Olives and Olive Oil Class

Now this is cool! Being Italian, I really love olive oil. Pretty much everything that my family ever cooks has to have olive oil in it. Or as Racheal Ray says, "A little EVOO"!

In collaboration with The University of California Cooperative Extension and the San Diego County Farm and Home Advisor's Office, Slow Food SD invites you to join them for a short course on Olives and Olive Oil Production Strategies for Southern California . The course will be featuring internationally known olive and olive oil expert Paul Vossen.

February 27, 2010 8:00 AM

Click here for more details. See you there!

By Tracy

Raw Foods Dehydrating Class

Delaney's Artisan Foods Market is hosting a class tonight, Wednesday February 17th from 5 - 6:30pm.

The class will be conducted by Colin Buchannan of Raw Revelations, one of great local gurus of whole and healthy foods! He will be showing how to dehydrate foods at 115 degrees or less and also show you how he makes his tasty kale chips.

The class is $25.00 and for more information on all the details, contact Delaney's at 760-277-8575. The store is located at 41955 5th St, Suite 101 Temecula, CA

Alive, Organic Chocolate Persimmon Rolls

This is sure exciting. Living Tree Foods up in Berkeley, Ca has been using our persimmon fruit leathers to create a new chocolate treat. Read on to see how they do it!

"We begin with a sheet of organic and bio-dynamic certified persimmon leather and add a layer of California grown almonds, walnuts and sun dried raisins.We add cashews also and top it with raw chocolate to complete the filling.We then roll it ecstatically and dip the whole into our alive chocolate made from 100% raw cacao,carob, mesquite, lucuma, cacao butter and alive honey. We also add maca for energy.

Most raw chocolates out there use sugar in one form or another. I’m delighted to say that instead of sugar we use honey. Alive honey has powerful antibacterial properties and is even effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria. It is a complex substance containing over 800 compounds, little understood by conventional science."

Wow it sounds AMAZING. If you want to try them, click here and order some!

Have an Appetite for Kumquats?

One of our best selling products is our kumquat piquant sauce. People always ask me how I like to use it. Well I'm going to share one of my super easy ideas that you can do for any occasion. You ready? It's really easy...

Take the cracker of your choice
Add your favorite cheese
Decide to add a slice of turkey
Dab on the piquant sauce
and WOW, it's a party on a plate

Enjoy!!

ChileCo Announces New Socials for 2010

What is a social you might ask? The ChileCo Social is a gathering of a limited number of guests for the enjoyment of each others company while being treated to a five course meal. It is a wine and dinner pairing in celebration of artisanal goods, local farmers, ranchers, and fishermen.

Here is a picture of a beautiful social they held at The Beck Grove last year, it was so amazing. It was the first social I had ever been to, Helene was kind enough to invite me to participate at the long table! Everyone is wonderful, chatty, and so pleasant to be around, I won't ever forget that amazing experience.


Ok so the next social is in March and it's called "Water". Check out the menu, it looks so good!

“WATER”
March 21^st at 6:21pm
Catalina Offshore

Our first Social of 2010 embraces the element of water. And what could be more fitting than discussing the sustainability of the Oceans at Catalina Offshore. Amongst many a surprises – we will get down n’ intimate with Uni, experience a blind sake tasting, spoon up some off the charts grub and as always – dine to the flicker of 1,000 candles. The experience exceeds any preconceived notations and will sure leave you awestruck and inspired! Spaces are limited – reserve your place today!

The March Social Menu “Water”
Artesian Wine Pairings by Holiday Wine Cellars & Blind Sake Tasting

Libations

Bluewater Iced down Melancholy of the Sailor Sort

Beginners

Pacifico Chef Scotty’s seasonally Organic Innovations of Bluefin, Caviar, Ebi & More

Amuse Bouche

the Cure Chef Scotty’s Sampling of Salt Cured Fishies

1^st Course

Unified Thai inspired Uni Risotto with Diver Boat Sea Scallop on Lemongrass Kabob

Intermezzo

Entrée

It’s a G-thang! Gingerized pan-seared Grouper, Tandori Béchamel, Wok’d Garbanzo Minestra

Dessert

Pink Panther Pink Pepper-White Chocolate Crème Brulee with Fennel laced Shortbread

Do You Hear Cupid Calling?

Cupid called and wanted to remind me that although chocolate is oh so divine, not everybody wants that for Valentine's Day! If you have a health conscious sweetie, consider a mindful gift basket filled with 100% organic and biodynamic goodies like sweet dried persimmons, zesty salsas, and fresh exotic fruit...

There are many baskets available, and we can custom make one with any of our products. My personal recommendation is is this little beauty right here!

Basket consists of

Dried Persimmons

4 Fruit Leathers

Blood Orange Syrup

Persimmon Chipotle Sauce

Persimmon Salsa

$20. Plus Shipping

Perfect for the healthy snacker! These dried persimmons are my favorite in between meal bite, absolutely guilt free and naturally so sweet.

If you'd like to send your sweetheart some of our organic treats, let us know and we'd be happy to hand write a card as well.

One last tip! For a delicious addition to your glass of champagne, drizzle the kumquat conserve in the bottom of your glass, add half a kumquat, and it's absolutely out of this world.