Slow Food O'ahu at Cinema Italiano
September 24 OR September 25 at 10:45 a.m. Kahala Mall Theaters
In our last newsletter we announced Slow Food O'ahu's co-sponsorship of three films at
Cinema Italiano celebrating food in Italy. We are pleased to announce the addition of another film, "Talk Turkey." " Talk Turkey" is the Slow Food short by Christy Sumida, from the Academy of Creative Media, University of Hawaii Film School, recipient of the Cinema Italiano in Hawaii 2010 $4000 scholarship.... Hawai'i writer, director and producer of student films, with credits on Hawai'i 5-0 and local and independent television productions).
The four 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. Please note that all 4 films are shown together under 1 ticket at the theater and last just over 90 minutes total.
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.
Talk Turkey
Director: Christy Sumida; Hawaii, 2011, 15 minutes
Talk Turkey tells the story of a sweetly obsessive and controlling single mother who slaves over an elaborate Thanksgiving meal for her only son on the eve she will be introduced to his girlfriend and her parents. With a fear of being alone after discovering her son's intention to propose to his vegetarian girlfriend, she instinctively tightens her control and must learn to open up her heart and go with the flow when things don't quite go as planned.
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Advanced Chocolate-Making Class with Madre Chocolate
Saturday, October 8, 2011, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Ferguson Kitchen
After teaching 10 bean-to-bar chocolate making classes in Hawai'i over the last few years, Madre Chocolate co-founders Nat Bletter and David Elliot had many requests for a class to take people to the next step... learning about cacao bean cultivation, fermentation techniques, bean quality selection, participatory roasting, professional stone-grinder gear, and tempering machines & techniques. So to meet the demand, they have teamed up with Slow Food O'ahu to teach these techniques to those who want to get seriously fun about their chocolate making! You will be set on the path to starting your own bean-to-bar chocolate making shop! If you have suggestions about other advanced techniques you would like to learn, feel free to email Nat and Dave. You can learn more about Madre Chocolate at their website: http://madrechocolate.com
This event will take place at Ferguson Enterprises Bath, Kitchen and Lighting Gallery. They have a beautiful 13,000 square foot showroom in Kalihi that features the only functioning presentation kitchen in the state, and have graciously offered to let us use it for this class. The cost is $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers and guests. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Michelle at sfo.reservation@gmail.com. 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. RSVPs must be received by Wednesday, October 5. THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE, so please reply quickly if you would like to attend. Payment MUST be received by the date of the event. 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 held responsible for payment. Payment information will be sent to you following your RSVP. Final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event.
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Movie "Food Matters" to be shown for free
October 2 - 8, 2011 On line This special screening of the movie "Food Matters" will be running for one week only from October 2nd until midnight October 8th, 2011. Finally you can now view and share the film with as many people as you like for free! To get involved you will need to REGISTER on the following page www.FoodMatters.tv/ScreeningEvent. You will also get immediate access to watch Part 1 of the film when you sign up today. This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but might be of interest to our members. |
A Hidden Gem on Oahu: Thai food
Sunday, October 30, 2011, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Pearl City
Join Slow Food O'ahu for some of the best hidden spots for Thai food in the state at the Thai Buddhist Temple in Pearl City.
The Thai cooks at this weekly event during the ruduu fon (Thai rainy season) have incredible street food that you won't find in any restaurants. They cook and sell this food at informal tables around the outside of the bustling temple in order to raise money for the temple. Some of the dishes include Khanom Jin (a curried noodle dish), Nim Khao (a pork & crispy rice salad that is insanely good), Tod Mun Pla (kaffir lime fish cakes), Som Tam (green papaya salad), Kaeng Naw Mai (bamboo shoot curry), and the ultimate Khanom Krok- little UFO shaped dumplings of sticky rice flour and coconut milk grilled to a perfect crunchy exterior with a gooey sweetened coconut cream exterior and topped with corn or scallions. They're incredibly addictive! We will order some of the highlight dishes for you and describe them but you are always free to walk around, talk to the vendors and order more! Hope you can make it for ahaan aroi maak (very tasty food)!
The food and ingredients will be described by our resident ethnobotanist, Dr. Nat Bletter. Dr. Bletter has 10 years of experience in botany, documenting exotic fruits and vegetables, gathering food in the wild, herbal and traditional medicine, and exploring Asia, South America, Central America, and Africa. He has a Ph.D. in Ethnobotany from the City University of New York and New York Botanical Garden and is currently a teacher and researcher at University of Hawai'i Manoa, where he researched medicinal plants of Peru, Mali, Thailand, Laos, and the Guatemalan Mayans, ethnobotany, taste-modifying plants, and stimulant plants such as cacao, which has spurred him to start a traditional-ingredient, high-antioxidant, artisinal chocolate company Madre Chocolate based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
This event will take place at the Thai Buddhist temple in Pearl City. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers and guests. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Michelle at sfo.reservation@gmail.com. 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. RSVPs must be received by October 23, 2011. THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE, so please reply quickly if you would like to attend. Payment MUST be received by the date of the event. Payment information will be sent to you following your RSVP. Final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event.
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A little bit of this and that...
- Our tour of Mari's Garden was cancelled but please look for it to be re-scheduled (and with a new format and lower price) in the near future.
- A reminder that Slow Food USA's membership special for the month of September results in $12.50 of every new membership being given to the local chapter for our events. So, if you are not a member, now is the time to join. Your membership will directly help Slow Food O'ahu.
- Thanks for the response on the Moloka'i grass-fed beef. We had a good response from our last newsletter. We will let you know when the next order is available.
- The Nation e-news has a series of articles and on-line conversations on food worth checking out. Frances Moore Lappe wrote "The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities" (9/14/11). Notable authors have contributed responses and replies to her article: Michael Pollan writes "How Change is Going to Come in the Food System"; Eric Schlosser writes "It's Not Just About Food", Raj Patel writes "Why Hunger Is Still With Us", and Vandana Shiva writes "Resisting the Corporate Theft of Seeds."
Women, Agriculture, and Farming are being noticed. Here are a bits in the news ... Nationally, on line news Jobs.aol.com has a feature titled "Female Farmers: The New Frontier" and the Sacramento Bee has a feature "Women at Chico State Look Toward Future in Farming." "She Grows Food" is a local website highlighting women and agriculture in Hawaii. The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation's June - August issue of Ag Hawaii features "Women in Agriculture in Hawaii ."
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Slow Food Leadership
Slow Food O'ahu Officers:
Laurie Carlson, President; Francine Wai, Secretary/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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