Pickups this Saturday, 1/18! Winter Share Program, Guate Dinner, and Call for Submissions!
Edible Alchemy
Greetings from Antigua!
We are nearing the end of our Guatemalan adventures, and already getting excited about fresh local foods in Chicago, new recipes from abroad, and upcoming events for your culinary enjoyment.
Share pickups resume this weekend! On Saturday 1/18, we will kick off our discounted 10-week Winter Share program, as well as our normal week-to-week produce and fruit offerings.
The menu proposal is in for our Oye! Guatemala dinner on 1/31. Read below for all the details...
Finally, please join us at the Good Food Festival & Conference in March (3/14 & 3/15!). We're excited to be presenting a series of micro-sessions in the Good Food Commons again, and would like to extend a special invitation to EA members with special skills they'd like to present. Got a 20-minute specialty? Check out the details below.
***Please Note:Beginning in 2014, we’ve decided we need to raise the price of veggie shares to $25, but keep the fruit shares at $10. The costs of food have risen drastically since EA’s inception while our cost to you has not. The $5 added on will slightly increase the size of the share & allow for greater amounts each of more items.**
We'd love to hear your thoughts. We put together a quick survey for you to provide us with some really helpful feedback as EA grows and transitions. Thank you in advance! It is only 12 short questions, and should only take 3-5 minutes. http://bit.ly/II2jmm
See you this Saturday! Reserve your shares now at ediblealchemyfoods.com/order.
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:::Edible Alchemy’s Winter Share Program!:::
We’re excited to announce our Winter Share Program! A 10-week veggie train that supplies your kitchen consistently without the extra task of having to order each week, plus the benefit of receiving $25 off the cost of ordering 10 whole shares. (That’s one share free!) Fruit Share Programs are available at $90 for 10 shares, in addition.
This all kicks off on January 18th, this weekend! Keep in mind that our winter shares will include as much local produce from our grower’s greenhouses and storehouses as possible, though a bulk of the produce will be certified organically grown in warmer climate zones. Meaning- tropical citrus and other fruits for the fruit shares and a wide range of warm-crop produce in addition to your potatoes, beets, onions, and squash from local farm barns.
Anyone can still order shares week to week. Additional items from EA’s larder can be ordered for delivery with your share by putting an order in on the webstore, or picking up in person at Eco.
Winter Share Dates: Jan 18- March 22 (10 weeks)
Pick-up Locations: Eco, Bang Bang Pies, Open Produce, Yoga Now
Cost: $225/vegetable share, $90/fruit share (One free share!)
Free delivery of your share to the pickup location of your choice.
Order yours now! : www.ediblealchemyfoods.com/order, Click on the ‘Shares’ tab
The details:
Payment: Can be made in cash or check. Paypal & Square will incur an additional fee from their respective companies (payal 3.5%, square 2.5%). Payment can be made in full before Jan 18, or in two installations of half the total amount, the first due before Jan 18, the second due Feb 18.
Pickup Locations: Delivering your share to a pickup location other than Eco is free, but delivering other bulk items will incur a $2 fee, per usual.
FLEXIBILITY: we realize that you might need to miss a week here or there. We’re flexible! If you let us know a week in advance of your absence, we can credit you the share amount for use buying bulk items, dairy, eggs, kombucha, tea, or anything else that we carry.
Ordering Additional goods: Additional items from EA’s larder can be ordered for delivery with your share by putting an order in on the webstore, or picking up in person at Eco.
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Oye Guatemala! EA Underground Dinner 1/31/13
For the last three weeks, we've been sampling the gustatory delights of Mayan & Modern Guatemala. We are very excited to bring the flavors and foods of Centro Americo to the Chicago plate! We're presenting a variety of classic Guatemalan flavors with modern twists. We've even got some Guate-grown Cacao and Coffee for you to try. Our Cafe crew from the Cosmic Convergence Festival over New Years is getting back together to make you the best of Chicago's locally grown & Guatemalan inspired tastes. Enough said! Presento:Support local.
Connect through food.
Come join us at our table, bring your friends & meet some new ones.
Start:
Soup:
Sopa de guisquil & pan frances
Salad:
Carrot & beet slaw with almonds, raisins, sesame, lime over fermented cabbage.
Main:
Plato tipico vegetariano (arroz y pimienta (allspice), frijoles,
platanos, huevos, tortilla, vegetales (zanahoria y guisquil), y salsa de
cobanero chiles
Dessert:
Banana masacakes with guatemalan chocolate mole sauce
More details, descriptions, and of course Drinks! to come...
Join us. Friday January 31, 2013
@ Eco Collective: 2042 W 21st Street (Not place!)
dinner at 7:30pm
$50 for 5-course dinner with drink pairings
$35 only the 5-course dinner
RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1baLoGw
Edible Alchemy is a locally focused foods co-operative located in an artist’s loft space in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
Save the date for our upcoming dinners: Friday, February 21 and Friday, March 28!
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Good Food Festival:: Commons Request for Proposals
Edible Alchemy is again partnering with FamilyFarmed.org to host the Good Food Commons on March 15 at the Good Food Festival. Last year's 20-minute micro workshops in the Commons were a big hit, and we're now asking you to help us make this year's even better! Please see Lily Baker's message below:
Are you an expert bee-keeper? A master preserver? A
composting guru? We want to hear from you!
We had over 70 sessions last year, and we're open to hearing any and all of your ideas! You can learn more here: http://goodfoodfestivals.com/blog/chicago/present-a-session-at-the-good-food-commons/
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Dietrich, Andrea, and the EA crew