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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Dear Slow Food enthusiasts, On Saturday 11 June 2011, Slow Food Mother City will be visiting the Green Point Park & Biodiversity Garden. The Biodiversity Showcase Garden is situated in the new Green Point Park in Cape Town. It features over 300 local Cape plant species, animal sculptures, interactive displays, demonstration gardens, a Khoikhoi display [...]