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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2011-14
Mailed September 2, 2011
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A message to our readers ...
This Slow Food O'ahu newsletter is open to anyone who wants to be placed on the e-mail list. We do not limit the newsletter to members only because we would like to share our activities and news with the widest distribution possible in the hopes that you will follow and support the principles of good, clean, fair food, regardless of membership status.
We thank those of you who are members and who have consistently supported us by joining. For the many of you who are not members, NOW is the time to join as a member. For the month of September, Slow Food USA will be sharing 50% of membership dues with the local chapters. Basic membership is $25. This means that $12.50 of your membership dues will come back to support the efforts of Slow Food O'ahu right here in your backyard. Click here to join.
Therefore, please kokua with your support. And... since Slow Food USA is often a bit 'slow' in the administrative paperwork, we would appreciate if you would let our membership coordinator, Nina Bermudez, at slowfoodoahu@yahoo.com you have signed up so we will know that you are a member.
Mahalo for your support and have a slow fall season...
Francine Wai, Newsletter Editor
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Honolulu Welcomes a New Ala Moana Farmers' Market
Grand Opening September 3 at 9:00 a.m.
Ala Moana Center, Upper deck (makai ewa) near Sears, Ala Moana Blvd. and Piikoi St.
From the creators of the Hale'iwa (voted Favorite Farmers Market in Hawai'i by American Farmland Trust) and Hawaii Kai ("best kept secret in Hawaii Kai") Farmers' Markets, a new market has sprung. Join us for the Grand Opening of the Ala Moana Farmers' Market, Saturday, September 3rd at Ala Moana Center. Oli starts at 8:50 and the market opens at 9:00 am. Over 50 seasoned vendors will be bringing the highest quality island-fresh produce and healthy foods to indulge your palette. Ala Moana Farmers' Market will be offering locally-caught fish, grass-fed beef, Kona coffee, organic breads, warm market-fresh croissants, island honey, macadamia nuts, smoothies, fresh fruit in season, vine-ripened tomatoes, fresh butter and cheeses, pa'i'ai, tropical flowers, orchids, potted herbs, crepes, local greens, eggplant, fresh herbs, cucumbers, pineapple, dog biscuits, fresh-picked mushrooms, sugarcane juice, lettuce, taro, coconut water, pizza, fried green tomatoes, peppers, onions, Kettle Corn, spices, smoked fish, Mediterranean cuisine, poke, spring rolls, chocolate, more veggies and more fruit. Plenty of free parking. Open air covered cafe creates an oasis, seating 70 people. Local musicians Lopaka Brown (Guitar/Vocals), Lei Kaapana (Ukulele/Vocals) and Ramon Camarillo (Ukulele/Vocals), as well as the Hula Halau Na Lei Nani O Waialua. Join Kanu Hawaii in their Eat Local Campaign. Free market bags to Yelpers and Tweeters. For more information contact Pamela at 808-388-9696 with your questions
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members. |
Second Annual Hawaiian Honey and Arts Festival - Sunday, September 4
Senator Fong's Plantation 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
You are invited to the FREE Second Annual Hawaiian Honey and Arts Festival sponsored by Pa'i Foundation, WOODCRAFT, Senator Fong's Plantation, and Hawaiian Honey Bee Coop on Sunday, September 4, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Senator Fong's Plantation at 47-285 Pulama Road. "Come and learn everything there's to know about honey bees & Hawaiian arts". Participants will include the University of Hawaii @ Manoa - Hawaii Honeybee Project. There will be honey vendors (Hawaiian Honey Bee Coop and Bee Mo Bettah) along with other craft vendors, keiki activities, food booths, live entertainment (Na Pualei o Likolehua and Mel Amina), and tours of the garden.
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but might be of interest to our members.
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Feed the Hunger Foundation Gala
September 8, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Hilton Hawaiian Village
| Feed The Hunger Foundation (FTHF) is part of a growing movement to create a food system that seeks to increase Hawaii's local production, distribution, and consumption of food. Fortunately, Hawaii has a valuable resource to mobilize in this movement ... our people. Feed The Hunger Foundation is committed to helping low income entrepreneurs that have businesses in the food system and who want to make local healthy food accessible to all. FTHF provides small loans and food networks that support the success of each local business. These loans help to alter the direction of food security for our islands. This gala is a benefit for Feed The Hunger Foundation. Your support ensures that individuals are provided with the needed services and capital to grow a small business, to nourish our communities, and to increase the economic well-being of our state. Island cuisine will be prepared by Chef Mavro - winner of James Beard Award, Ed Kenney - Hale Aina Award winner, and Jeff Vigilla. "Preparing the Table for the Next Generation," a dialogue between Frances Moore Lappe - author of 18 books including Diet for a Small Planet, and Ed Kenney, chef of Town and DownTown, will be held at the dinner.
If you have any questions, please contact Patti Chang, CEO, at pattichang@feed-hunger.com or at 415 793-2429.
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members. |
Lunch and Tour of Mari's Garden
Saturday, September 17 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Fred Lau, a longtime nurseryman, started his aquaponics farm, Mari's Garden, just over a year ago. Aquaponics is the combination of growing plants hydroponically and growing fish through aquaculture. Mari's Gardens is now producing Sunfish, Chinese catfish and utilizing water from that product to produce lettuce. Mari's Gardens is one of the pioneers in the commercial use of aquaponics on a large scale.Since then, he has made enormous strides in food production, including tropical blueberries, cucumbers, beets, tilipia and beautiful, tight heads of manoa lettuce. Come see what the future holds for island food production done organically and aquaponically. Fred will host Slow Food O'ahu for a tour of his aquaponics farm, followed by a great lunch. The tentative menu includes tilapia steamed Chinese style, mixed green salad with tomatoes, taro, beets, mango (if available), avocado (if available), Mamaki tea, and a desert made with longan (dragon eye is a fruit with the texture of lychee). Also included in the tour are beverages. BYOB if you want wine or beer with lunch. This event will take place on Saturday, September 17 at Mari's Garden in Mililani. The tour will start at 10:30 a.m. and last about 2 hours, including lunch. Please RSVP to Michelle by Wednesday, September 14 at sfo.reservation@gmail.com.This event is LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE and is sure to fill up, so please RSVP quickly if you would like to attend! Please include in your RSVP your name, member status, phone or email and the name of any nonmember or member guests you would like to bring. The cost for members is $40 and for nonmembers is $50. Payment MUST be received by Friday, July 19. Please note: Due to the nature of this event and the necessity of purchasing ingredients beforehand, if cancellations are required after the RSVP date and we are unable to fill your spot, you will be responsible for payment. Payment information will be sent to you following your RSVP and address and final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event. |
Slow Food O'ahu at Kahala Mall
Sunday, September 18 Noon - 3:00 p.m.
As part of a joint celebration of food and the Italian culture (see the article below on Slow Food O'ahu at Cinema Italiano), Whole Foods will be hosting a variety of educational exhibits at Kahala Mall on Sunday, September 18 from Noon to 3:00 p.m. one week before Cinema Italiano. This is an opportunity to visit us and also purchase any of our merchandise (bags, cards, t-shirts, bumper stickers). Please stop by.
If you are a Slow Food O'ahu member and are able to help staff the table for an hour, please contact Francine Wai to volunteer.
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Slow Food O'ahu at Cinema Italiano
September 24 OR September 25 at 10:45 a.m. Kahala Mall Theaters
With Italy as the birthplace of the 'Slow Food movement', there's no better pairing than Slow Food O'ahu and Cinema Italiano. This year, Slow Food O'ahu will sponsor three films in conjunction with the annual Cinema Italiano Hawaii film festival at Kahala Mall Theaters. The three films will be shown in sequence starting at 10:45 a.m. on both September 24 and September 25. We hope to see you there for a celebration of food and Italy.
The three films are described below. For more information check out the Slow Food O'ahu page on the Cinema Italiano website. No pre-registration is necessary; you may purchase your tickets on the website using Fandango or just show up at the theater.
The Women of Zeri
(Le Donne di Zeri)
Director: WALTER BENCINI; Italia, 2008, 52 minutes
The Women of Zeri tells the story of the daily toil and commitment of a community of young women from Lunigiana who have taken up the work of their grandparents, raising a particular breed of sheep that until some years ago were virtually extinct. This community has succeeded in developing a small scale economy, defending the biodiversity and the dignity of the rural environment.
Belly Button Broth
Director: GIUSEPPE GAGLIARDI; Italia, 2008, 10 minutes
A young pasta-maker's passion for his sweetheart's belly button becomes his inspiration.
Trattoria Annamaria: Tagliatelle and That's That
(Da Annamaria: Tagliatelle e Buona Notte al Secchio)
Director: PAOLO MURAN; Italia, 2009, 15 minutes
In the heart of Bologna right around the corner from the Teatro Comunale, the restaurant Annamaria has been serving up the same dishes for over 30 years, defending the Bologna tradition of handmade pasta. This documentary tells the story of this unique experience.
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Kanu Hawai'i Eat 2011 Eat Local Challenge
September 2011
Kanu Hawaii was founded by a group of young people who worried about the future of Hawaii and believed deeply in its potential as a source of lessons for the world. They were troubled by the degradation of Hawaii's natural environment, our economic insecurity, and the fading of tolerance and aloha -- a loss of the very things that make life in Hawaii special and the source of powerful island insights for an island earth.
Each of the founders made commitments to each other, pledging specific steps they would take to address worrisome trends and help Hawaii achieve its promise. They held each other accountable, measured their impact whenever possible, and searched for ways to work together for bigger changes around them.
Thousands of members have made commitments as the founders did, and about a third of these people have also taken part in group actions ("Challenges"), organized by Kanu Hawaii, speaking out together on Hawaii's energy and food security, affordable housing, education, waste, and more. Building on the successes of the past two years, the Eat Local Challenge is expanding from one week to the entire month of September. The month will feature weekly mini-challenges devoted to "growing our own" food, learning and sharing resources about challenges facing local agriculture, and how/where to eat local.
For more information on the Eat Local Challenge contact http://www.kanuhawaii.org/eatlocal
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A little bit of this and that...
- Slow Food USA is issuing the "$5 Challenge" to "take back the value meal." Want to participate? On Sept. 17, get together with family and friends and cook a "slow food meal" that costs no more than $5 per person.
- Dry Box Bounty, a lengthy article by Joleen Oshiro in the Star Advertiser, features Lopaka Aiwohi and the art of drying fish, meat, and fruit for sustenance. Lopaka is part of Ka'ala Farms, supporter of Slow Food O'ahu.
- Lunch at the Lo'i by Teri Hefner in Midweek Magazine, speaks to farming and promotes the Hawaii Food and Wine Festival, September 29 - October 1.
- We are looking for 2 more individuals to complete another order of Moloka'i grass-fed beef. This beef is local, pasture raised, no hormones, no antibiotics. The cost per 1/8 share (about 40 pounds meat, 1/2 of which is ground beef and 1/2 of which is a variety of steaks and roasts) is $250 for SF members, $300 for non-members. Delivery is generally on a Tuesday afternoon between 3:15 and 3:45--and you or your agent must be available to pick up the order. If you are interested, please send your check, made out to Slow Food O'ahu to 1172 Lunahaneli Place, Kailua, HI 96734 or contact Laurie for more information.
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Slow Food Leadership
Slow Food O'ahu Officers:
Laurie Carlson, President; Francine Wai, Secretary/Membership/Newsletter; Michelle Phillips, Events; Mae Isonaga, Treasurer; Rike Weiss, Outreach; Nina Bermudez, Membership and E-mail correspondent.
Web master: Martha Cheng
Quick Links
Slow Food O'ahu Convivium website Slow Food Hawai'i Convivium website
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