Back to the Roots: Food & Community – A Special Terra Madre Dinner at Frank’s Article and photos by Jane Meijnen Terra Madre means Mother Earth. Terra = land, earth, ground, soil. Madre = mother. In Wikipedia, Terra Madre is a network of food communities launched by Slow Food andContinue Reading
Slow Boat to Hakka: Eco-tour and Farm Visit to Lai Chi Wo Article and photos by Peter Chang (original text from his blog Diary of a Growing Boy) If there’s one thing that we haven’t done much during the two-year pandemic, it’s activities in the Great Outdoors. Unlike many friendsContinue Reading
Ode to Lard: Dinner at Heritage Meats Article by Gary Suen “Eat less of the wrong meat” advocated Bennet Lee, founder of the Hong Kong-based Heritage Meats, when someone in our group asked a question about the global trend of putting less reliance on meat as our daily diet. WeContinue Reading
Slow Wine Tasting with Il Borro Article and photos by Danny Grimshaw A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…well it has certainly felt like a long lost memory since the last gathering of the Slow Food faithful in Hong Kong. On a rainy and blustery evening inContinue Reading
Add (No) Oil: Plant-based, Oil-free Eating with Michele Wisla Article by Nicholle Yu On the afternoon of Saturday, 14 August 2021, Slow Food Hong Kong welcomed Michele Wisla, a plant-based certified nutrition coach and founder of Our Conscious Kitchen to talk about whole-food plant-based diet. Michele had begun her careerContinue Reading
On 24 July 2021, we were proud to present with Plant Right Now the Seasonal Calendar of Vegetables and Fruits from Hong Kong. Special thanks to our member Stephanie Fleury for her facilitation of the project. Celebrate the local biodiversity and eat seasonally to benefit the environment and our health,Continue Reading
The True Cost of Food with Peggy Chan On 22 May 2021, we were honoured to have Peggy Chan of Grassroots Initiatives to share her insights into the true cost of food, environmental degradation over that past 50 years, and what we need to do to restore and regenerate theContinue Reading
Online Sharing: UNISG Experience Article by Angus Forsyth On the afternoon of Saturday, 20 March 2021, Slow Food Hong Kong was inspired by Charmaine Lau, a current masters degree student for “Master of Applied Gastronomy: Culinary Arts” at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, or l’Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (UNISG).Continue Reading
Homemade Peanut Butter Workshop Article by Jane Meijnen It was with great anticipation that I awoke to a stunning Saturday, excitedly looking forward to another Slow Food adventure in the outer neighbourhoods of Hong Kong. Though this day was to be much more that “just” a Homemade Peanut Butter Workshop!Continue Reading
Free Online Screening + Q&A: More Than Honey Article by Sze Kiu Yeung Honey is consumed in my household on an almost-daily basis: I have a spoonful in my morning porridge, I mix it in drinks and use it in my cooking – I even use it for my DIYContinue Reading