~ Some of Our Past Events ~
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.