What's Happening in the Galiano Food Program...
Indian Cooking with Therese
Monday May 21st at 5:30pm at the Community Hall
We will be making three traditional vegetarian curries; Aloo Gobi (cauliflower), Bharta (Eggplant) Curry, and a Chick Pea Curry, to be served on Pilau Rice.
Please bring containers to take home food, and a $15 to $20 contribution.
Please RSVP - we are limited to ten people.
RSVP to Alison at galianofoodprograms@gmail.com
The next work party is on WED, MAY 30 AT 10 AM to top dress, weed a tiny bit and have a look at our many piles of compost and choose what to do with each of them.
** If someone could bring the tools and pieces to fit Lise's hose with a MALE END we could have a hose that reaches everything we will need. (please email your willingness)
** This will be the day to plant the 2 other well composted beds.... something the deer won't eat: squash, artichoke, .... email in your ideas please.
Soup is sometimes more than soup. It's sustenance, comfort, a lifesaver, and a social glue.
On May 28th at the South Hall. Lunch will be open to everyone at 12:30pm.
This event is a fundraiser for the Food Program’s Soup for Seniors Project
There is a suggested donation of $5-$10
The next soup-making kitchen is scheduled for May 28th at 10:30am at the South Hall.
Once we have made the soup, we always sit down together to eat, before we begin clean up and packaging. This month, we would like to invite everyone to join us for lunch, just soup and bread, at about 12:30pm.
Cooks and enthusiastic participants needed!
The Galiano Club Community Food Program and the Galiano Chamber of Commerce are offering Food Safe Level 1 on island. The course will take place June 10th at the South Community Hall. The class runs from 10am to 6pm. The cost of the course is $75, which includes the workbook and certificate upon completion.
There are 30 spots available in this on-island class. Contact Alison at: galianofoodprograms@gmail.com to register.
15 sponsored spots are available for this class at a cost of $37.50. The Chamber will sponsor 10 spots for: Galiano Youth or Young Adults or Staff Members of Galiano Chamber Members. The Food Program will sponsor 5 spots for: Food Program Volunteers.
This is a great opportunity to get your Food Safe certification on island (saving ferry costs) and at a discount.
Foodsafe Level 1 is designed for people working on the front lines of the food service industry, from dishwashers to servers, bussers to line cooks and chefs. The course covers safe food handling, Hygiene, sanitation and work safety. In level 1 you'll learn how to prevent foodborne illness, receive and store food, prepare and serve food safely, and clean and sanitize.
Want to learn more about cheese? In the advanced course we will:
Explore blue cheeses
Wash the rinds of stinky washed rind cheeses
Knead mozzarella
Brine feta cheese
Make swiss style hard cheeses.
Be enlightened about goats milk, goats milk cheeses, and the making of the most delicious chevre
Saturday, June 16th from 2pm to 5:30pm. Cost of the course is $30 - $40 sliding scale. Please bring cheese-friendly snacks. You must RSVP to Alison if you want to attend. Email: galianofoodprograms@gmail.com
David Asher Rotsztain is an organic farmer and farmstead cheesemaker on Mayne Island on the west coast of BC. He picked up his cheesemaking skills from various teachers, including a Brown Swiss cow named Sundae on Cortes Island. David offers cheesemaking workshops with many food security-minded organizations around the Salish Sea including Lifecycles Society in Victoria, the UBC Farm in Vancouver, and the Foxglove Centre on Saltspring Island.
Check out guerrillacheese.wordpress.com for photos of David making cheese.
Join cheesemaker David Asher Rotsztain as we explore the fascinating realm of cheese. David will demonstrate and explain the techniques for making three basic styles of cheese: paneer, yogourt cheese and camembert, an aged rennet cheese. These lessons will provide a solid foundation for those interested in making cheese at home, or anyone who wants to know how their cheese is made.
The workshop will emphasize a ‘natural cheesemaking’, with a focus on simple, DIY methods that are well suited to the home kitchen. David will also discuss the topics of raw milk, rennet-free cheeses and dairy ferments. At the end of the workshop, we will feast on our freshly made cheeses.
Saturday, June 16th from 9:30am to 1pm. Cost of the course is $30 - $40 sliding scale. Please bring cheese-friendly snacks.You must RSVP to Alison if you want to attend. Email: galianofoodprograms@gmail.com
What to bring: a container or two to take home fresh made cheese and some dairy cultures.
David Asher Rotsztain is an organic farmer and farmstead cheesemaker on Mayne Island on the west coast of BC. He picked up his cheesemaking skills from various teachers, including a Brown Swiss cow named Sundae on Cortes Island. David offers cheesemaking workshops with many food security-minded organizations around the Salish Sea including Lifecycles Society in Victoria, the UBC Farm in Vancouver, and the Foxglove Centre on Saltspring Island.
Check out guerrillacheese.wordpress.com for photos of David making cheese.
Thank You!
Thanks to our many funders (Vancouver Foundation, the Victoria Foundation, DASH BC, VanCity, the Vancouver Island health Authority, the YMCA, New Horizons For Seniors initiative of the Government of Canada, United Way of Greater Victoria, our local Parks and Recreation Commission and many members of the Galiano community), we were able to launch the Galiano Community Food Program in 2008 and keep it running ever since.