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The events listed below are all sponsored by, or being held to support, the National Office of Slow Food USA and Slow Food convivia around the country (with the exception of the International events).
For information about events happening in your area, select "Local Convivia" on the left side of this page to find your local chapter.
Saturdays through October
Farm to Table Dining
Slow Food Buffalo Elmwood Bidwell Farmers Market 10am - 1pm
Slow Food Buffalo is proud to sponsor the newest addition to the already very popular Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market. Beginning May 31st, every Saturday, one of Buffalo's most talented chefs will appear at the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, preparing a dish or two that utilizes the many fresh, local ingredients available at the market and also showing how to create a whole meal for your family. Participating chefs are from local Buffalo restaurants: Oliver's, Ristorante Lombardo, SAMPLE, Torches and Trattoria Aroma. Also appearing are two well-known personal chefs and caterers, Chef Avi Altman and Chef Bill Metzgar.
Did you know that if Erie County citizens converted their grocery budget to include only 1% locally grown products, our struggling farmers would see a 5% increase in profits? Stop in any Saturday between 10AM ˆ 1PM and see what talented local chefs are cooking up with Buffalo's bounty!
Price: Free
More Info: www.sloefoodbuffalo.org
July 8
Monthly Meeting
Slow Food Greater Sarasota
Sarasota Olive Oil Co.,
5th St. & Central Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
5:30 P.M.
Come join us in participating in a demonstration on various methods of sprouting and in discussing Ocean Solutions, a sea energy fertilizer.
Price: Free
RSVP: bill_lynn@verizon.net or slowfoodsarasota@hotmail.com
July 12
Locally Sourced Food Pot Luck
Slow Food Greater Olympia
Olympia , Washington
5:30 to 8:00 pm
Please join us at a Potluck of locally sourced foods and discussion led by Slow Food members Paula Rutan and Loretta Seppanen, "How can our Convivium support the continued availability of locally sourced foods?"
Price: Free
RSVP: By July 10th to Laurel.Lodge@comcast.net
July 20
SLOW FOOD Northern NJ 100 MILE DINNER
PLUCKEMIN INN, 359 Route 202/206 South & Pluckemin Way, Bedminster NJ 07921
1:00 to 3:00PM
Come enjoy a wonderful Sunday meal with Local Farm Food from a 100 mile radisu of Pluckemin. Please note that advanced payment is required.
100 MILE MENU
Amuse Bouche
Fresh pea soup with mint and basil from the garden
Second
Composition of local tomatoes, cheese, and green onions (Vegan options available)
Third
Barnegat scallops cerviche, Roman‚s honey & vinegar, shaved fennel & cucumber (Vegetarian, Vegan options available)
Fourth
Roasted Griggstown chicken, Mt olive potatoes, green house greens (Vegetarian, Vegan options available)
Fifth
Seasonal Dessert to be determined, maybe a cheese course or local fruit etc
RSVP: Mail your check for the dinner by July 10, 2008 payable to Slow Food NNJ to:
Pam Tonucci, 27 Field Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Price: $50 for slow food members, $55 for non-members More Info: slowfoodnnj@yahoo.com or www.slowfoodnnj.org
July 25 - 27
Forecastle Festival
Slow Food Bluegrass Louisville, KY
Time: Various
Slow Food Bluegrass members will sell food, with proceeds going towards funding local Terra Madre attendees. We're equal parts Music, Art, and Activism. A symposium for musicians, artists, and environmentalists.
Forecastle connects the progressive Midwest. Keynote speaker Robert Kennedy, Jr.
More Info: www.forcastlefest.com or www.slowfoodbluegrass.org
August 10-15
What's for Dinner - Food and Politics in the 21st Century Conference; with a workshop
Slow Food Buffalo
Chautauqua, NY
Various time throughout the week
From the 100-mile diet, five-star restaurants and peppy television chefs to giant agri-business, this week of workshops will add context to our understanding of how food is produced, biologically altered and distributed, the rise of organic agriculture and the simple joys of eating. Food - from the old family recipe to the culinary arts - consumes a central role in our lives and is our most intimate and direct connection to nature. It elicits both passion and guilt, it comforts and satisfies, it sustains the body and is a source of beauty and art. What we eat and how it arrives in our kitchens and restaurants is also influenced by political and economic decisions.
Price: varies
RSVP: 1-800-836-arts
More Info: www.ciweb.org or email the box office: boxoffice@ciweb.org
October 25
The Art & Craft of Dining
Slow Food Buffalo
East Aurora, NY
7pm
Chef Andrew Nuernberg and Dan Garvey from the historic Roycroft Inn is working with Slow Food Buffalo member Sandy Starks to create yet another spectacular Art & Craft of Dining© experience. This years theme will be Roycroft Arden Farms Reconnected. Dan Roelofs, great-grandson of Roycroft founder Elbert Hubbard, has recently returned to East Aurora to help his family and the farm. Arden Farms, located on Bilington Road, is the oldest certified organic farm in Erie County and Dan is working hard to plant a variety of organic and heritage vegetables and herbs that will be used this summer at area restaurants.
We have selected a variety of heritage organic seeds that will be planted in April - ready for for the Art & Craft of Dining© at the peak of freshness at the harvest time this fall. Once we see what mother nature decides to do with this planting we will announce the menu for this popular event. We are also looking at the various new sources out in our community to round out the menu. Of course, wines will be from New York State and Southern Ontario.
Price: $100
For
more information about these events call 718.260.8000
This list does not include hundreds of local events sponsored
by the almost 200 USA Convivia. For information on local events,
please contact individual convivia; contact information is
listed on the Local Convivia
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