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Slow Food Celebration Sunday 10 August at the Organic Centre

Slow Food is an international non-profit association. It was founded in 1986 as a response to the standardising effects of fast food, the frenetic pace of the ‘fast life’ and the disappearance of local food traditions. Slow Food protects food biodiversity, disseminates taste education and seeks to bring consumers and producers together by promoting alternative distribution channels. Slow Food comprises of over 80,000 members in 104 countries. Globally, there are over 850 groups called Convivia. In Ireland there are 12 convivia – Erne Garavogue is yours! www.slowfood.com

11.00am – 12.30pm            Slow Food Presidia Talk and Demonstration – Boxty with Pádraic Óg Gallagher and Dave Langford 

Dave Langford: David Langford lived most of his life in Scotland where his interest in potatoes began. Since moving to Mayo he has collected around 150 varieties of potatoes which are now being grown at Lisadell House as an exhibition for the International Year of the Potato 2008 (www.internationalyearofthepotato.ie) 

Pádraic Óg Gallagher – Gallagher’s Boxty House -Managing Director Having spent several seasons cooking on charter yachts in the Caribbean, Pádraic Óg returned in the late 80’s to a pre boom Dublin and established Gallagher's Boxty House in the then as yet unfashionable Temple Bar. Gallagher’s Boxty House will soon be celebrating its 20th birthday and continues to successfully serve over 3500 people per week in its busy Temple Bar restaurant. Pádraic Óg has just completed a four-year honours undergraduate course in DIT Cathal Brugha St. studying a BA in Culinary Arts and wrote a thesis on the origins and peculiarities of boxty.   

12.30pm – 1.30pm              Cooking for Kids - This is a fun workshop where children learn about local food and see where the tasty toppings for pizza actually grow in the garden! They participate in making their own delicious and wholesome lunch The workshop will be delivered by Eithna Huel, Gaby Wieland and Dr. Prannie Rhatigan   

1.00pm – 3.00pm                 Slow Food Buffet, Grass Roots Café 

Enjoy a gourmet feast of the very best of Irish produce at the Organic Centre’s Grass Roof Café   

2.00pm - 3.00pm                 Slow Food Presidia Cheese Tasting

 

Trevor Irvine will present the seven Slow Food Presidia Irish Raw Milk Farmhouse Cheeses Hans Wieland will demonstrate how to make a hard cheese   

3.00pm- 4.00pm                  Seaweed Presentation and Cookery Demonstration by Dr. Prannie Rhatigan 

Dr. Prannie Rhatigan is an experienced GP who now works mainly in public health. A native of the West coast of Ireland she gardens organically and has been using seaweeds since childhood. She will show you how you can easily incorporate seaweeds into the food you eat daily by demonstrating some recipes from her forthcoming Seaweed Cookbook.    

Tickets: Adults: Members €28.00, Non Members €32.00Children: €10.00 

Places are limited so please contact the Organic Centre ASAP to make a booking.

Call 071 985 4338 or e-mail info@theorganiccentre.ie  

Tours of the Organic Centre and Community Food Project throughout the day