Slow Food Mother City

Raining? In February? We had to risk it – the fig season is over by the end of the month. So a bunch of Slow Foodies trekked out to Hoogwater farm in Wolseley. Hoogwater has an old, rather wild fig orchard, as well as peach and pomegranate orchards, a handful of cows and a donkey [...]

View the photos from our sweet market and movie evening, held on 10 November 2011 at the Fugard Theatre.

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, [...]

For our first event for the year we are visiting Jorgensen’s Distillery in Wellington. Dawn and Roger Jorgensen hand make a range of high quality spirits with love and passion, including brandy, vodka, limoncello and absinthe. By sourcing the finest quality raw materials, and using herbs that they grow in their own garden, they ensure [...]

Photos taken during our impromptu visit to the ‘Garden of Elgin’, a specialty food garden at Paul Cluver Estate, Elgin.

This is a brief notice to let Slow Food members and enthusiasts know that a few of us will be visiting the Paul Cluver ‘Garden of Elgin’ tomorrow morning (Tuesday 11 January 2011), and we invite anyone interested to come along.