~ Some of Our Past Events ~
Spring Potluck and San Mateo EcoVillage Tour
Saturday, May 14, 2011
11:30 AM to mid-afternoon
San Mateo
Free
Given limited space, reservations required
San Mateo Ecovillage is located in San Mateo in two four unit apartment buildings on the waterfront between San Mateo and Foster City. We have extensive organic gardens and have planted about three dozen fruit trees and have grafted most of them with three to six varieties, and raise chickens and honey bees.....and sell honey and eggs. We will have a tour about 11:30 and set-up for a potluck about 12:30.
We have some extra dishes and tableware, but it would be useful if you brought your own place settings. We have quite a few chairs, but if you have one that is convenient to carry, bring it along. Depending on the size of the group and the weather, we will eat either on the dock or up in our "community" room. We have a community agreement to not have shared meals with anything higher on the food chain than fish, so please try to keep to vegetarian dishes, or fish. Bring jackets to sit out on the dock in case it remains cool.
If you would like to stay later and help in a garden project that would be great, starting at about 2:00. You might want to bring your garden gloves and your favorite hand tool.
Note that we are also looking for people to live here who want to share in creating a more sustainable lifestyle. You can read more about us on our website.
This is a great chance to meet your fellow chapter members. We'll spend part of the potluck talking about what is going on in the chapter and brainstorming about possible events for the next quarter and beyond. Some of our best ideas have been born at potlucks!
At the request of our hosts, please limit potluck dishes to vegetarian and fish dishes.
Please bring your own chair and place setting if you can.
South Bay Premiere of the Film:
Truck Farm
A whimsical film about urban agriculture
from the makers of King Corn
Friday, May 6, 2011
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
World Centric Community Space
2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto
$5 Donation Requested
No one turned away for lack of funds
Join Slow Food South Bay and World Centric at the World Centric Community Space in Palo Alto for the South Bay premier of the new film Truck Farm, a whimsical film about urban agriculture, by the makers of King Corn.
Slow Food South Bay member, chef, and co-founder and Chief Gastronomic Officer of Grubly, Tim West, will be in attendance to kick off his newest endeavor as the South Bay's very own Truck Farmer. He'll talk to us about the experience of becoming a Truck Farmer and we'll keep our fingers crossed that he has his truck by then, so that he can show it to us in its early stages.
To complete the evening, those who want to stay and discuss the Truck Farm concept - an entertaining way to promote sustainable food - can join in a group discussion. We'll plan to come up with a few similar ideas for promotion and see if we can put one or more of them into action.
Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets (and if not sold out, at the door).
This spring, join thousands of young people all across the country in planting seeds in the most creative, most quirky place you can think of! Why? Because it's fun and rewarding to grow your own fresh food - even if you don't have any land.
To e-mail, just enter a photo of you and your 'farm' to contest@truck-farm.com by June 1, 2011. Please include your name, age, school and title of your farm. Submissions will be accepted in Elementary, Middle and High School and Up categories so all ages can participate. A panel of celebrity judges, including Michael Pollan and Alice Waters will award prizes to the winning entries.
Introducing Moroccan Cooking
Tagine Cooking Class and Slow Dinner
Sunday, March 20, 2011
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Mountain View
(location will be send to ticket holders)
$60 Slow Food members
$75 non-members
Experience a taste of Morocco! Join us on March 20 to experience a taste of Morocco with our Tagine Cooking Class and dinner!
You'll learn how to use a tagine clay cooker to make, and then enjoy, a delicious dinner of classic dishes from local, organic farmers' market produce and spices imported from Morocco.
Our teacher, Chef Casablanca, is Katia Essyad, a native of Rabat, Morocco. Her inspiration comes from "her mother's cooking and from the women who raised her." Chef Casablanca learned from these women and she is passionate about Morocco's unique cuisine. She runs a cooking school and owns Casablanca Market in Mountain View.
In support of Slow Food and our chapter's work, Chef Casablanca is donating her time to teach the class in her own Moroccan kitchen. She is also providing ingredients for the class, such as spices imported from Morocco, preserved lemons, harissa, etc. Thanks to her generous donation of time and venue, the cost for our members and friends is $60 / $75 (Slow Food members / non-members) which will cover other provisions, preparation and cleanup costs and a donation to Slow Food South Bay.
Go to Brown Paper Tickets and order your tickets now! Seating is limited and will sell out!
Chef Casablanca Signature Menu
Moroccan Tagine of Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Olives
Chef Casablanca signature dish
Taktouka (Baked Green, Red, Yellow Peppers, Tomatoes with Moroccan spices)
Zaalook (Moroccan Eggplant Salad)
Chef Casablanca signature dish
Moroccan Orange Blossom Mint Tea
Madjool Dates and Candied Walnuts "Energy" Dessert
Note: If you prefer, you are welcome to bring your own wine.
California Small Farm Conference
Tasting Reception
Sunday, March 6, 2011
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
San Jose DoubleTree Hotel
2050 Gateway Place San Jose, CA [Map]
The 2011 California Small Farm Conference will be held in San Jose from the 6th to the 8th of March. To open the conference, on Sunday, March 6, the 2011 Tasting Reception, will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the San Jose DoubleTree Hotel. The Tasting Reception is open to the public.
The Tasting Reception showcases the rich culinary landscape of the Bay Area. This mouthwatering event features fine wines and exceptional micro-brews paired with seasonally driven culinary delicacies. A fun way to network with other locavores, farmers and food activists. Proceeds and donations benefit local farmers by providing scholarships to attend next year's California Small Farm Conference in Ventura.
Slow Food South Bay is a partner in the Tasting Reception, so you know the food will be sustainable as well as delicious. Tasting tables will feature a number of members and friends of the chapter. Food, which includes donations from more chapter members and friends, will be prepared by a group of volunteer Slow Food chefs.
You won't want to miss this tasty event. Tickets cost $35 and $75, with the higher priced tickets including a larger donation to the scholarship fund.
FYI - The conference itself consists of numerous workshops and talks oriented to the small farmer. Registration is for the entire event and costs $150.
TEDxManhattan Streaming Party
Changing the Way We Eat
Saturday, February 12, 2011
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM
World Centric Community Space
2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto, CA
On February 12, The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming will host TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat, a one-day TEDx event on sustainable food and farming. It will explore our food system -- from what happened, to where we are, to what we are doing to shift to a more sustainable way of eating and farming. In an effort to have as many people as possible participate, the event will be webcast live.
For those of you unfamiliar with TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), it is a small non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, using talks and performances. Thought leaders from around the world are invited to give presentations up to 18-minutes long that explore important topics to society. All of the talks are recorded and available in an archive at TED's web-site. Some memorable talks include, Dan Barber's How I Fell in Love With a Fish and Jamie Oliver's TED Prize Wish: Teach Every Child About Food. Check them out and get hooked.
Then plan to join us at World Centric on the 12th. The line-up is impressive, including Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, makers of King Corn, Brian Halweil of the Worldwatch Institute, Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA and many more. You can get the full list at the TEDxManhattan web-site. There is no schedule for individual speakers, but the event will be broken into sessions:
- 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM :: Session 1 - What Happened?
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM :: Break
- 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM :: Session 2 - Where are we?
- 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM :: Potluck Lunch Break
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM :: Session 3 - Where are we going?
Come for one session or stay all day. Those of us staying over lunch time will plan to share a potluck lunch together. Bring something simple, seasonal, local - something sustainable - to share with your neighbors.
[This event is brought to you by a number of partners: Collective Roots, Slow Food South Bay, Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley, and our host World Centric.]
Annual General Meeting
Celebrate, Educate, Advocate
Monday, January 24, 2011
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mountain View Community Center
Lower Social Hall
201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View
Join your fellow Slow Food members for an evening of food, business and celebration at our annual meeting January 24. Make your voice heard - current Slow Food South Bay chapter members will vote to ratify the new by-laws and to elect the new 2011 Board of Directors. You'll learn the results of our latest member survey. And you'll also hear about upcoming events and we hope you'll share your suggestions for future 2011 events.
Also on the evening's program: a photo review of Terra Madre, Slow Food's international conference in Turin, Italy. And with your help, we'll kick off development of our Slow Directory, incorporating your ideas into a new on-line resource of farms, restaurants and artisan producers who are working Slowly to provide healthy food here in the South Bay.
A Slow Food event wouldn't be complete without ... food. You'll hear from the folks at Harley Farms in Pescadero and taste their world-class artisan goat cheese paired with wines from Downhill Winery in Los Gatos. Join us and welcome the New Year with healthy food, delicious wine, chapter business and engaging conversation!
Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Collective Roots
Gravenstein Apple Tree Planting
Winter Potluck
Terra Madre Show and Tell
Monday, January 17, 2011
1286 Runnymede St, East Palo Alto
Slow Food South Bay and Collective Roots are planning a pair of special events for Martin Luther King Day and the National Day of Service.
From 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM join Collective Roots and Canopy in planting Gravenstein Apple Trees at various locations in East Palo Alto, including at the beautiful garden at the East Palo Alto Charter School. These trees are part of a donation of 350 fruit trees which will be planted across East Palo Alto over the next two years. Visit Collective Roots' MLK Day event page for more information. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Collective Roots' volunteer e-mail or call them at (650) 324-2769.
The Gravenstein Apple is listed on the Slow Food Ark of Taste, as well as having a Presidium Presidium in Sonoma County. These are very special trees.
From 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, we will celebrate the season. Those of you who haven't seen the charter school garden will have a chance to take a tour before the sun goes down. Then we will move inside for a seasonal potluck (be inspired by the Gravenstein apples! or bring your favorite winter dish), accompanied by photos and stories from the Slow Food South Bay and Collective Roots delegates to Terra Madre 2010, last October in Turin, Italy.
If it is raining that day, you will want to call Collective Roots to make sure that the planting is taking place. The potluck will happen regardless of weather. If the weather is nice, Collective Roots will fire up the outdoor oven in the garden (respond to this e-mail or call Collective Roots if this interests you).
Please note that as we will be on school property, no alcohol is allowed at the potluck. We'll have drinks available, such as coffee, tea and cider.
Neighborhood Harvest Network
Holiday Exchange
Saturday, December 11, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
World Centric Community Space
2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto
Join the Neighborhood Harvest Network partners, Acterra, Barron Park Green Team, Barron Park Garden Network, Barron Park Association, Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center, Palo Alto Community Gardens, Silicon Valley Action Network, Slow Food South Bay, Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley at our host World Centric for a Holiday Garden, Food, Cookie and Craft Exchange.The first local Garden Swap was held August 21 at Common Ground, with people coming together to share produce, chat and get to know one another. Four other events followed where home gardeners met for a free exchange of garden bounty. Here is one guest's rave review: "What a great event, like a free farmers' market - grapes and raspberries and oranges and two types of apples, sage and oregano and rosemary and thyme, sorrel and a plethora of tomatoes, seeds to save and plant, and some beautiful flowers. Thank you!" - Rani
These lively community events support home gardening and local food production. We have fun coming together to swap homegrown fruit, vegetables, eggs, herbs, honey, and flowers.
Saturday, December 11, we will expand the concept to exchange homemade holiday creations, as well as all great late fall produce, such as persimmons, lemons and oranges. Bring cookies and other sweets, crafts, decorations and greenery to exchange for the handmade goodies of your neighbors. Expecting that some of the cookies will be eaten on site, we will provide apple cider to quench your thirst.
Come for the food, come for the community. Hope to see you there.
Slow Gathering at McKinley Elementary School
Thursday, December 9, 2010
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
McKinley Elmentary School
651 Macredes Ave, San Jose
This event has changed a little bit since it was first announced. It is no longer a dinner. Instead it will be more of a mixer, introducing the McKinley Elementary School garden, Veggielution and Slow Food South Bay to the students, parents and teachers of the school. And everyone is invited. Come join us for an evening of conversation and good food.
At 5:30 we'll help the children plant a cover crop of beans in their raised beds. Yes, it will be dark and cool, but we have lights and it won't take too long to cover the beds.
By 6:00 we'll move inside for conversation and food. Teacher Shama Cameron will tell us about her plans for the school garden, how the non-profit that she and her friends have started, Living Better Lives, plans to work with the school district on garden and food education. Veggielution will talk about their farm, it's place in the community, and their intention to start an in-school program for garden education. And we will talk about Slow Food, our chapter, and about the local, seasonal food we are eating, and why we are eating it.
And we will have fresh, local, seasonal food to share. Some Slow Food members will spend part of the afternoon cooking with students and teachers in the neighboring community center. Other people will bring food from home. All of the food will reflect the bounty of our late season harvest in the South Bay. We'll have salsa from late season tomatoes, carrot dip, spinach balls, persimmons and more. This isn't a potluck, but if you feel inspired to bring a seasonal dish to share, you are more than welcome to do so. (Please, nothing with alcohol in it. We will be on school grounds.)
If you have any questions, or would like to join us at the community center before the event, send e-mail to our info e-mail account.
Kallari Chocolate Tasting
Monday, November 8, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ann Duwe's Home
Los Altos Hills
Slow Food members: $20; non-members: $25
Sensual Chocolate Tasting and Educational Presentation: Learn Regional Flavor Profiles from Cocoa Seedlings to Chocolate Bars
You can experience a flavorful journey into the world of gourmet dark chocolate in this blind tasting. This educational and sensual event helps you learn to distinguish chocolate notes, discern roasting techniques and recognize origins. You will experience gourmet chocolates from around the world during the session, meanwhile developing sensory control of the palate and texture identification. Learn from an experienced chocolatier about what contributes to the regional flavors of cocoa beans, the process involved in chocolate making, and the political implications of the world's third most important commodity.
Kallari Chocolate is the only world-class dark chocolate made by indigenous farmers who are 100% owners of their own chocolate bars. Human rights campaigns, environmental researchers, and discerning food critics have praised the Kallari line of organic gourmet bars for its merits. This chocolate has received accolades for a flavor profile that has a remarkable richness, without an astringent aftertaste. Kallari and other chocolate bars processed nearby the cocoa groves will be matched up against the top rated leading gourmet chocolates in a blind tasting to provide a challenge for even experienced chocoholics
Tickets at Brown Paper Tickets (no tickets at the door).
Neighborhood Harvest Network
Sunday, October 10, 2010
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Global Work Party
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Garden and Food Swap
Collective Roots
1785 Woodland Ave, East Palo Alto
Join Slow Food South Bay and partners Acterra, Barron Park Green Team, Barron Park Garden Network, Barron Park Association, Transition Palo Alto and Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center for another Garden and Food Swap.We're going to be at a different location this time, the new offices of Collective Roots in East Palo Alto. We know that notice is short, but the timing for this Swap is important: Collective Roots is holding a special event as part of 350.org's 10/10/10 Global Work Party and we thought that it would be an excellent idea to combine the two events.
From 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Collective Roots will be kicking off its new demonstration and community garden in the yard behind their offices. Work will be organizational and will include sheet mulching - donations of cardboard are welcome.
From 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, or so, we will hold the Garden and Food Swap in the parking area out front. Bring the excess produce of your garden, or your kitchen, bring seeds, bring recipes, bring ideas. Talk to your neighbors about possibilities for future Swaps.
We are hopeful to have some music again at this event - those who attended the Dig-In! Swap at Common Ground know how nice that was.
You don't have to work in the garden to swap or bring anything to swap to work in the garden. Come to garden, come to swap, come for both. Your choice, but don't miss it.
Food Literature Group
Twain's Feast with Author Andrew Beahrs
Monday, September 27, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Mountain View Community Center
201 S. Rengstorff, Mountain View
Slow Food South Bay's Food Literature Group has a special treat this quarter: we are going to be joined by author Andrew Beahrs to discuss his recent book Twain's Feast. The Food Literature Group would like to open this event to the members and friends of our chapter.
You won't have to have read Twain's Feast to enjoy the evening. Andy will read from the book, which will appeal to all Slow Food members, and tell us a little bit about writing it. Afterward we'll have a discussion with Q&A, leaving time for those who have read the book and those who haven't (and we won't give any secrets away).
It would be worth coming if that were the entire evening, but we're going to make it even more interesting. We're going to combine the reading with a seasonal potluck, including some dishes inspired by foods talked about in the book. And to finish the meal, Andy is going to bring maple syrup from the family in Connecticut described in the last chapter and lead us in a tasting.
A limited number of copies of Twain's Feast will be available for purchase at the event and there will be time to get them signed by Andy.
Please join us if you can. RSVP to our INFO account and include the dish that you will bring to the potluck so that we can try to keep balance in the meal (it doesn't have to be from the book, anything Slow and seasonal will do).
Dig In! Breaking Ground, Breaking Bread
Saturday, September 25, 2010
11:00 AM
Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center
559 College Ave, Palo Alto
Join Slow Food South Bay and partners
Acterra,
Barron Park Green Team, Barron Park Garden Network,
Barron Park Association
and
Transition Palo Alto
in the parking lot of our host
Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center
for a Garden and Food Swap as part of Slow Food USA's National Work Day - Dig In! Breaking Ground, Breaking Bread.
Backyard gardeners, home canners and other people who enjoy the Slowest of food, here is your opportunity to meet like-minded people in your community to exchange the excess produce of your garden, seeds, home-made products, recipes, ideas and more.
We will also have an heirloom tomato tasting - local organic heirloom tomatoes of numerous varieties. If you have a unique heirloom tomato, please bring it along to share and to tell us all about it's unique qualities.
And we'll have live music as well.
We intend this to be a regular event, to be scheduled according to the desires of the members and the produce of the season. As such, we are in the process of creating a database of people and their produce which will help us connect with each other on a regular basis.
Recognizing that a Garden and Food Swap is the most local of events - you neither should nor want to drive half way across the county to swap your excess apples for someone else's excess tomatoes - we intend to replicate this event at a number of other locations throughout our region as we can.
Come help us kick-off what should be a great project. Bring your tomatoes. Bring your grandmother's secret tomato sauce recipe. Bring your ideas. If you live in or near Palo Alto, you'll want to check this out, so that you can help organize it and plan to attend regularly. If you live elsewhere in the area, you'll want to check it out, so that you can help set up a swap in your neighborhood.
Slow Drinks - A Slow Food Mixer
Sunday, September 19, 2010
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Enoteca La Storia
416 N. Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos
Slow Food members: $12; non-members: $15
Join us at Enoteca La Storia on Sunday, September 19, for the launch of Slow Food South Bay's Slow Drinks - featuring 100% organic bites and hand-selected Italian wines.
Hosted by Slow Food South Bay members Mike Guerra and Joe Cannistraci at theirbeautiful new wine bar, our first Slow Food mixer offers you the opportunity to meet chapter leaders, learn about upcoming Slow Food events and visit with other members and friends in an atmosphere of conviviality.
Joe will create fresh, sustainable antipasti from family recipes using seasonal produce that's certified organic and sourced from local farms. The antipasti (detailed below) are included in the $12 member ticket price. To complement the food and conversation, Mike has chosen four classic Italian wines (also listed below) for only $6 a glass. And they've promised to tell the story of how the enoteca came to be, built from recycled and repurposed materials on the strong foundation of their shared Italian-American heritage.
You won't want to miss this truly Slow mixer! Tickets available soon at Brown Paper Tickets or at the door. See you there!
An Italian Locavore
Menu Sampler
Crostini Carmela
Slices of toasted ciabatta topped with chopped fennel and sauted in olive oil.
Crostini Mezza Giorno
Slices of roasted ciabatta topped with slow-cooked local beef in our house ragu of roma tomatoes, fresh Italian herbs, olive oil and garlic.
Roasted Red Pepper and Baked Garlic Panini
Red bell peppers, fire-roasted and marinated in olive oil, fresh basil and oregano with baked garlic on toasted ciabatta.
Baked Cauliflower Siciliano
Cauliflower baked in olive oil with breadcrumbs made with toasted ciabatta and fresh Italian herbs.
Arugula Salad
Arugula, red onion, fennel and heirloom tomato salad served with olive oil, a splash of lemon juice and Italian herbs.
(Joe's certified organic ingredients include: Sorella Paradiso extra virgin olive oil from Mill Valley; ciabatta from Whole Foods Bakery in San Francisco; garlic from Christopher Ranch in Gilroy; and cauliflower, arugula, red onion, red bell peppers, roma and heirloom tomatoes, fennel, peas, lemons, Italian herbs, basil and oregano from growers in Santa Cruz County).
Expect some fresh surprises as well!
Buona Vini Italiani
Our "Sparkler": Umberto Cesari Refolo Spumante Brut
Emilia-Romagna region, 50% Pignoletto/50% Chardonnay, sur-lees method.
Soft, with a delicate fruity bouquet, notes of lavender and yellow flowers, fine and persistent perlage (bubbles).
Fontana di Papa Bianco
Lazio (Roma) region. 100% Trebbiano Giallo.
Crisp and refreshing citrus notes, well-balanced with an attractive almond tone on the finish.
Fontana di Papa Rosso
Lazio (Roma) region, 100% Sangiovese.
Intense blackberry, ripe cherry and raspberry fruit aromas, supple and succulent, well-structured and balanced with a silky-smooth, enduring finish.
2008 Azzuro Primativo
Salento ("the heel of the boot") region. 100% head-trained, old-vine Primativo (genetically identical to Zinfandel.)
A balance of elegance and power with flavors of spice and white pepper, jammy black cherries, plums, blackberries, tar, truffles and espresso. Well-structured, warm and rich in the mouth with a creamy texture.
Terra Madre Fundraising Dinner at Donato Enoteca
"A Slow Journey through Italy"
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Silent Auction 6:00 PM / Seating 7:30 PM
Donato Enoteca
1041 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City
Join Slow Food South Bay and Donato Enoteca on Thursday, September 2, as we celebrate Terra Madre and the delightful food of Italy. This special dinner and fundraiser will benefit Collective Roots, an East Palo Alto nonprofit focused on garden-based learning and food systems change, on their journey to Italy as delegates to Terra Madre. Terra Madre - Slow Food's biennial conference for food producers, cooks, educators and students - brings together food communities from around the world to share innovative solutions for global sustainability in food.
Chef Donato Scotti takes you on a delicious tour with his unique pan-Italian cuisine - inspired by local, organic produce from Collective Roots, Happy Quail, Marchini and Iocopi Farms. His menu for this event includes Antipasti Organico, Ravioli Melanzani and Roast Veal Loin Peperonata. Donato Enoteca is Michelin Guide 2010 recommended and its wine list has received the prestigious Wine Spectator 2010 Award of Excellence.
The journey begins at 6:00PM with a silent auction of food and garden delights - wines and wine tours, garden instruction from Collective Roots, autographed books and more. Learn about Collective Roots' work to educate youth and adults in designing sustainable organic gardens and support "Good, Clean and Fair" food while enjoying an enchanting evening in Chef Donato's elegant private dining room.
Tickets are $76, with an optional $32 wine pairing specially chosen by Sommelier Eric Lecours from his award-winning list.
Call Donato Enoteca to reserve: (650) 701-1000. Don't wait! Tickets are limited and will sell out!
Il Menu
Chef Donato Scotti
Antipasti Organico
Heirloom tomato salad with mozzarella di bufala
Spicy fava beans "polpette"
Poached half moon bay calamari salad with ruchetta and butter beans
Ravioletti di Melanzane
House-made roasted rosa bianca eggplant, scamorza small ravioli
Vitello e Peperonata
Roasted veal loin with medley of herbs, traditional "peperonata"
Dolce di Pesche
Marinated sun crest peaches with crema pasticcera
Quarterly Potluck
Saturday, July 24, 2010
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lynne Smart and Paul Terrill's home
Mountain View
Summertime is here and it's a great time to move our quarterly potluck outdoors.
Lynne Smart and Paul Terrill will be our hosts for this event. They will barbecue chickens in their new Big Green Egg grill. Lynne says to come meet the Big Green Egg for the best BBQ you've ever tasted and watch an Egg Head in action.
Everyone else should bring starters, sides, drinks or desserts. We'll sit outside and enjoy the Northern California summer.
Please bring a lawn chair if you have one.
Please bring plate, cup and utensils too.
This is a great chance to meet fellow members of Slow Food South Bay and talk about what we are doing as a group and what you would like to be doing. We will spend some time talking about possible chapter activities for the rest of the year, including what is going on with Terra Madre, the upcoming National Volunteer Day and more. If you've had an idea, wanted to get involved or just find out more about what is going on Slow Food-wise in the South Bay, here is your chance.
Please RSVP to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
Grandmother's Workshop #2 - Salmon Papillotes
Sunday, June 27, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Chris Lawrence's home
Sunnyvale
Cook like your grandmother would.
Slow Food South Bay member Shari Rooney will be teaching our second Grandmother's Workshop: Salmon Papillotes (salmon steaks baked in foil). The technique of cooking en papillote, or in a foil pouch, seals in the juices of the ingredients, allowing the food to cook with less added oil or fat, which makes for a healthy dish and a particularly tasty one as well. Cooking en papillote works as well for vegetables, chicken or sausage as it does for fish, although it works particularly well with salmon.
Shari will be teaching another dish in the same class: Salade Verte aux Picodons Rotis (salad of greens with fried chevre). The special technique in preparing this salad is to pan fry the goat cheese until is is slightly melted inside, while remaining crisp on the outside.
Shari learned both of these dishes from French author and chef Lydie Marshall at her cooking school A La Bonne Cocotte in Provence.
This small class will be very hands on. If you don't know these techniques, you'll want to check it out.
$22.50 per person for Slow Food Members
$27.50 per person for non-members
Maximum participants: 10
Dine and Donate for Terra Madre
at Cafe Primavera at Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park
Saturday, June 26, 2010
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM: Lunch
75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park
DINE at Cafe Primavera - DONATE to Terra Madre
Your dining dollars will help Slow Food South Bay support travel expenses for our local delegates attending the Terra Madre Conference in Turin, Italy, Oct. 21-25, 2010.
Sponsored by Slow Food International every two years, the Terra Madre Conference brings together members of local food communities in 150 countries, including farmers, artisanal food producers, cooks, activists, educators and students from sustainable food systems. Delegates share knowledge and techniques, building a larger food chain network of sustainable best practices for good, clean and fair food for all.
Patio and indoor dining available. For reservations, call 650.321.8810
Print out and bring our coupon to your server and 15% of your bill will be donated to support local delegates attending Terra Madre.
Flavors of the Garden at Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park
Saturday, June 19, 2010
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Allied Arts Guild
75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park
Allied Arts Guild will be holding its Flavors of the Garden event on the grounds and in the old buildings of its campus in Menlo Park. The open-air marketplace, geared towards fresh, sustainable living, will include Wine Tasting, Gourmet Food, Local Produce & Herbs, Organic Clothing, Artists En Plein Air and Live Entertainment. This event will also be child friendly - if you have kids, don't miss "Story Time" by Kepler's Books at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00.
Slow Food South Bay will have an information table at the event, with activities especially geared toward children. Make sure not to miss this event, and please stop by our table to say hi.
Download the event poster here.
Friday Night Film Series - Films of Vision and Hope
6 Consecutive Fridays: May 14 - June 18, 2010
7:30 - 9:30 PM
World Centric
2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto
Slow Food South Bay is partnering with Acterra, Silicon Valley Action Network, Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley, and World Centric to host a series of films on sustainable food issues. On the first 5 Fridays, the partners will show a film highlighting a different aspect of food in our society. Each film will be followed by a short presentation and by a chance for discussion among the viewers. On the 6th Friday, everyone who is interested can come back together for more discussion over a 100-mile potluck.
- May 14 -
The Power of Community
- When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba couldn't export its sugar or import oil . This film shows how Cuba weathered the crisis. Powerful, insightful, and uplifting. Don't miss this one!
- May 21 -
King Corn
- A feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
- May 28 -
Two Angry Moms
- What's wrong with school lunches? Strategies for overcoming roadblocks and getting healthy, good tasting, real food into school cafeterias.
- June 4 -
Establishing a Food Forest
- How to establish and maintain a food forest, one of the main sustainable systems that will allow us to inhabit this planet indefinitely.
- June 11 -
In Transition
- How local communities, like ours, can respond to peak oil and global warming while building community and enjoying life.
- June 18 - 100-mile Potluck (Let's share food that's been grown within 100 miles!)
100% Grass-Fed Picnic
Saturday, May 22, 2010
1:30 - 10:00 PM
Paicines Ranch
Tres Pinos, CA
Slow Food, Paicines Ranch and Eating With the Seasons members: $45
Non-members: $55
Children 6 - 16 half price
Children under 6 free
You won't want to miss this! For more information click here.
County of Santa Clara Unity in Diversity Fair
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
James P. McEntee Sr. Plaza
70 W. Hedding St, San Jose
Slow Food South Bay will have an information table at the County of Santa Clara Unity in Diversity Fair. This is a great opportunity to talk about Slow Food and our chapter to 1000 county employees. If you are a county employee, please stop by. If you know someone who is a county employee, encourage them to stop by.
Enoteca 100 Primavera
Saturday, May 1, 2010
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Donato Enoteca
1041 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
650-701-1000
VIP Preview - $70
General Admission - $55
Early Bird General Admission - $50 (limited)
Slow Food South Bay is once again partnering with the restaurant Donato Enoteca in Redwood City for their wine and food event, Enoteca 100 Primavera, on Saturday, May 1. Those who went to last November's premier Enoteca 100 event reported a wonderful event, with good fine, good wine and good company.
Slow Food South Bay will again have a table at the event to introduce guests to Slow Food and in particular to the South Bay chapter.
If you are a wine connoisseur, you won't want to miss this event. As added enticement, all Slow Food members get a 10% discount on tickets - enter the code "slowfoodsouthbay" when you make your purchase. In addition Donato Enoteca will donate 10% of all Slow Food tickets purchase, and a portion of all other tickets, to Slow Food South Bay's fund for sending local representatives to next October's
Terra Madre
in Turin, Italy.
Buy your tickets: HERE.
Note: Caltrain Redwood City stop is across the street from the restaurant.
Activities Committee Potluck Dinner
Monday, April 26, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Chris Lawrence's House
Sunnyvale
It's time for our quarterly Activities Committee Potluck Dinner. This time we will be holding it at member Chris Lawrence's house. It will be tough to outshine the incredible meal that we ate at Chris Holt's house back in January, but Slow Food people are bound to be up to the challenge.
The meeting has an informal agenda. We will discuss events for the upcoming quarter and possible events beyond that. We are considering an event of some kind at Andy's Orchards some time in the summer, timed with the availability of Andy's Ark of Taste stone fruit. We are also looking for new ideas. If you have an event that you've been thinking about, bring your ideas and talk to your fellow members - you just might find some sympathetic people who will help you make it happen.
As this event is becoming very popular and is limited in size by the host's house, it will be open only to current chapter members. Perhaps this is the encouragement that past members were looking for to renew and friends were looking for to get them to join.
Please RSVP to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
Full Circle Farm - Earth Day Fest 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Full Circle Farm
1055 Dunford Way, Sunnyvale
Slow Food South Bay will have an information table at
Full Circle Farm's
Earth Day Fest 2010. This is a great opportunity to talk about Slow Food and our chapter to the people who attend the festival - attendance is expect to top 2000 people this year! - and to get out and enjoy a Northern California spring day at the farm.
Download the Full Circle Farm event
flyer.
Book Preview - The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball
Thursday, April 15, 2010
7:00 PM
POST Conference Room
222 High St., Palo Alto
City of San Jose Wellness Conference and Fair
Friday, April 9, 2010
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
City Hall Rotunda
200 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose
Slow Food South Bay will have an information table at the City of San Jose Wellness Conference and Fair. This is a great opportunity to talk about Slow Food and our chapter to some of the 3000 city employees, who will be given time off from work and encouraged to attend the fair. If you are a city employee, please stop by. If you know someone who is a city employee, encourage them to stop by.
Film: The First Millimeter: Healing the Earth
Monday, April 5, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
Slow Food South Bay is partnering again with the Los Altos Library for a showing of another important film about sustainable food. The film,
First Millimeter: Healing the Earth,
which has been shown on numerous PBS stations around the country, is a documentary about Holistic Management, a system of land management which aims to improve our farming and ranching processes and so to heal the earth. The title refers to the first millimeter of the earth, the top soil that is often lost to erosion, and which livestock, properly grazed, can help restore to health.
The film features ranchers and farmers managing holistically, explaining how grazing animals and working with nature can return land to health.
Also included are interviews with leading scientists, revealing the importance of healing land in the areas of soil health, ecosystem diversity and global climate change: Healing the Earth reveals the powerful role that healthy land plays in the fight against global warming. Healing the Earth is bringing the benefits of Holistic Management to a vast, new audience of ecologically minded, socially conscious individuals like you.
Slow Food South Bay member Sallie Calhoun, who is also on the board of the Holistic Management Institute, will be in attendance to present the film, take questions and lead a discussion after the film is over. Sallie, who is also co-owner of Paicines Ranch in San Benito County will be the host of our upcoming 100% Grass Fed Picnic on May 22. This is a great chance to get a preview of the ranch we'll be visiting next month.
Read a full synopsis of the film here.
Read a nice article about Sallie in The Pinnacle, Hollister and San Benito County's newspaper, here.
Sustainable Meat Tasting Extravaganza
Sunday, March 14, 2010
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Daniel Lilienstein's House
$35 Slow Food members / $40 non-members
Come join us for an education in sustainable meat, the only way that food should be taught: as a delicious meal.
Our host, Slow Food South Bay member Daniel Lilienstein, is collaborating with Marin Sun Farms to choose a selection of their meats, including beef, pork, lamb and goat. Marin Sun Farms raises only 100% grass-fed and pasture-raised livestock (read about their sustainable philosophy here ). Daniel will introduce us to each course, telling us about how the animal was raised and why we should be eating it.
Udo Prambs, Slow Food South Bay member and certified master chef, will be leading the cooking, assisted by a group of Slow Food volunteers in the kitchen. He has created a five course tasting menu, including:
- Barbecued pork belly with apple sauce and Brussels sprouts
- Goat chop on crispy quinoa with tamarind sauce and stewed leek
- Lamb shoulder stewed with dry apricots and lavender or thyme, and taboulleh
- Grilled chili rubbed Flank steak, potato pancake and hollandaise sauce
- Poached
beef shoulder clod
, golden beets, boiler onions, braised kale and fresh creamed horseradish
Local beers and wines to complement the meats will be served.
You won't want to miss this! Buy your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets soon.
How Do We Close the Food Gap?
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Glide Foundation / Glide Memorial
330 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA 94102
A panel discussion on the question:
- How to make good, clean & fair food accessible for everyone?
Moderator:
- Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap; Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty
Panelists:
- Ecology Center - Martin Bourque, Executive Director
- Food First/Oakland Food Policy Council - Annie Shattuck, Coordinator
- Glide - Bruce McKinney, Manager Free Meal Program
- People's Grocery - Nikki Henderson, Executive Director
- SF Food Bank - Paul Ash, Executive Director
- Slow Food USA - Josh Viertel, President
Program to close with audience Q&A.
Point Reyes Books will be selling Mark Winne's books
Slow Food South Bay is partnering with Real Food for Children and the Art Institute of California - Sunnyvale's Culinary Arts Program for their upcoming fundraiser.
Real Food for Children is run by SFSB member Rany Prambs, as a collaboration with the educational, culinary work book that she is writing for children and teachers. Real Food for Children's aim is to offer children opportunities to cook and eat Real food, in a world where they have all too few opportunities; where their parents are too busy, their schools are too strapped for cash and industry is more interested in making a buck than in properly feeding them. The children will have opportunities to visit local farms and farmers' markets, view documentary films about food and the food movement, and attend cooking and demonstration classes let by local professional chefs.
Silicon Valley Guest Chef Series
Fundraiser "Real Food for Children"
Saturday, March 6, 2010
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Art Institute of California - Sunnyvale
1120 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale
Silicon Valley Guest Chef Series:
Join us on Saturday, March 6th at 5:00pm for this fundraising event. The beneficiary will be "Real Food for Children," a new foundation dedicated to educating youths about food choices. This is the first in the new Silicon Valley Guest Chef Series.
The evening will begin with a screening of Fresh , Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
Among several main characters, Fresh features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of a 2008 MacArthur Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.
The evening progresses with a five course local, organic, and seasonal menu.
Participating chefs and organizations include:
- Executive Chef Alessandro Cartumini of Quattro restaurant, located in the Four Seasons hotel, East Palo Alto
- International Culinary School at the Art Institute of California - Sunnyvale
- Mission College Hospitality Program
- Slow Food South Bay chapter
Two tiers of tickets are available:
Movie and organic snacks only:
Now thru February 26th: $25.00
After February 26th: $35.00
The all inclusive package, including movie, snacks and 5 course dinner:
Now thru February 26th: $89.00
After February 26th: $95.00
Slow Food members: $79.00
Wines are from Frey Vineyard of Mendocino - Organic & GMO free wines
There will be no auctions or raffle tickets, simply enjoy your evening with us!
No one under 21 years old will be admitted.
Those remaining for dinner will be led in to the Aemono dining room of the Art Institute where you can also watch the chefs at work in the kitchen through the glass fronted wall of the dining room.
Buy your tickets HERE .
Download a copy of the event flyer and pass it on.
Slow Food South Bay Panel Discussion
Silicon Valley Reads
Saturday, February 27, 2010
2:00 PM
Rose Garden Library
1580 Naglee Avenue, San Jose
Slow Food South Bay will present a panel discussion based upon Silicon Valley Reads 2010 book choice In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Our topic will be "Getting to Know Your Food", exploring what Michael Pollan means by the words in his sub-title: "Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.", and how it relates to Slow Food's mission of Good, Clean and Fair food.
Our panel will consist of 4 speakers:
- Peter Ruddock (moderator) - Slow Food South Bay chapter president
- Pat Nichols -
organic gardener in Campbell
for 45 years (web-site)
- Laura Stec - chef, educator and co-author of
Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite out of Global Warming
- Mark A. Medeiros - co-founder of
Veggielution:
Urban Farming Project
Slow Food South Bay is kicking off it's Grandmother's Workshop series with a hands-on tamales class taught by member Ann Duwe.
Grandmother's Workshop #1 - Tamales
Friday, February 26, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Ann Duwe's House
Wild Mushroom Tamales. These are not your grandmother's tamales! Though we'll use traditional dried corn husks and finely ground corn flour, the addition of dry porcini mushrooms and exotic fresh ones makes them a fancy hors d'oeuvre. Bring a container and plan to take some home after our tasting at the end of the lesson.
$8 per person for Slow Food Members
$12 per person for non-members
Maximum participants: 12
Buy your ticket HERE.
CAFF: Farm to School Workshop
Saturday, February 6, 2010
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kennedy Commons Sustainable Building
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
CAFF, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, is holding a free workshop to introduce the public to their Farm to School Initiative.
- Come learn how to bring more local, fresh produce into school cafeterias and increase nutrition education in classrooms and school gardens. We'll eat a locally-grown lunch, learn about the basics of Farm to School and identify opportunities in Santa Clara County to connect schools with farms. Activities, lessons and resources that link nutrition, food and farming education to school gardens and the classroom will be highlighted.
- Agenda:
10:00 Introductions and CAFF overview
10:30 Farm to School how-to's
12:00 Farm-fresh Lunch
12:30 Conversation about school food in Santa Clara
1:30 Harvest of the Month tasting and raffle
2:00 Closing
Slow Food South Bay, along with a local Girl Scout troop, will be providing a light, healthy lunch. We will also set up an information table, including our Time for Lunch petitions, at least.
Please RSVP to CAFF (see their web-site) or to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
Activities Committee Meeting and Potluck
Monday, January 25, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Chris Holt's House
It's time again for our quarterly Activities Committee Meeting. This time we will be holding it as a potluck dinner at member Chris Holt's house. Pull out your best portable recipes (no soup please, that never seems to work well) and prepare to show off your sustainable skills.
The meeting has an informal agenda. We will discuss events for the upcoming quarter and possible events beyond that. Among the topics will be: Grandmother/Grandfather's Workshops, the first of which should happen soon; restaurant dinners: how often we have them, how they are handled, should they always have a Slow Food point; and a possible "signature" event for some time in the late spring or summer, perhaps a picnic showcasing local, sustainable meat, produce and wine. Beyond that, bring some ideas of your own - there will be time to discuss them too.
Please RSVP to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
Film: Two Angry Moms
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
As a continuing part of Slow Food's Time for Lunch campaign, Slow Food South Bay will show the film, Two Angry Moms, a documentary about two mothers who got fed up with the school lunches at their children's schools and decided to start a grass roots movement to do something about it. As the Moms state on their web-site:
- "Two Angry Moms shows not only on what is wrong with school food; it offers strategies for overcoming roadblocks and getting healthy, good tasting, real food into school cafeterias. The movie explores the roles the federal government, corporate interests, school administration and parents play in feeding our country's school kids."
We are linking our showing of the film to the Silicon Valley Reads program. The film is free and open to the public. After the film, Slow Food South Bay members who have worked on the Time for Lunch campaign will stick around for a discussion with the audience.
Slow Holiday Dinner
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
7:00 PM - ???
971 N. San Antonio Rd. Los Altos, CA 94022
Tis the Season to Eat Slowly.
Start your holiday season in a tasty way - join your fellow Slow Food South Bay members for an evening of delicious Mexican food, holiday cheer and good company at Estrellita Restaurant. Estrellita has been serving regional Mexican specialties in Los Altos since 1958. Expect seasonal dishes that you won't likely find elsewhere.
Felices fiestas!
Terra Madre Day Film: Mr. Bene Goes to Italy at Barefoot Coffee Roasters
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
7:00 PM
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara
As part of Barefoot Coffee Roasters month-long celebration of Terra Madre Day , Slow Food South Bay will host an encore presentation of the Slow Food Rio de Janeiro film: Mr Bene Goes to Italy , about a Brazilian manioc farmer's trip to Turin, Italy to attend Terra Madre 2006.
A portion of this month's proceeds at the Barefoot Coffee Roasters will be donated to Slow Food USA for use in the Time For Lunch campaign.
2nd Annual Chapter Business Meeting
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
POST Conference Room
222 High Street, Palo Alto
It's time for Slow Food South Bay's 2nd Annual Chapter Business Meeting. All current chapter members (Slow Food dues paid up with Slow Food USA, that is), are encouraged to join us for a review of the year just passed, and a discussion of possibilities for the year to come.
Agenda:
- Guest speaker - Laura Stec, Slow Food South Bay member and co-author of
Cool Cuisine: Taking the Bite Out of Global Warming
- Report on this year's activities.
- Financial report.
- Presentation of draft by-laws and discussion of new chapter board and elections.
- Possible Board election or selection of interim officers until elections are held.
- Open discussion of the year to come. All ideas welcome here.
We will plan to have some light refreshments before the meeting, and leave some time for people to chat before we get started.
Please RSVP to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
Special Event: Enoteca 100
Saturday, November 7, 2009
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Donato Enoteca
1041 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
650-701-1000
VIP Preview - $70
General Admission - $55
Early Bird General Admission - $50 (limited)
The Largest Italian Food & Wine Tasting Event on the
Peninsula & South Bay
Slow Food South Bay is partnering with the restaurant Donato Enoteca in Redwood City for their first ever Enoteca 100 wine and food event, on Saturday, November 7. This event will be similar to Slow Food San Francisco's Golden Glass in many ways - wineries and importers will be on hand to taste and talk about their wines, while good food will be available to pair with it.
Slow Food South Bay will have a table at the event to introduce guests to Slow Food and in particular to the South Bay chapter.
If you are a wine connoisseur, you won't want to miss this event. As added enticement, all Slow Food members get a 10% discount on tickets - enter the code "slow" when you make your purchase.
To purchase tickets, visit http://www.donatoenoteca.com
Note: Caltrain Redwood City stop is across the street from the restaurant.
Film: Eat at Bill's
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
POST Conference Room
222 High Street, Palo Alto
$5 Slow Food members / $7.50 non-members
Tickets available at the door, or buy them at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86639
Eat at Bill's is a documentary about the Monterey Market in Berkeley and it's owner Bill Fujimoto. Bill, and his brother Ken, run the family market that their father Tom founded in 1961 - if you have never been there it is quite an experience. Filmmaker Lisa Brenneis decided to capture the phenomenon of Monterey Market on film. She writes:
Eat at Bill's: Life in the Monterey Market is a video documentary about the phenomenon that is the Monterey Market, a family owned produce market in Berkeley, CA. The focus is on Bill Fujimoto, the market's owner. Bill's enthusiasm and experience fuel the enterprise and illuminate the Market's wide world of small growers and diverse customers.
The Monterey Market's single store supports many dozens of small (and formerly small) farms. Bill's determination to support the maximum number of small growers and his passion for connecting customers with the very best has attracted a small army of restaurant customers. Bay Area chefs know the Monterey Market's back room is the place to find the season's finest.
Farmers across California will tell you that Bill was their first retail customer and that his support was crucial to their success. I was inspired to make this movie because I'm one of those farmers.
Read Lisa Brenneis's article about her film for Edible East Bay.
Read reviews of the movie.
By-laws Committee Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
6:00 - 8:00
PACE Conference Room
1880 Pruneridge Ave, Santa Clara
Interested in helping Slow Food South Bay get better organized, broaden its mission, share more with its membership? Want to become more active within the chapter? Then come help us draft by-laws for the chapter.
We are forming a By-laws Committee, which is open to any current Slow Food South Bay member (Slow Food dues paid up with Slow Food USA, that is). We will meet at least twice - once before the Annual Business Meeting, and at least once afterward. Each meeting will be a potluck dinner meeting. We'll plan to chat and discuss things in general over a shared meal, then get down to the work of drafting by-laws.
We have two examples to work from - please feel free to look at either one, which are available on our web-site. We have a draft template from Slow Food USA and the constitution of the Slow Food Russian River chapter. We'll use these as models to build our own by-laws.
Please RSVP to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
3rd Activities Committee Meeting
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
6:30 - 7:30 (dinner)
7:30 - 8:30 (meeting)
Flaming Fresco
823 Hamilton St, Redwood City
Join us for our 3rd Activities Meeting at the Flaming Fresco restaurant in Redwood City. Enjoy good Mexican food with fellow Slow Food South Bay members. Then help us plan our events for the next few months. (It is possible to come just for the meeting, but please consider supporting the restaurant in some way.)
We will discuss possible events proposed for this quarter at the last Activities Meeting, including:
- Grass-fed beef and lamb tasting, probably in January (Daniel Lilienstein)
- Knife skills - how to cut up a chicken (Mary Petron Bottega)
- Wine and Food Pairing (Beth Pool)
Bring ideas for other events that you are interested in seeing our chapter hold. In particular, we will hope to follow up on the suggestion from the last Activities Meeting that we have more child-friendly events. And we will also talk about holding events that have some public outreach or advocacy, as the Time for Lunch Eat-In did.
School Garden Construction at McKinley Elementary
Sunday, October 18, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (construction)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM (potluck lunch and tour)
McKinley Elementary School
651 Macredes Ave, San Jose
Join Slow Food South Bay as we help teacher Erica Stanojevic build planter boxes for McKinley Elementary School 's new garden. We will be constructing four planter boxes from existing plans with already acquired materials on the school grounds. Bring gloves, hammer, electric (or other) screwdriver, plant clippers and shovel, if you have them, and lots of enthusiasm. No construction experience necessary - learn as we build.
Afterward we will move the short distance to Emma Prusch Park to join Veggielution for their weekly potluck lunch. Bring a dish to share. We will get a tour of Veggielution's Acre after we're done eating.
We think that we can complete this project in about 2 hours with a team of 8 people. Please RSVP to our info e-mail account if you're interested in participating.
Good Music & Eats
Sunday, October 11, 2009
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sonoma State University
Join Slow Food Sonoma State University and all Northern California Slow Food chapters at Good Eats & Music on October 11 on the Sonoma State University campus. The afternoon festival will feature a tasty local lunch, guest speakers including Slow Food USA President Josh Viertel, and great musical entertainment.
Purchase your tickets today at Brown Paper Tickets. Tickets are $38 or $25 for students. In order to get an event headcount and order lunch, please buy your ticket early!
The event lunch menu features chicken from Soul Food Farm in Vacaville, which was recently devastated by a fire. Thanks to a huge outpouring of support, owners Alexis and Eric Koefoed are currently re-building their farm - read their blog for details. Please attend this event and enjoy their delicious chicken!
Time For Lunch Goes on the Road
In order to draw more attention to the upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, Slow Food South Bay is going to have a table at South Bay farmers' markets over the next few weeks. We will have the time for lunch petition and platform, and letters for children to write (with veggie tattoos for those who do), as well as information about Slow Food and the South Bay chapter. If you haven't signed the petition, or you simply want to stop and say hello, please look for our table at the following farmers' markets:
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Downtown Palo Alto Farmers' Market
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Read all about Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign and sign the petition on-line.
Read all about Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign and sign the petition on-line.
Goan (Indian) Buffet Lunch
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
12:00 noon - ???
The Mynt Restaurant, San Jose
5210 Prospect Rd. San Jose, CA 95129
Chris Lawrence has arranged an introduction for us to the foods of his childhood home in Goa. Lunch will be a buffet for which the charge will be $15 per person. Beer and wine can be ordered separately for an additional charge.
Slow Food South Bay’s Time For Lunch Eat-In
Monday, September 7th, 2009 (Labor Day)
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Associated Students House, El Paseo de San Carlos, near 4th St
San Jose State University
Get all the details about Slow Food South Bay's Eat-In.
Download the flyer for Slow Food South Bay's Eat-In.
Read all about Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign.
Michael Wright's Childhood Home
The class will start at 4 and end by 7, which includes some time for socializing.
Directions to the Millers' home will be provided to attendees.
The maximum number of attendees (not including the Millers) is 14.
Pampas Restaurant - 529 Alma St, Palo Alto
The dinner will be approximately $45, with each person responsible for his own tab.
Slow Food South Bay Goes to the Oaxacan Kitchen
For more information on the restaurant, please see their web site http://theoaxacankitchen.com.
When: Sunday, March 29, 3-5 pm
Price: $15 Slow Food members, $25 nonmembers
To register: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57863
Food Tasting SIG - California Cheeses
Slow Food South Bay - Food Tasting SIG - California Cheeses
Price: $15 Slow Food members, $25 nonmembers
To register: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57848
Offices of the Peninsula Open Space Trust, 222 High St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Cost: $10 Slow Food members, $15 nonmembers. Only 50 viewers can be accommodated.
Tickets at Brown Paper Tickets Brown Paper Tickets event 26849
This fascinating documentary explores the intersection of food and politics in California over the last 30 years. The film illuminates the complex forces struggling to control California's agriculture and provides provocative commentary by a wide array of eloquent farmers, chefs, authors and scientists.
Meeting the film makers is a special treat since both of them have done distinguished documentary films.
Emiko Omori began her career as a filmmaker as camera/editor on KQED’s “Newsroom.” Her documentary memoir Rabbit in the Moon tells the story of her family’s confinement in a World War II American concentration camp. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and has won numerous awards, including a National Emmy for Outstanding Historical Program. With Jed Riffe she produced and directed Ripe for Change as part of a four-part PBS series, “California and the American Dream.” Other subjects she has filmed include 7,5000 Miles to Redemption,” which premiered at the Oregon State Penitentiary and The Technology of Orgasm, which premiered at Lincoln Center in New York in July 2007.
Jed Riffe’s survey of “healthy food” stores in the 1970s uncovered only 14 between San Diego and Seattle. Subsequently he turned to organic gardening, raising cattle and establishing food cooperatives. His first films were on American Indians, particularly the devastating toll that obesity, diabetes and alcoholism have taken on them. His best known film, Ishi ,the Last Yahi, enjoyed limited public success in theaters and was acquired for national broadcast by the PBS series “The American Experience.” Jed produced and co-wrote the opening episode, California’s Lost Tribes, for the PBS series “California and the American Dream.” Other award-winning documentaries he has produced include Who Owns the Past?, about the Indian struggle to control ancestral remains; Rosebud to Dallas, about relocation of American Indians; and Promise and Practice, about redlining of inner city neighborhoods.
Organic Biodynamic Sustainable Wine Tasting
Vino Locale, 431 Kipling St, Palo Alto
Net Proceeds and 10% of any bottle sales support Slow Food South Bay!
November Monthly Convivium Dinner
New Kapadokia, 2399 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA
This event will be on the 2nd Tuesday in November because the New Kapadokia is not open on Mondays.
First Annual Slow Food South Bay Picnic
Cuesta Park, Mountain View, CA
This event is also a fundraiser – all proceeds will go towards supporting Terra Madre.
The
first Monthly Convivium Dinner was held at Estrellita's Restaurant on
San Antonio Rd in Los Altos. The sixteen attendees appear to be having
a good time. The food was great and the company extraordinary.
The
event began at Craig Murray's The Farm with bruschetta, went on to the
Jensens' egg, milk, and honey farm for quiche and cheeses with honey,
and finished at Ann Duwe's home for smoked porkchops, ratatouille,
mashed potatoes, and dessert of lemon cream served in lemons.
Hiyo, Silver, slow down, and enjoy the food and wine! Slow Food Apollo Olive Oil Tasting and Class
Vino Locale, 431 Kipling Street, Palo Alto
Steven Dambeck, founder, grower and miller of Apollo Olive Oil ,
will offer a class on olive oil at Vino Locale. The class will include
tasting different European and Californian oils. Also, it will cover
olive oil history, what is a rectified oil and what is extra virgin and
finally, why it became such a main ingredient in modern cuisine.
The cost for the class is $10 per person. Class sized is limited so RSVP via email to Randy Robinson or call Call (650) 328-0450
Here is a little more information on Steven and Apollo Olive Oil.
After
living in Greece and Sicily for few years, and after receiving his
formal training as a miller in Les Baux, Provence, Steven came back to
the Foothills of the Sierra Nevada, in California, to develop organic
agriculture in the area and to make his own olive oil. He is a member
of the C.O.O.C. (California Olive Oil Council).
Apollo
Olive Oil stands apart from other producers of premium California olive
oil, not only because of the awards it so consistently wins, but also
because of its artisanal, hand-made processing. They hand pick from
their own groves of organically certified olive trees located in the
distinctive soil of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Within 24 hours the
olives are milled using a centuries old technique by their own Italian
granite press. The oil is then expertly blended under the guidance of
Edward Schulten, one of only 30 Americans approved to taste oil by the
California Olive Oil Council.
Please email Jen Upson with the names of people in your party to reserve your spot. Then send a check payable to Slow Food Silicon Valley to
Jen Upson
725 Crompton Rd.
Redwood City, CA 94061
I will email you directions to Tom's house.
French Cooking for the Home Chef
Additonal Class on November 18th
Learn
how to easily and quickly prepare both classic and modern French dishes
in a home kitchen. A new series of three, one-night classes starts
October 21st in Palo Alto, and continues on November 11th and 18th.
Each class presents a complete, three-course menu from start to
finish—from raw ingredients to service—the entire process is
demonstrated—nothing is prepared before the class begins.Each class costs $75, including food. All classes are taught in Peter’s kitchen in Palo Alto, California, and are limited to four students. For complete information go to à la carte class information.
Potluck Picnic at Mariquita Farms
Please join Slow Food Silicon Valley for a potluck picnic at Mariquita Farms. Come just for the picnic or pick tomatoes and basil at the farm between 10 and 3 PM. Kids are welcome.
Our hosts, Andy and Julia, will talk about farming in the Bay Area and how their CSA program works.
There will be a grill available for grilling freshly harvested tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants, and whatever else is ripe. Please bring a dish or beverage to share and the recipe. There will be no kitchen, oven or refrigerator.
Please bring plates, dinnerware, and a refillable container for beverages to reduce waste. Chairs or a blanket to sit on would also be a good idea.
Directions to the farm are available at http://mariquita.com
Please email Jen Upson if you are attending so we can get a rough idea of how many participants to expect. The picnic is free for members and Slow Food requests a $5 donation for non-members or expired members.
Cantor Museum Event
June 28, Way back in the past
Stanford University
Read about a big event held at the Cantor Museum some time in the early days of Slow Food Silicon Valley.
Event Description and Photos in Valley Scene.
Column by Brian Adams in Valley Scene.