August 30, 2011

Get Schooled

If this Wednesday's Food Revolution Class Saving the Flavors of Summer with Associate Culinary Director Kazia Jankowski peaks your enthusiasm for spending time in the kitchen then get ready to start salivating through November.  Boulder Valley School District released their fall catalog for Continuing Ed last week and offers eight different courses to help you sharpen your cooking and gardening skills.  Become well versed in the world of beer, learn how to pair food and wine, or go in-depth with canning with a 3 session course that teaches you the skills you need to can the perfect pickles, salsas, and preserves.  Find out more about the food and drink courses offered here: www.bvsd.org.  

photo courtesy simplebites.net  //  info tip courtesy Diana Hodges

Bryce Clark
Culinary Assistant

August 18, 2011

Shifting Plates to Local



Where does your food come from? In Boulder County, of the $947 million we spend on food each year, less than two percent is actually grown or produced within the county. To begin changing these staggering statistics Transition Colorado asks residents to celebrate locally grown and locally processed food during EAT LOCAL! Week. From August 27th through September 4th Colorado residents will have the chance to explore, discover, and celebrate the abundance of local food and farming in Boulder County. It all starts with a kickoff party at the Boulder and Longmont Farmer’s Market. Then jump on your bike for the Tour de Coops on Sunday, August 28th where you can take a self-guided tour of backyard chicken coops, urban farms, and community gardens while meeting the beekeepers, goatkeepers, and cultivators behind them. Next up, head to Chautauqua on August 29th to meet one of the most recognized beyond organic and strictly local, clean food farmer in the Academy Award nominated documentary Food Inc., Joel Salatin. The week-long series features an array of events like these including keynote presentations by sustainable food authors, a film festival, and a local food cook-off to inspire and inform everyone about the abundance of fresh, delicious, local food right here in our backyards.

For more information about EAT LOCAL! Week and the full schedule of events visit http://www.transitioncolorado.org./

Bryce Clark
Culinary Assistant