Slow Food OC In the News
APRIL 2009
Orange County Register
Recently Slow Food OC member Heather Stoltzfus gathered a group of cheese enthusiasts together to demonstrate how to make mozzarella cheese. A story, by Cathy Thomas, about Heather"s class appeared in the Orange County Register. Here is an excerpt of the news story:
The words on Heather Stoltzfus' T-shirt summed it up. "Blessed are the cheesemakers"it proclaimed. Blessed indeed, and patient, too.
Recently I gathered with several members of the Slow Food Orange County organization to watch Stoltzfus make cheese from scratch. The class was held in the sunlit kitchen of Slow Food members Sharon and Roger McErlane's home in Laguna Beach.
Winner of "Best in Show" at the Orange County Fair's Say Cheese Competition last summer, Stoltzfus is passionate about making cheese at home. And although she planned to show us how to make quick-to-prepare soft cheeses, she passed samples of her homemade Parmesan-style cheese. She had aged it for 10 months... To read the entire story: [LINK]
JULY 2008
Orange County Register
Slow Food Orange County has recently been featured in the July 16, 2008 OC Register article, "Slow Food movement plants seeds in Orange County," and on their companion television program, Daybreak OC. [LINK]
Documentary Film Crew visits Slow Food Orange County
Members of Slow FoodOC were interviewed for the upcoming documentary, Poisoned for Profit. [LINK]
SYNOPSIS (http://poisonedforprofit.com/)
Most Americans do not realize to what extent eating common processed foods poses a serious risk to our health. Although many of us may have a general notion that eating foods with artificial ingredients is not very good, few are aware of the staggering numbers of people who, as a result, are suffering and dying every year from afflictions such as, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute found that approximately 112,000 people in the U.S. are dying annually from diseases resulting from an improper diet and eating processed foods. This is over 300 deaths every day, but we hear very little about this. "Poisoned for Profit" examines this issue and asks the question, "If this really poses such a serious health risk, then why is it allowed?"