Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
We just got word today that James, one of the servers at Alana’s, a very nice guy in his early 20s, went into abrupt cardiac arrest some time ago — less than two weeks, I believe, but I’m not sure. He survived, but I don’t know anything about his condition at present. The cause was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
The guys (and gal — hi Mary) from Columbus Foodcast dropped by our place a few weeks back to hang out, have dinner, have a few drinks, and talk about the Slow Food movement in general and Slow Food Columbus in particular. We had a lovely evening, and we just got word that the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Slow Food USA writes:
SLOW FOOD USA’s 4th ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION
June 16th-26th 2008
Slow Food USA is working hard toward the goals of protecting native foods that are at risk of extinction, renewing and building America’s food communities, and educating youth through taste celebration. You can help too, by participating in our 4th annual online auction.
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The conventional wisdom is that coffee is, at best, mildly bad for you. This conclusion tends to be based, I suspect, on impressionistic evidence, instinct (bitterness being one of nature’s ways of indicating toxicity), the widespread availability of bad coffee (bitterness being a characteristic of overroasted or over-extracted coffee), and general distrust of caffeine.
Scientific [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
We didn’t have an event this past weekend, but I really enjoyed some great slow food-ness in our fair city and beyond. It all started on Thursday as I donned my cuter-than-cute rain boots and dragged the Bear out to get pizza before seeing Sabrina at the Ohio Theater, you know, on State Street where [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve just gotten wind that The Refectory is hosting a benefit for Rachel Widomski — a wine tasting this Wednesday, the 18th, at 6:30 p.m., involving six New Zealand wines paired with hors d’oeuvre. The $38 price will be donated directly to Rachel’s medical care trust.
Click here for further details on the tasting; click here [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
On June 5, The Refectory was good enough to host our third major dinner, an event we called “French Country Meets Ohio Countryside.” The idea was to have a traditional Refectory-style French country dinner in the open air on their patio, but using, as much as possible, all Ohio ingredients, right down to the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
CORA (Central Ohio Restaurant Association) asked if we would be interested in writing an article about Slow Food Columbus for their newsletter. Thanks Laurie, this is really great and shows we are not as elite as some people think. Mmmmm, a Ho-Ho sounds kinda good right now.
Confessions of a Slow Foodie
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Bear for a fun and informative gathering about roasting your own coffee beans. (Click here to view the handout that he made.) We had a beautiful day to hang out in the courtyard and get crazy-caffeinated!!!
Attendees from left to right are: Colleen, Mitchell, Laurie, Chester, Stacy, Michael, and Bear (Stacey, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
French Country Meets Ohio Countryside
The Refectory
1092 Bethel Road, Columbus
Thursday, June 5, 6:30 p.m.
$58 members / $68 nonmembers
Did you know that the building in which The Refectory is housed was first used as a church when it was built in the mid-1800s? And that due to the new, noisy Hocking Valley Railroad that was built [...]
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