October-November 2017

It has been a while since I have posted here. I have had a very busy last few months.

Since taking on the charge of Slow Food Cairo in late August after the departure of Sara El Sayed who has gone on to pursue a PhD in Arizona, I have traveled to Chengdu China to represent Egypt at the 7th Slow Food International Congress, then I took some time off to travel locally to Mersa Matrouh and now I have hit the ground running.

So much catching up and so much work ahead.

But the good news is that we have dried a lot of mango this year, hoping that our supply of delicious dried mango lasts until the next mango season.  We also stocked up well on dates from our own palm trees and we are experimenting with drying Mejdool dates from Bahareya Oasis.

Orang season is almost upon us, followed by strawberry then Balaika banana and tangerines.

We are also very busy with a number of exciting venues. Here we list what is coming up in the next few weeks:

Find us:

Saturday 28 October: at JW Marriott from 4-9pm on ring road. This is a fundraiser for Abul Reesh Childrens' Hospital. Proceeds will go the hospital.

Tuesday and Wednesday 7 and 8 November at Azhar Park fro 11 am as part of the Drosos Foundation Conference on creativity.

Thursday and Friday November 9 and 10 at the Kempinski on the Ring road from 10 to 6pm as part of the Kattameya Ladies event on Healthy Living. A fun event full of activity.

Friday 10 November: A slow Food Zaytouna Olive Picking festival: at the Zaytouna farm of the Ismaileya Road

Saturday 11 November at the Conrad on the Nile River for the fundraiser of the Diplomats of Asia bazaar, a lovely event.