FoodieCamp

stuff i'm going to buy

2009-08-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

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2008-03-26T18:42:00.000-07:00

Meeting starts at 8:30pm via conference call:
HOW TO JOIN CONFERENCE CALL, Choose one:
a) Add chefjoanna to your skype list
b) Call 712-432-1699 and enter code 167258#
c) Send im/twitter/whatever to JoAnna with your phone number, she'll patch you in.

Present
Bronwen Liggit
Christopher Darbro
Crystal Williams
Douglasn Welch
Jason Cosper
JoAnna Minneci
Shannon Ramsay

Absent
James Cooper
Jay Bushman

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2008-03-26T18:41:00.000-07:00

FOODIECAMP

Recap of 03/13/08 meeting
(These notes graciously taken by Douglas Welch, amended by JoAnna.)

Present
Bronwen Liggit
Christopher Darbro
Crystal Williams
Douglasn Welch
Jason Cosper
Jay Bushman
JoAnna Minneci
Shannon Ramsay

Absent
James Cooper

Index:
- Action items will be indicated by the assigned person's name in ALL CAPS before the item.

SHANNON:
Logo - will do?

About eating, cooking, tasting, drinking - cultural and anthropological
NOT intended to be cooking school
Gourmand, not gourmet (but without the bad association of gourmand)

BRONWEN:
Cybele, a Candy blogger, asked to attend - maybe conduct a tasting

Joanna needs guidance on insurance

LLC is expensive to start - $800/paperwork - $2K minimum (we'll probably avoid this if we can.)

JOANNA
Where to go for sponsors? if we can get funding, do we want to go further?

50 people is pretty manageable (per crystal)
Doesn't have to be overnight
People might not be able to prepare food for 50 people
We should use Geek Dinner as a model
- We can start like this, just rotate between peoples' homes and/or restaurants
- know attendance/size beforehand

At a Health Fair event, JoAnna had 125 people in the audience, so gave out raffle tickets to win possible tastes

Bring in people from outside the (barcamp) community
we think food will bring a different crowd from typical BarCamp (per Douglas)

Possible sessions:
- How to hack a diet
- How to stage a food intervention
- Recipe microformats
- Obsessing without snobbery
Panel disucssions ?

CookCamp was barely promoted at all and held at Citizen' s Base (per crystal)
We could host a Food Event where everyone brings food "Gigantic Potluck"
- Open Source Catering
- Sign up for genre of food to bring

Would NOT want a contest, but mention was made of Iron FoodCamp Chef

everyone would need to bring his/her own stuff -- food, supplies, equipment, etc

White elephant food exchange (JoAnna's idea, shot down unanimously)
- Reminded someone of trading lunches as a kid and drinking pickle juice for lunch

Possibly bring in Food Network or film crew to create a "show" ourselves

Scheduling:

*** Tentative date: Sunday, August 31 (Labor Day Weekend)

CRYSTAL
will to talk to Super Happy vLog House folks in Ojai about their space

** See Joanna's notes for more locations
-- Sierra Club space near Mt. Baldy
- Sky Lodge
-- Mtn High Lodge
-- Parks
-- Circle X Ranch in Malibu -- for camping
-- Ori's Hollywood Hills

Channels of Communication:
- Skype Channel
- Google Group
- Google Docs
- Twitter
- Instant Messengers

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2008-03-26T18:27:00.000-07:00

FOODIECAMP
foodiecamp.org was available!
BarCamp L.A. 5, Sunday March 3, 2008 4:30pm
Session led by JoAnna Minneci
ChefJoAnna@ChefJoAnna.com 213-393-9661

This is a basic outline of information that was collected at the breakout session. Not everything is covered here, of course, and it will be expanded as the planning committee is developed.
What is it?
‰ Food eating
‰ Food cooking
‰ Tasting Comparisons
‰ Food discussion (culture, sociology, anthropology, etc.)
‰ Drinking: wine, beer, spirits…
What do we want to learn? (Possible topics for breakout sessions)
NOTE: This is not an exclusive list, but it will help us to get sponsors and advertise.
ALSO: Breakout sessions will be structured just like BarCamp, except for the ones that must be done in a kitchen space. More info to follow.
‰ Food Sourcing
o Organic food - does it always make a difference?
o Locally grown - does it matter?
o Growing your own herbs
o Growing hydroponically v. growing in soil
o Food sustainability
o Found food: weeds, seeds & backyard animals
‰ Varieties of diet
o Vegan- Lacto- Ovo- vegetarian
o Kosher/Halal
o Living with diabetes
o Alternative desserts
‰ Fad diets and the science behind them
o Atkins = ketosis = dangerous?
o Beef & Tomatoes; Cabbage Soup, Cayenne Lemonade, etc.
o Allergies/Substitutions
o Macrobiotics
o Science of eating foods in combination for optimum nutrition and digestibility
o Food Addictions
‰ Dining Out
o Hacking Fast Food - can I do drive thru and not die.
o Economics of eating in vs. eating out
o Restaurant grading & the reality behind it
‰ Food science (Alton Brown type stuff)
o An overview of cooking gadgets, what's new, what works.
o Cooking with atypical tools (solar oven…)
‰ Just for fun
o Fry-B-Q
o Stone soup (everyone in group contributes an ingredient and comes up with a dish)
o Competitions -- iron FoodieCamper
‰ Cult of the Chef
o Food Network - the new MTV? (Celebrity/“The Branding of the Chef”)
‰ Food safety
o Raw food contamination
o Industrial farming
o Processed food vs. whole food?
o How to know when food's properly cooked
o How do you know when food's gone bad?
‰ HOW TO
o Using spices beyond salt & pepper.
o Microbrewing & winemaking (the place where we can make our own stuff)
o Roll-your-own sushi
o Using web 2.0 to bring foodies together
o Food Photography
‰ Food review sites
o How to judge reviews when everyone's a critic
o yelp vs. chowhound vs. yahoo reviews vs. etc…
‰ Food Trends
o Molecular Gastronomy
o Slow Food
o Raw food
‰ Extreme Eating
o as an endurance challenge (speed/quantity)
o eating odd/dangerous things (blowfish, fish that's been deep-fried while still alive)
‰ Food myths and legends
o Rituals associated with the preparing, serving & eating.
o Food taboos (5 second rule)
o Aphrodisiacs, vitality and fertility
o Brain food (omega 3, omega 6)
Where will it be held?
‰ Geography:
o FoodieCamp 1.0 held as a track at BarCamp Los Angeles
o FoodieCamp 2.0 will be its own full-fleged conference
o Central coast (wine tasting)
o Temecula (wine tasting)
‰ Location requirements
o Conference room (classroom seating)
o Cooking room (fire & sinks)
o Demo room (electric/non-heat prep)
o Refrigeration
o Overnight accommodations should be in the same place we do the bulk of the event.
‰ Specific Location Possibilities
o Sierra Club space near Mt. Baldy
o Serra Retreat (Malibu)
o Bed and breakfast - we “take over” and use the on-site kitchen
o Youth Hostel - sleeping accommodations PLUS common kitchen area
o Privately-owned cooking school
o Sur la Table (everywhere)
o Hipcooks (downtown lofts)
o Chefmakers (Pacific Palisades)
o Hotel suites that have kitchens (shared block)
o Mountain high lodge
o Idlwyld
o Circle x ranch
o Hollywood Hill
How often should it be held?
‰ Main event can be held at least annually
‰ Corollary events can happen ad-hoc
‰ the first FoodieCamp will probably be run as a test during the next BarCampLA - devote a whole track (one or both days)
What will it cost?
‰ Probably won't be free like BarCamp is. We will try to keep costs to a minimum, although we will probably have to charge an admission fee to cover what the sponsors don't meet.
‰ All participants must reserve their spot with a non-refundable (but transferable) deposit.
‰ Insurance for a event with food & fire & alcohol may be costly
Sponsorship opportunities?
‰ YES. All forms of media & commerce will be invited/encouraged to participate in sponsorship.
Planning committee information
‰ Meetings: should be held at least once per month, and more often as the event approaches
‰ Planning meeting will be held at JoAnna's house: Please vote on a date & time for a first meeting: http://is.gd/1EK Please indicate your preference for future meetings, as well.
‰ Website: will be created soon, see http://foodiecamp.org
‰ TWITTER: follow FoodieCamp

SPONSORS & PUBLICITY
Sponsor Publicity
Supermarket chains
Magazines
Organic Girls
Melissa's
Foodie Websites
Yelp
Chowhound
Food Blogs
Podcasts
agencies -
cheese council
peanut
cervena
Television
‰ Food Network, please!
Radio
Other