Join Sommelier, Brandon Chrostowski for five intimate evenings of wine education at L’Albatros.
Beginning Tuesday, February 16 and continuing through March, Chrostowski will guide guests through the most prolific wine regions of the world in a "chic" setting. Highlighting the core concepts over 5 weeks, guests will leave with an understanding of viticulture, vinification, major wine styles & regions as well as an academic approach to tasting wine.
The cost for all five sessions is $150.00 and will be held from 6:00-8:00pm every Tuesday Beginning February 16 and continue until March 16. Each session is from 6 -8 pm and will include flights of wine from the region, hors d’oeuvres and study material.
Reservations are required. Seating will be limited.
Contact L'Albatros to reserve your spot!!!
www.albatrosbrasserie.com
216.791.7880
Slow Food For Thought...
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution @ CMA
Slow Food folks might be interested in this film. It's screening at the The Cleveland Museum of Art this Wednesday...
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
Wednesday, February 3, 6:45
Cleveland Museum of Art, Morely Lecture Hall
Directed by Jean-Paul Jaud. This "cheerfully one-sided film" (New York Times) shows what happens when the mayor of a French village decrees that all lunches in the school cafeteria will be organic and locally grown.
"The tone is gentle, the music French, and the food shot so delectably that you can all but smell the freshly baked bread" –Bob Mondello, NPR.
Cleveland theatrical premiere. (France, 2008, color, subtitles, DVD, 112 min.).
Admission $8; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $6; or one CMA Film Series voucher.
For additional information: http://www.clemusart.com/events/film.aspx
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
Wednesday, February 3, 6:45
Cleveland Museum of Art, Morely Lecture Hall
Directed by Jean-Paul Jaud. This "cheerfully one-sided film" (New York Times) shows what happens when the mayor of a French village decrees that all lunches in the school cafeteria will be organic and locally grown.
"The tone is gentle, the music French, and the food shot so delectably that you can all but smell the freshly baked bread" –Bob Mondello, NPR.
Cleveland theatrical premiere. (France, 2008, color, subtitles, DVD, 112 min.).
Admission $8; CMA members, seniors 65 & over, and students $6; or one CMA Film Series voucher.
For additional information: http://www.clemusart.com/events/film.aspx
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Slow Food Dinner at Dante!
Slow Food Members and Friends:
Dante and Monica Boccuzzi have invited Slow Food Northern Ohio members and friends to a family-style dinner celebrating the opening of their new restaurant in Tremont!
What: Slow Food Dinner at Dante
When: Sunday, Jan. 31, 5:00pm
Where: Dante, 2247 Professor Ave., Tremont
Details: A three-course, Italian, family style menu will be with paired wine and will include: Duo of Pasta; Branzino or Grilled Beef; and Creme Brulee.
Price: $50 pp active Slow Food members / $60 pp non-members
A portion of each reservation will be donated to Slow Food Northern Ohio to support our 2010 programs and events.
Not a member of Slow Food? Click here to join!
RSVP/Payment: To make your reservation, please send email ASAP with the number in your party to slowfoodnorthernohio@gmail.com
and send payment by check (payable to Slow Food Northern Ohio) by Wednesday, January 27 to:
FarmShare Ohio
PO Box 1998
Cleveland, OH 44106
All reservations must be paid in advance to be confirmed.
Dante is located at 2247 Professor Ave. in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.
For additional information, please visit http://www.restaurantdante.us/
We hope you can join us!
Dante and Monica Boccuzzi have invited Slow Food Northern Ohio members and friends to a family-style dinner celebrating the opening of their new restaurant in Tremont!
What: Slow Food Dinner at Dante
When: Sunday, Jan. 31, 5:00pm
Where: Dante, 2247 Professor Ave., Tremont
Details: A three-course, Italian, family style menu will be with paired wine and will include: Duo of Pasta; Branzino or Grilled Beef; and Creme Brulee.
Price: $50 pp active Slow Food members / $60 pp non-members
A portion of each reservation will be donated to Slow Food Northern Ohio to support our 2010 programs and events.
Not a member of Slow Food? Click here to join!
RSVP/Payment: To make your reservation, please send email ASAP with the number in your party to slowfoodnorthernohio@gmail.com
and send payment by check (payable to Slow Food Northern Ohio) by Wednesday, January 27 to:
FarmShare Ohio
PO Box 1998
Cleveland, OH 44106
All reservations must be paid in advance to be confirmed.
Dante is located at 2247 Professor Ave. in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.
For additional information, please visit http://www.restaurantdante.us/
We hope you can join us!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Make it a Grass-Fed 2010!
“Eat animals that have themselves eaten well.”
~Michael Pollan, from Food Rules and Eater’s Manual
Happy new year Slow Food members and friends!
If your new year’s resolutions involved eating more delicious, locally raised, grass-fed meat this year, we’d like you to meet Aaron and Melissa Miller.
On their Kinsman, Ohio farm, the Millers have raised grass-fed cattle with no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, hormones or antibiotics for the past decade!
And the Millers are here to help you with that grass-fed goal! The Millers have scheduled three delivery dates in Cleveland next week and will be bringing a wide variety of grass-fed beef as well as pork and lamb.
Thursday, January 21Around 5:30PM
@ Fire Food and Drink on Shaker Square
Sunday, January 24, 11:30AM-ish
@ St. Ignatius School W. 30th for the Parker Bosley Tribute event
Feb. 1, 5:00PM
@Cleveland Local Food Cleveland Networking event at Great Lakes Brewing Co., 2516 Market Ave.
A complete listing of Miller Livestock products is included below.
Why not go grass-fed in 2010? It’s better for the animals, for you and the planet. We’ve attached some additional information on the healthful benefits of eating pastured meats here.
http://www.millergrassfed.com/
http://www.eatwild.com/: The website for accurate information and sources of grass-fed meats.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1200759-1,00.html: Time magazine article (from 2006!) extolling the health benefits of grass-fed meats.
Wishing you a happy, healthy New Year!
............................................
From the Millers:
Hi everyone!
Hopefully this thaw in the temps and the sunshine are making today a better day!
I'm attaching a list of the products we have available for delivery. At the end of the email are the places we'll be in Cleveland over the next few weeks. Notice especially that we have a wide selection of pork including some new products. Also, the beef specials-comfort food and variety pack--allow you to stock your freezer and try some things you might otherwise not order.We'll be making the trip to Cleveland several times so hopefully one of the choices below will work out for you.If you'd rather not be hearing from us, please let me know and I'll remove your name from my delivery list.Let me know if you have any questions.
Stay warm.
Melissa & Aaron Miller
http://www.millergrassfed.com/
Check out the website for some winter photos!
Miller Livestock Co., Inc.
9590 Kinsman Pymatuning Rd.
Kinsman, OH 44428
330.876.5655
millergrassfed.com
millergrassfed@aol.com
PRICE LIST
Minimum order is $30.00 not including eggs
Pork
Take note of some new products: breakfast patties-we had these last night and liked them better than the breakfast links-and pork chops for stuffing.
By the delivery date we’ll have boneless pork tenderloin for pork medallions or stir-fry and boneless pork loins, great for quick dinners with leftovers.
Pork shoulder roasts-2.5lb-3lb-$6/lb
Spare ribs-whole rack/pkg-2.3lb-3lb-$16-$20/pkg
Chops-regular cut-4/pkg-$18-$20/pkg
Extra large/thick-4/pkg-$20-$30/pkg
Stuffing chops have a pocket cut in them-4/pkg-3-3.5lb-$30-35/pkg These are exceptional.
Sausage
Hot Italian or Sweet Italian large links-1.25lb-$7.50
Little link breakfast sausage-$6/pkg
Breakfast patties-6/pkg-$7.50/pkg
Ground pork-no seasonings-$5/lb
City Chicken(pork cubes on a skewer)-1.25lb-$7.50/pkg
Hams
Smoked hams 7-9lb avg-$7/lb
Larger ones available upon request
Smoked ham slices-various sizes, usually 2-4lb-$7/lb. Great for breakfast with our eggs!
Bacon-$5/pkg-approx. 1lb
Side of Pork $275
-includes chops, roasts, sausage (choice of 2 kinds) city chicken, ribs, ham and bacon. Will be approximately 3 grocery bags full of meat.
Beef
Special Cuts
Tri-tips-8lbs-$50
5.5lbs-$35
Boneless Top Round Roast-3lbs-5lbs-$7/lb
Larger Top Round Roast-10lb-12lb-$6/lb-this is the cut you see carved at buffets and brunches
Boneless Rump Roast-3lb-4lb-$6/lb
Eye of the Round Roast-3.5lb-$25 5.2lb-$40
Brisket-trimmed-approx. 4.5lbs-$7/lb 5.5lb-$7/lb
Untrimmed for smoking-5lb-$30
Lamb
Leg of lamb-boneless-2.33lb-$35
3lbs-$40
Loin Chops-4/pkg-.75lb-1lb-$12-$15
Leg Chops-1.2lbs-$17/pkg
Ground Lamb-$6/lb
Stew meat-$6lb
Steaks
Porterhouse steaks-2/pkg-1.5” thick-$32.50
Filet Mignon-4/pkg-1lb -$18/pkg
NY Strip Steak-1”thick-2/pkg-$24-$30/pkg
T-Bone Steaks-1.5”thick-2/pkg-$26
Rib Steak-1.5”thick-2/pkg-$31
Sirloin Steak-1” thick-2lb+ $16
Boneless Sirloin Strip Steaks-6oz. each-4/pk-$12, 8/pkg-$24
Sirloin beef cubes for kabobs-1.5lb avg-$7/lb
“Philly”-style steaks-0.75lb-$5.50 / 1lb-$7.00 Great for sandwiches, stir-fry, or barbeque
Short ribs-2lbs-$12
Beef stew meat-1.25lb avg-$5/lb
Chuck Roast-2.5lb-3lb-$6/lb
Round Steak-2.5lb-$17-various other sizes too.
Liver-$2/lb
Ground Beef-$5/lb
4 thick patties-1.35lb-$7/pkg
24 round quarter pounders-$25
Make your own Beef Jerky-thin strips of beef for drying-approx 2lbs-$12
SlimJims (Smokies) organic seasoning, our ground beef, no filler-$8/pkg
Trail Bologna-our ground beef, no filler, seasoning is not organic-$10/stick
Dog Bones
$1each-specify the size of your dog
Comfort Food Special-$35
1 chuck roast, 1 round steak, 1 stew beef, 1 lb. ground beef
Beef Variety Pack-$130
4 steaks
2 chuck roasts
12 ground beef patties
1 stew beef
5 lbs. ground beef
Split Quarter of Beef-$427.50
Other size quarters available
Incl: 5 T-bone steaks, 2 porterhouse, 6 rib steaks, 3 sirloin steaks, 5 round steaks, 6 chuck roasts, 1 round roast, 1 brisket, 4 stew beef, 33 ground beef. We have some flexibility on these amounts if there is something you’d like to trade.
Eggs - $3dzn
Cheese
Grassfed Cheese-smoked cheddar, Colby longhorn, horseradish, habanero, hot pepper jack, marble, farmers, brick, sharp yellow cheddar, mild white cheddar, montery jack-great taste, no antibiotics, hormones or chemicals-$9/pkg
Maple Syrup-$14/qt
Chicken Feet-5lb-$5
Chickens-Sold Out until spring
~Michael Pollan, from Food Rules and Eater’s Manual
Happy new year Slow Food members and friends!
If your new year’s resolutions involved eating more delicious, locally raised, grass-fed meat this year, we’d like you to meet Aaron and Melissa Miller.
On their Kinsman, Ohio farm, the Millers have raised grass-fed cattle with no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, hormones or antibiotics for the past decade!
And the Millers are here to help you with that grass-fed goal! The Millers have scheduled three delivery dates in Cleveland next week and will be bringing a wide variety of grass-fed beef as well as pork and lamb.
Thursday, January 21Around 5:30PM
@ Fire Food and Drink on Shaker Square
Sunday, January 24, 11:30AM-ish
@ St. Ignatius School W. 30th for the Parker Bosley Tribute event
Feb. 1, 5:00PM
@Cleveland Local Food Cleveland Networking event at Great Lakes Brewing Co., 2516 Market Ave.
A complete listing of Miller Livestock products is included below.
Why not go grass-fed in 2010? It’s better for the animals, for you and the planet. We’ve attached some additional information on the healthful benefits of eating pastured meats here.
http://www.millergrassfed.com/
http://www.eatwild.com/: The website for accurate information and sources of grass-fed meats.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1200759-1,00.html: Time magazine article (from 2006!) extolling the health benefits of grass-fed meats.
Wishing you a happy, healthy New Year!
............................................
From the Millers:
Hi everyone!
Hopefully this thaw in the temps and the sunshine are making today a better day!
I'm attaching a list of the products we have available for delivery. At the end of the email are the places we'll be in Cleveland over the next few weeks. Notice especially that we have a wide selection of pork including some new products. Also, the beef specials-comfort food and variety pack--allow you to stock your freezer and try some things you might otherwise not order.We'll be making the trip to Cleveland several times so hopefully one of the choices below will work out for you.If you'd rather not be hearing from us, please let me know and I'll remove your name from my delivery list.Let me know if you have any questions.
Stay warm.
Melissa & Aaron Miller
http://www.millergrassfed.com/
Check out the website for some winter photos!
Miller Livestock Co., Inc.
9590 Kinsman Pymatuning Rd.
Kinsman, OH 44428
330.876.5655
millergrassfed.com
millergrassfed@aol.com
PRICE LIST
Minimum order is $30.00 not including eggs
Pork
Take note of some new products: breakfast patties-we had these last night and liked them better than the breakfast links-and pork chops for stuffing.
By the delivery date we’ll have boneless pork tenderloin for pork medallions or stir-fry and boneless pork loins, great for quick dinners with leftovers.
Pork shoulder roasts-2.5lb-3lb-$6/lb
Spare ribs-whole rack/pkg-2.3lb-3lb-$16-$20/pkg
Chops-regular cut-4/pkg-$18-$20/pkg
Extra large/thick-4/pkg-$20-$30/pkg
Stuffing chops have a pocket cut in them-4/pkg-3-3.5lb-$30-35/pkg These are exceptional.
Sausage
Hot Italian or Sweet Italian large links-1.25lb-$7.50
Little link breakfast sausage-$6/pkg
Breakfast patties-6/pkg-$7.50/pkg
Ground pork-no seasonings-$5/lb
City Chicken(pork cubes on a skewer)-1.25lb-$7.50/pkg
Hams
Smoked hams 7-9lb avg-$7/lb
Larger ones available upon request
Smoked ham slices-various sizes, usually 2-4lb-$7/lb. Great for breakfast with our eggs!
Bacon-$5/pkg-approx. 1lb
Side of Pork $275
-includes chops, roasts, sausage (choice of 2 kinds) city chicken, ribs, ham and bacon. Will be approximately 3 grocery bags full of meat.
Beef
Special Cuts
Tri-tips-8lbs-$50
5.5lbs-$35
Boneless Top Round Roast-3lbs-5lbs-$7/lb
Larger Top Round Roast-10lb-12lb-$6/lb-this is the cut you see carved at buffets and brunches
Boneless Rump Roast-3lb-4lb-$6/lb
Eye of the Round Roast-3.5lb-$25 5.2lb-$40
Brisket-trimmed-approx. 4.5lbs-$7/lb 5.5lb-$7/lb
Untrimmed for smoking-5lb-$30
Lamb
Leg of lamb-boneless-2.33lb-$35
3lbs-$40
Loin Chops-4/pkg-.75lb-1lb-$12-$15
Leg Chops-1.2lbs-$17/pkg
Ground Lamb-$6/lb
Stew meat-$6lb
Steaks
Porterhouse steaks-2/pkg-1.5” thick-$32.50
Filet Mignon-4/pkg-1lb -$18/pkg
NY Strip Steak-1”thick-2/pkg-$24-$30/pkg
T-Bone Steaks-1.5”thick-2/pkg-$26
Rib Steak-1.5”thick-2/pkg-$31
Sirloin Steak-1” thick-2lb+ $16
Boneless Sirloin Strip Steaks-6oz. each-4/pk-$12, 8/pkg-$24
Sirloin beef cubes for kabobs-1.5lb avg-$7/lb
“Philly”-style steaks-0.75lb-$5.50 / 1lb-$7.00 Great for sandwiches, stir-fry, or barbeque
Short ribs-2lbs-$12
Beef stew meat-1.25lb avg-$5/lb
Chuck Roast-2.5lb-3lb-$6/lb
Round Steak-2.5lb-$17-various other sizes too.
Liver-$2/lb
Ground Beef-$5/lb
4 thick patties-1.35lb-$7/pkg
24 round quarter pounders-$25
Make your own Beef Jerky-thin strips of beef for drying-approx 2lbs-$12
SlimJims (Smokies) organic seasoning, our ground beef, no filler-$8/pkg
Trail Bologna-our ground beef, no filler, seasoning is not organic-$10/stick
Dog Bones
$1each-specify the size of your dog
Comfort Food Special-$35
1 chuck roast, 1 round steak, 1 stew beef, 1 lb. ground beef
Beef Variety Pack-$130
4 steaks
2 chuck roasts
12 ground beef patties
1 stew beef
5 lbs. ground beef
Split Quarter of Beef-$427.50
Other size quarters available
Incl: 5 T-bone steaks, 2 porterhouse, 6 rib steaks, 3 sirloin steaks, 5 round steaks, 6 chuck roasts, 1 round roast, 1 brisket, 4 stew beef, 33 ground beef. We have some flexibility on these amounts if there is something you’d like to trade.
Eggs - $3dzn
Cheese
Grassfed Cheese-smoked cheddar, Colby longhorn, horseradish, habanero, hot pepper jack, marble, farmers, brick, sharp yellow cheddar, mild white cheddar, montery jack-great taste, no antibiotics, hormones or chemicals-$9/pkg
Maple Syrup-$14/qt
Chicken Feet-5lb-$5
Chickens-Sold Out until spring
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
On Salt and Sodium
A good read on salt and sodium by Francis Lam of Salon.com.
http://www.salon.com/food/nutrition/index.html?story=/food/francis_lam/2010/01/12/sorry_bloomberg_we_love_salt
http://www.salon.com/food/nutrition/index.html?story=/food/francis_lam/2010/01/12/sorry_bloomberg_we_love_salt
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