Slow Food Blue Mountains’ Slow Food Café , part of the SOUL FOOD component of the Winter Magic Festival, is something not to be missed! The fare offered will be primarily locally-grown/produced, with a strong “potato theme” being this the
UN-declared INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE POTATO!

The café will be located in the Civic Centre near the Library and open from 10 am to 3pm on 21 June.

Entertainment

From midday, entertainment will be provided by the aptly-named SPUDEE DUDDEES (pictured above), who like only two things, eating potatoes and playing beautiful traditional Irish music! Celebrating the potato like only the Irish know how to, the SPUDEE-DUDDEES, will be “on the boil” to provide an afternoon of wall-to-wall Irish diddley melodic mayhem!

Competition

Enter the POTATO POSTER COMPETITION! Create your own poster in praise of the potato, bring it along to display on our POTATO POSTER WALL at the café, and be in the running to win a fabulous prize! The best 3 POTATO POSTERS will be selected by the SPUDEE DUDDEES AT 3 PM!

Seedsavers & Kitchen Garden display

Watch John McNaull, from Mid-Mountains Seedsavers, aided by his daughter Hannah create a LEAF SOUP, using only green produce from their garden, receive copies of the cool-climate planting guide for A KITCHEN GARDEN IN EVERY BLUE MOUNTAINS’ HOME and have some of your KITCHEN GARDEN QUESTIONS answered!

Proceeds from the café go to the Blue Mountains Community Gardens (for the Winter Magic Vegie Patch), Slow Food Blue Mountains and Winter Magic Festival.
All work at the Slowly Soulful Slow Food Café is being done by volunteers, dedicated to Slow Food principles and supporting our community-run Winter Magic Festival.

At this stage, we still need donations of locally-grown garlic, assorted vegies, hazelnuts and fresh sprouts. Anyone also interested in helping with the café please contact Anne at the above email address or phone number. We can then add your name to the roster!

CAFÉ MENU

A variety of teas, herbal teas and coffees, including East Timorese Fair Trade coffee and locally-blended and roasted coffees

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Chocolate Chestnut Cake

(by Hominy Bakery, featuring local chestnuts from Kookootonga @ Mt Irvine)

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Honey Cake

(by Hominy Bakery featuring Woodford Honey, Woodford)

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Hazelnut Munchies

(locally-grown hazelnuts)

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Spicy Crabapple Muffins

(crabapples courtesy, Community Gardens)

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Bliss Balls

(sugar-free, featuring dried fruits from the Co-op)

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Hot Potato Salad

(potatoes from the Community Gardens’ Winter Magic Vegie Patch, drizzled with olive oil from Megalong Valley Olive Grove, topped with a home-made basil pesto)

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Oven-Baked Jacket Potatoes in Herb Butter

(Additional potatoes, courtesy of Yuri @ Orange)

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Pumpkin and Chestnut Soup

(by Parakeet Café, Katoomba with locally-grown pumpkin)

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Cream of Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

(by Bush Rock Café, Blackheath, with locally-grown Jerusalem artichokes)

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Garlic Pizza

(by Hominy Bakery, with locally-grown garlic and drizzled with olive oil from Megalong Valley Olive Grove)

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Sid’s Amazing Chestnut Pate

(by Lushious Catering, using local chestnuts)

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Pickled Plate

(Hominy Bakery bread, green tomato pickles from Community Gardens produce, pickled walnut pate made with Kookootonga Organic Pickled Walnuts, caramelised onion chilli Jam from Blue M Food Co, & locally- grown sprouts)

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Bean and Vegie Soup

(by Oliphants Café, Katoomba using locally-grown produce)

More Information

Enquiries: Email n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 02 4782 7376 for further information.