Annual Harvest Fund Raiser
A convivial celebration
of the summer's bounty was held at The Kitchen
hosted by chef-owners Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson.
The menu was created around locally grown products and
featured organic wines.
10% of the proceeds from the event benefited ¡Cultiva!
November 8, 2004 Monday
Heritage Turkey Tasting
Held
The Culinary School of the Rockies
a grand time was had by all again
when Jim Sorenson of Shanaroba Farm in Carbondale
brought his Heritage & Rare Breed Turkeys to our popular annual Turkey
& Wine Tasting.
Jim's turkeys were roasted along with the familiar Butterball. Wines selected
by Organic Vintner
were tasted and selected to compliment Thanksgiving menus.
Elizabeth Perreault, instructor at CSR, in addition to roasting the birds,
again prepared additional side dishes and a delicious Pumpkin Spice Cake for
all to enjoy.
Recipes for cooking and carving turkeys.
Rocky
Mountain Beer and Food Bash
At
the beautiful, rural home of Charlie Papazian,
President of the American Brewers Association.
Slow
Food, Fast Dancing; A Celebration of Cuban Culture
Traditional Cuban foods and cocktails, salsa dancing with dance teacher,
Salon-style presentation of Cuban culture
at
Pastures of Plenty Farm.
The Colorado
Cheese Festival at Haystack Mountain Dairy
Award-winning
Colorado cheeses and wines
from around the state.
Slow Boulder
Open House at the Corner Gourmet
Wine
and appetizers by Chef Shamus Feeley.
American
Heritage Turkey & Wine Tasting
Held
at The Culinary School of the Rockies,
a tasting of five heritage (rare
breed) turkeys, raised
for the
Slow Food Ark Shanaroba Farm in Carbondale.
A Bourbon Red, Narragansett,
Black Spanish, Blue Slate
and Bronze were compared to a Butterball.
Accompanied
by American wines selected by Sally Mohr,
Master Sommelier from Boulder Wine
Merchant.
Second
Annual Harvest Dinner at Treppeda’s Gourmet Market Café
Local,
organic, sustainable,
and artisan foods and wines from Colorado
including
Colorado lamb. Forty percent of the proceeds went
to ¡Cultiva!, a
youth operated organic garden project.
Honey
Tasting and Honey-Themed Potluck Picnic at Meadow Park in Lyons
With
presentation by
The National Honey Board and Tom Theobald
from Niwot Honey. Followed by a
tour of the Madhava Honey plant and
a mead tasting at the Gateway Café with
presentation
by David Myers of the Redstone Meadery.
How
to Taste: An Educational Evening of Taste and Sensory Perception
Hosted
by Chef James Moore
at Cooking School of the Rockies.
2001
Colorado Harvest Dinner and Wine Tasting
Colorado
produce and other delicacies.
Hosted by Chef, Jason McHugh with wines
from
Master Sommelier,
Wayne Belding, held at Laudisio.
Goat
Cheese, Wine and Garlic Event
A
tour and cheese tasting at Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy
with Colorado
wines from Plum Creek vineyards
in Palisade,
and a tasting and education on a variety of garlics, their differences
and
uses courtesy of Weebee Farms.
Farm
House Dinner at Pastures of Plenty Farm
Strolling
thought the fields, cutting herbs and flowers,
pitching in to cook and
enjoying fresh,
delicious foods
around a long wooden farm table.