Slow Food Mother City

Monday, 2 April 2012 Whether for health, financial or environmental reasons, many people are trying to cut down on the amount of meat that they eat. Catharina’s at Steenberg Hotel has developed a three-course menu that shows off grains and veggies at their best. (The asparagus, artichoke and broad bean risotto is creamy perfection, the reviewers say.) Chef Garth [...]

Join Slow Food Mother City at the Cape Town Festival of Beer, where a master brewer will give a special presentation on craft brewing, along with a tutored tasting of craft brews, for a small group of Slow Food enthusiasts. We will also be able to visit the festival stands, chat with the brewers and [...]

Wellington, Sunday 30 October 2011 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT. WE WILL ARRANGE ANOTHER VISIT AT A LATER STAGE. The Slow Food movement in Cape Town is delighted to enjoy a longstanding relationship with and appreciation for Buffalo Ridge and its award-winning cheeses. They are the only producer of [...]

At the end of August, a small group of Slow Food Mother City members and enthusiasts travelled out to Paternoster for our Veldkos Forage and Lunch at Oep ve Koep. It was a perfect, sunny day, and we all had a wonderful time.  We’ve posted new photos in our gallery – have a look! And, [...]

With the flowers starting to bloom already, what better time of the year to visit the West Coast than in Spring? And so we are excited to announce our Veldkos Lunch and Veld Stroll event, hosted by Kobus van der Merwe at Oep ve Koep, Paternoster. If you haven’t already heard about Oep ve Koep, [...]

Owing to the immense popularity of our Lelieblom Charcuterie Workshop, the first event sold out within a very short time. The waiting list filled up just as fast, so we have arranged with Karen and Michael at Lelieblom to run this workshop twice, on Saturday 4 June and again on Saturday 9 July. The two workshops will be exactly the same, to give all our keen members an opportunity to participate.

We’re very excited to announce our next event at Lelieblom Farm in Darling: a pork charcuterie lesson with Michael Basson. We’ll spend a couple of hours with Michael in his new workshop learning how to make our own pork sausage, salami and bacon, which we’ll then get to take home with us. This will be [...]