Tortilla-Making and Lunch With the Diaz Sisters
2018-01-23 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Diaz Home, 26607 River Rd, Cloverdale
Instruction and practice, followed by lunch
Join the Diaz Sisters and learn to make flour tortillas. Margie Diaz Bourdon and Eliza Diaz Thompson will lead us in a morning session on the process, sprinkled with some stories and fun. Learn to make the dough, roll with the pipa and grill up light, delicious tortillas. You will never want to buy store-bought again!
Hands on, we will work together to make the dough and get a feel for rolling out the tortillas.
Lunch featuring the tortillas will be served, a meal including Chile Colorado with beans, rice and more.

$25 Slow Food members, $35 non-members
Space is limited, so RSVP now to hold your place at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com!
Get your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.
If you prefer, you may send a check made out to Slow Food SCN to Crapeau, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448.
We must receive your check no later than Saturday, January 20.

Slow Books: Discussion of Blood, Bones & Butter
2018-01-30 17:30
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Books discussion!
195 Westside Road, Healdsburg, Marisha Zeffer’s home
Please bring an appetizer and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
Slow Books are discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Our plan is to hold Slow Books on a regular basis, perhaps every 2-3 months. Meetings would be open to everyone with an interest in the current book, with books chosen by the group. Hosting will change for each meeting, and the host will lead the discussion.
These are our thoughts, but at our first meeting we want to hear how you would like Slow Books to be structured.
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
by Gabrielle Hamilton
Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton’s own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton’s idyllic past and her own future family—the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton’s story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion.

Stuff It! A Slow Sausage Workshop
2018-03-15 10:00
Workshop and Lunch
Sydney Sciaini and Marie Giacalone will share their recipes, techniques, and tips for making your own sausage. They will make two kinds of sausage: Italian and Sweet & Spicy Breakfast.
Marie and Sydney will begin with whole pork shoulder, and go through the process of grinding and seasoning the meat, stuffing it into casings, and/or making breakfast patties. When the sausages are finished, they will be the centerpiece of lunch.
Lunch Menu
Sausages
Gratin of onions and fennel
Coleslaw
Roasted potatoes
Frozen Meyer lemon mousse
We encourage you to bring a beverage of your choice.
Sydney Sciaini’s home, Cloverdale (address will be sent upon registration)
Registration
The cost for this event is $35 for Slow Food members and $45 for nonmembers. Space is limited and the meat must be ordered in advance, so to insure your spot at this event, your check and reservation are due no later than March 9th.
Register at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.
Make your check to SF Sonoma County North and mail c/o Crapeau, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448.

Slow Books: Discussion of "Insatiable"
2018-03-21 17:30 | Healdsburg
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Books discussion!
Lynda Guthrie’s home, Healdsburg (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited.
Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books are discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 2 months and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader will change for each meeting.
Insatiable: Tales From A Life of Delicious Excess by Gael Greene
A memoir based on the author’s life-long love affair with food, men, and wine traces her experimentation with the sensual nature of both food and sex before and throughout the course of her career as a restaurant critic for New York magazine, during which she met such culinary giants as Julia Child and Craig Claiborne, in an account complemented by some of the author’s favorite recipes.

Around the Slow Table, Cookbook Version: "Ad Hoc at Home"
2018-04-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Healdsburg
Do you like to try new recipes and share the results with a small group of friends? Do you enjoy discussing a dish’s ingredients and process of creating it? If you said YES, then join us for dinner based on recipes each guest prepares from Ad Hoc at Home, by Thomas Keller.
Debbi and Mark Crapeau’s home, Healdsburg. Address will be sent upon registration.
Limited to 10 people (including hosts).
This is how it works. Get a copy of Ad Hoc at Home and select a recipe that appeals to you. Make enough for 10 people to have a small amount (a recipe that serves 4-6 people should be sufficient).
Please also bring a beverage to share.
At dinner you’ll get to know each other and discuss your experiences preparing your dish. You may also nominate your own favorite cookbook for another Slow Table meal.
Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. After you receive confirmation from us, tell us what recipe you have chosen.
Thomas Keller shares family-style recipes that you can make any or every day. In the book every home cook has been waiting for, the revered Thomas Keller turns his imagination to the American comfort foods closest to his heart—flaky biscuits, chicken pot pies, New England clam bakes, and cherry pies so delicious and redolent of childhood that they give Proust’s madeleines a run for their money. In “Ad Hoc at Home”—a cookbook inspired by the menu of his casual restaurant Ad Hoc in Yountville—Keller showcases more than 200 recipes for family-style meals.

Tour of Gourmet Mushroom Farm/Mycopia
2018-04-19 10:00 | Gourmet Mushroom Farm/Mycopia, 2901 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join us for a tour of the fascinating Mycopia Mushroom farm.
Meet at 9:50 for a 10 am tour. We’ll be finished in time for a no-host lunch at Handline for those who wish to attend. (Handline is “a breezy eatery for sustainable seafood, pizza, sandwiches and other coastal Californian fare” at 935 Gravenstein Avenue, Sebastopol.)
There is no cost for the tour but we must know who is attending. Please register for the tour at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. Also please indicate if you will join us for lunch.
Gourmet Mushrooms, Inc. is committed to growing the finest quality specialty mushrooms using sustainable practices. We have been pioneer growers of fresh culinary mushrooms since 1977, when we were the first to commercially cultivate shiitake in the United States.
We grow more varieties of culinary and nutraceutical mushrooms than any other farm in the United States.
Our fresh mushroom division, Mycopia Mushrooms, has earned its reputation as the premier grower of top quality, flavorful forest mushrooms that are “no longer wild, but far from tame.” Our mushrooms are grown on oak-based substrate in reusable bottles. After the mushrooms are harvested, the spent substrate is recycled and turned into compost that is highly prized by local farmers and wineries. Our mushrooms have been certified organic and kosher since 2005.

Slow Dinner on the Farm
2018-05-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Bernier Family Farm, 1720 Canyon Road, Geyserville, CA, 95441, United States
Join us for a farm-to-table dinner under the trees on the Bernier family’s home farm. Meet some of our local farmers and enjoy a sumptuous meal created from local and sustainable ingredients!
YAEL AND PAUL BERNIER’S HOME, GEYSERVILLE
Come for appetizers, wine, a convivial sit-down dinner, and live music. Stay for stories from down on the farm: Rebecca Bozzelli (Lantern Farm, Cloverdale), Kelly Osman (Oz Family Farm, Valley Ford), and Joey Smith (Let’s Go Farm, Santa Rosa).
MENU
Appetizers
Spring garlics, radishes, paté, and marinated eggs
Entrée
Spring lettuces with roasted beets and goat cheese
Grilled Oz Family Farm rabbit served on farro
Medley of baby spring vegetables
Dessert
Strawberry shortcake with whipped cream and candied Meyer lemon rind
You don’t want to miss this lively evening, which will raise funds for grants to local farmers to improve their farming enterprises.
Tickets are $65 for Slow Food members, $75 non-members. Get your tickets here.

Slow Books: Discussion of The Last Chinese Chef
2018-05-16 17:30 | Windsor
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Book discussion of The Last Chinese Chef!
Violet Nelson’s home, Windsor (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 2 months and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader will change for each meeting.
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
This alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food. As in her previous novels, Mones’s captivating story also brings into focus a changing China—this time the hidden world of high culinary culture.

Kicking Bull Farms & Paine Farm Tour
2018-06-10 10:30 | Kicking Bull Farms, 24500 Ramal Road, Sonoma, CA, United States
We have a wonderful opportunity to tour two farms in the Carneros region of Sonoma/Marin.
This event is less than two weeks away and space is limited, so sign up now!!
We will meet at Kicking Bull Farms at 10:20 am for the 10:30 am tour. Parking will be by the large barn. After we’ve seen Kicking Bull, we will drive 1/2 mile to Paine Farm to continue our tour, followed by a picnic lunch.
Bring your own packed lunch, and we’ll enjoy an outdoor meal with friends at the on-site picnic tables.
Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com and send your check for $10 to SF-Sonoma County North, c/o Crapeau, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448.
Our tour will be led by grower William Henpenn. This is his third season on the farm, and he is looking forward to our Slow Food visit and sharing his experiences.
Henpenn follows organic practices and uses no hormones or antibiotics on either farm. Kicking Bull Farms provides farm-fresh produce (fruit, vegetables, olives), eggs, and honey.
Paine Farm, which has been in the hands of Henpenn for about a year and a half, was previously run for 30 years by Philip Paine; it produces heritage squab and pigs. Both farms count many top Bay Area restaurants (Quince, Nopa, Meadowood, Auberge du Soleil and Chez Panisse) among their regular customers. Henpenn comes from a chef background and works with local chefs to grow the food they desire.
Kicking Bull Farms
Paine Farm

Around the Slow Table: Cookbook Version-cancelled
2018-06-23 18:00 | Violet Nelsons home, Windsor
Around the Slow Table, Cookbook Version: John Ash “From the Earth to the Table”

Do you like to try new recipes and share the results with a small group of friends? Do you enjoy discussing a dish’s ingredients and process of creating it? If you said YES, then join us for dinner based on recipes each guest prepares from From the Earth to the Table, by John Ash.
This is how it works. Get a copy of From the Earth to the Table and select a recipe that appeals to you. Make enough for 8 people to have a small amount (a recipe that serves about 4 people should be sufficient). At dinner you’ll get to know each other and discuss your experiences preparing your dish. You may also nominate your own favorite cookbook for another Slow Table meal.
Limited to 8 people (including host)
Please also bring a beverage to share.
Address will be sent upon registration.
Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. After you receive confirmation from us, tell us what recipe you have chosen.

John Ash, From the Earth to the Table
A new revised and expanded edition of an old favorite. We all know that the process of getting food is to plant, raise, or catch it, then cook and eat it. But John Ash takes it a bit further. He concentrates primarily on serving what is in season now, what he can get fresh – especially fresh from his own garden or at least local.

Slow Food Summer Picnic at Gradek Family Farm
2018-07-07 16:00 - 19:30 | Gradek Ranch, 2323 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA, 95448, United States
It’s Time Again for the Annual Slow Food Summer Picnic at Gradek Family Farm!

Please join us for an old-fashioned summer picnic at Gradek Family Farm’s lake in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley.

We provide the meal and you bring either an appetizer or cookies from your favorite recipe!
MENU
Grilled organic chicken
Roasted corn on the cob
Bodega Red potato salad
Green salad with Ark of Taste beans
Costeaux bread
Please bring:
An appetizer or cookies from your favorite recipe,
A beverage,
Your place setting and glass, and
Your bathing suit (optional).
Tickets are $30 for Slow Food members, $40 for nonmembers. Children under 12 are free, and over 12 are $10.
Buy your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.
If you prefer to pay by check, please RSVP at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.comand send your check (made out to SF Sonoma County North) to D. Crapeau, 985 Lupine Circle, Healdsburg 95448. We must have your check by July 2.
Directions to the lake will be sent upon registration.

Slow Food Nations, Denver
2018-07-14 - 2018-07-16
A festival to taste and explore a
world of good, clean, and fair food for all!

Around the Slow Table: Cookbook Version
2018-08-15 18:00 | Cloverdale
Ruth Reichl, “My Kitchen Year”
Do you like to try new recipes and share the results with a small group of friends? Do you enjoy discussing a dish’s ingredients and process of creating it? If your answer is YES, then join us for dinner based on recipes each guest prepares from My Kitchen Year, by Ruth Reichl.
Please RSVP by August 9.
The location is Shelley and Sam Witten’s home in Cloverdale; their address will be sent upon registration.
For this dinner, Shelley has selected recipes from My Kitchen Year to create a menu. When you register, she will send you the list of recipes. Select which one you’d like to make and let Shelley know. Make enough for 12 people to have a small amount (a recipe that serves about 6 people should be sufficient).
At dinner you’ll get to know each other and discuss your experiences preparing your dish. You may also nominate your own favorite cookbook for another Slow Table meal.
Limited to 12 people (including hosts)
Please also bring a beverage to share.
Please RSVP by August 9 to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.

Bodega Red Potato Feast & Annual Chapter Meeting
2018-08-26 15:00
Please join us for our popular Bodega Red Potato Feast and Annual Chapter Meeting!
There is no cost for the afternoon, but please register with us for planning purposes at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.
This year we will gather at the table to enjoy numerous dishes featuring our beautiful Bodega Red potato. While we enjoy our meal, chapter leaders and guest speakers will update us on the past year for Sonoma County North.
Also present and eager to engage with us will be our Sonoma County Snail of Approval restaurant owners and School Garden Coordinators from our project schools.
There will also be time to mingle and get to know new members.
Please bring:
An appetizer or dessert to share, and
Your place setting.
We will provide the potato feast, wine, and glasses.
If you are not currently a member of Slow Food, you may join or renew at the meeting with cash or check ($60 individual; $100 family; $30 under 30).
Learn more here.

Slow Books: Discussion of "Climbing the Mango Trees"
2018-08-29 17:30 - 19:00
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Book discussion of Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India.
Shelley Witten’s home, Cloverdale (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 6 weeks and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader will change for each meeting.
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India by Madhur Jaffrey
The enchanting autobiography of the seven-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and acclaimed actress who taught America how to cook Indian food.
Whether climbing the mango trees in her grandparents’ orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint and tucked into freshly baked spiced pooris, Madhur Jaffrey has enjoyed a life marked by food. Today these childhood pleasures evoke for her the tastes and textures of growing up. Following Jaffrey from India to Britain, this memoir is both an enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to prompt memory, vividly bringing to life a lost time and place. Also included here are recipes for more than 30 delicious dishes from Jaffrey’s childhood.

National Heirloom Festival
2018-09-09

The National Heirloom Expo
2018-09-11 09:00 - 2018-09-13 21:00 | Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, 95404, United States
THE NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPOSITION
Come and walk the aisles at the “World’s Pure Food Fair!”, an event for pure food enthusiasts,
the national press, home growers across the country, farmers, school groups and the general
public. The Expo is now dubbed the “World’s Fair” of the heirloom industry! This is a “Fundraising”
event, and any funds above cost will be donated to school gardens and food programs.
This year’s event will again be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA, on
September 11, 12 and 13, 2018. Find out more at www.TheHeirloomExpo.com

Slow Books: Discussion of "Yes Chef: A Memoir"
2018-09-17 17:30 - 19:00
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Book discussion of Yes Chef: A Memoir!
Barbara Micallef’s home, Healdsburg (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 6 weeks and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader will change for each meeting.
Yes Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers
Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother’s house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations. At his Harlem restaurant, Red Rooster, Samuelsson has fulfilled his dream of creating a truly diverse, multiracial dining room—a place where presidents rub elbows with jazz musicians, aspiring artists, and bus drivers. It is a place where an orphan from Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, living in America, can feel at home.

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto
2018-09-20 - 2018-09-24
Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is the biggest international event dedicated to food. The 12th edition, organized in collaboration with the Region of Piedmont and City of Turin, will be held from September 20 to 24, 2018, in Turin, Italy.
#foodforchange

Scampagnata: A Picnic in the Countryside
2018-09-23 13:30 - 17:30 | Lake Sonoma Warm Springs Recreation Area, Poker Flat #2 Picnic Site
Scampagnata –a picnic or outing in the countryside–is a summer tradition in Italy. Please join us for the Sonoma County version of Scampagnata.
Pack your picnic basket with your place setting (plate, flatware, glass, napkin) and beverage, but leave the food at home! Together, the North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation (NBICF) and Slow Food Sonoma County North are providing a delicious country picnic.
MENU Crostini Appetizers Grilled Rosemary Chicken Green Salad
Pasta Salad with Roasted Vegetables Garlic Bread Apple Crisp
We’ll have cold water available. Please bring your favorite beverage.
Cost for this event is $30 for NBICF or Slow Food members, $35 for non-members, $10 for children under 12. Deadline for reservations is September 15.
To purchase tickets, send your check to NBICF, 64 Brookwood Avenue, Santa Rosa, 95404 or purchase tickets by credit card.
Don’t wait–there are only 75 tickets available!

Slow Books: Discussion of Jacques Pepin's "The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen"
2018-10-09 18:00 | Healdsburg
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Book discussion of The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen
Valerie Pallatroni’s home, Healdsburg (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com

What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 6 weeks and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader will change for each meeting.
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin
In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called “the best chef in America” tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award–winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation’s tastes in the bargain.
We see young Jacques as a homesick six-year-old boy in war-ravaged France, working on a farm in exchange for food, dodging bombs, and bearing witness as German soldiers capture his father, a fighter in the Resistance. Soon Jacques is caught up in the hurly-burly action of his mother’s café, where he proves a natural. He endures a literal trial by fire and works his way up the ladder in the feudal system of France’s most famous restaurant, finally becoming Charles de Gaulle’s personal chef, watching the world being refashioned from the other side of the kitchen door.
When he comes to America, Jacques immediately falls in with a small group of as-yet-unknown food lovers, including Craig Claiborne, James Beard, and Julia Child, whose adventures redefine American food.
“The Apprentice” is the poignant and sometimes funny tale of a boy’s coming of age. Beyond that, it is the story of America’s culinary awakening and the transformation of food from an afterthought to a national preoccupation.

CANCELLED-An Afternoon with Healdsburg Author, Lia Huber
2018-10-14 15:00
Please join us for a reading and discussion of Nourished: A Memoir of Food, Faith, and Enduring Love (with Recipes).
Lia Huber is a long-time Slow Food enthusiast and past board member of Sonoma County North. She enjoyed 5 minutes of fame when the Press Democrat featured her backyard Bodega Red potatoes during the time the board members were doing the first grow-out.
She has received acclaim for Nourished: A Memoir of Food, Faith, and Enduring Love (with Recipes). The New York Times calls Nourished, “[A] charming foodie’s travel memoir…[Huber] is endearing, engaging company and the reader roots for her success.”
It was a Buzzfeed Best Book of 2017: “Lia Huber’s Nourished is…deeply heartfelt, exploring her journey toward using food to nourish physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
Lia will read selections from Nourished, followed by a moderated Question and Answer discussion. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Our literary afternoon will include wine and hors d’oeuvres selected from the book’s recipes, including
Garlic-Lime Grilled Shrimp
Melted Summer Squash
Garlicky Swiss Chard Tartines
Grilled Prosciutto-Wrapped Stuffed Figs
Watermelon Agua Fresca
Tickets are $20 per person from Brown Paper Tickets. Space is limited.
The last date for buying tickets is October 8.
Nourished: A Memoir of Food, Faith, and Enduring Love (with Recipes)
A noted entrepreneur, food writer, and recipe developer serves up an evocative adventure story about her quest to find healing, meaning, and a place at the table.
Hunger comes to us in many forms, writes Lia Huber—we long to be satisfied not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. “Nourished” invites readers on Huber’s world-roaming search to find the necessary ingredients to nurture all three.
She begins her quest with an Anthony Bourdain moment in a Guatemalan village. From there, Huber takes readers to the Greek island of Corfu, where she learns the joys of simple food and the power of unconditional love; to a Costa Rican jungle house, where she finds hope and healing; and finally to California’s wine country, where she steps into the person she was meant to be and discovers her calling to nourish others.

Book Discussion: Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking Wine in California
2018-11-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Healdsburg
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Book discussion of Jonah Raskin’s Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking Wine in California
Joyce Ortega’s home, Healdsburg (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited.
Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 6 weeks and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader will change for each meeting.
Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking Wine in California by Jonah Raskin
Sooner or later, nearly everyone who cares about wine and food comes to Sonoma”—so begins this lively excursion to a spectacular region that has become known internationally as a locavore’s paradise. Part memoir, part vivid reportage, Field Days chronicles the renaissance in farming organically and eating locally that is unfolding in Northern California.
Jonah Raskin tells of the year he spent on Oak Hill Farm—working the fields, selling produce at farmers’ markets, and following it to restaurants. He also goes behind the scenes at Whole Foods. In this luminous account of his experiences, Raskin introduces a dynamic cast of characters—farmers, chefs, winemakers, farm workers, and environmentalists. They include such luminaries as Warren Weber at Star Route Farm, the oldest certified organic farm in Marin County; Bob Cannard, who has supplied Chez Panisse with vegetables for decades; Sharon Grossi, the owner of the largest organic farm in Sonoma; and Craig Stoll, the founder and executive chef at Delfina in San Francisco. Raskin also offers portraits of renowned historical figures, including Luther Burbank, Jack London, and M.F.K. Fisher.
Field Days is a heartfelt celebration of the farm-to-table movement and its cultural reverberations.

Mercatino di Natale
2018-12-01 11:00 - 17:00 | St Rose Parish Hall, 320 10th Street, Santa Rosa, 95401
2018 Mercatino Poster
Slow Food Sonoma County North will have a booth at the Mercatino di Natale

Slow Dinner on Terra Madre Day, 2018
2018-12-10 17:30 - 19:30
Please join us on Terra Madre Day for a cozy dinner to celebrate our Slow community and shared vision for the future!
We will gather in our candle-lit barn to celebrate good food, being together, and working toward common goals. Our meal will be prepared by our Leadership team and feature appetizers, a pork ragu on baked polenta, salad, and dessert. Wine will accompany the dinner.
Come see old friends and meet new ones, get to know your Board members, and let us know what you’d like to see in 2019. We especially welcome those of you who are new to our community!
$35.00 Slow Food members, $45.00 non-members
Space is limited–sign up now!
Get your tickets here!
If you prefer, you may send a check to SFSCN, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448. IF YOU ARE SENDING A CHECK, PLEASE REGISTER FIRST AT slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. We must have your check no later than December 7.
See you on December 10!
Terra Madre Day will be celebrated across the world on December 10. It is an opportunity for the global Slow Food network to enjoy local food and promote sustainable production and consumption to their communities and local decision makers. Thousands of actions in all corners of the world highlight our determination to defend our planet’s future and our philosophy of good, clean and fair food for all.

Slow Books: Discussion of Jose Andres's "We Fed An Island"
2019-01-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Cloverdale
Join us for a Slow Book discussion of We Fed An Island.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. Once we receive your registration, we will send you additional information and directions to the event.
What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 6 weeks and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader changes for each meeting.
*We Fed An Island by Jose Andres, with Richard Wolfe*
The true story of how a group of chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more.
Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. From serving sancocho with his friend José Enrique at Enrique’s ravaged restaurant in San Juan to eventually cooking 100,000 meals a day at more than a dozen kitchens across the island, Andrés and his team fed hundreds of thousands of people.
Based on Andrés’s insider’s take as well as on meetings, messages, and conversations he had while in Puerto Rico, “We Fed an Island” movingly describes how a network of community kitchens activated real change and tells an extraordinary story of hope in the face of disasters both natural and man-made, offering suggestions for how to address a crisis like this in the future.
Beyond that, a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to the Chef Relief Network of World Central Kitchen for efforts in Puerto Rico and beyond.

2nd Annual Snail of Approval Awards Ceremony
2019-02-06 17:30 - 19:00
Join Slow Food Russian River and Slow Food Sonoma County North as we honor our 2018 Snail of Approval restaurant awardees:
Patisserie Angelica – Sebastopol; Red Horse Pizza – Santa Rosa; Lowell’s – Sebastopol; Handline – Sebastopol; Trading Post – Cloverdale; SingleThread – Healdsburg; Mateo’s Cocina Latina – Healdsburg
We are excited to announce that we are also launching our Farm/Ranch Snail of Approval program and awarding our first Snails to:
Tierra Vegetables – Santa Rosa; Lantern Farm – Cloverdale
After the awards ceremony enjoy “Good, Clean and Fair” bites and pours.
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Snail of Approval recognizes these food-related providers in Sonoma County for making significant contributions to transform our food system to one that is, good, clean and fair.

Chinese Cooking Workshop
2019-03-12 10:00 - 13:00
Celebrate the Year of the Pig with a Chinese Cooking Class
Join us for a hands-on cooking class in which Chef Zeff will share her Chinatown cooking secrets. In honor of the Year of the Pig, all recipes will feature pork. The class will end with a convivial lunch.
Marisha Zeffer’s kitchen, 195 Westside Road, Healdsburg
Slow Food Members, $35; non-members, $45
You will learn to make
• Potstickers
• Wonton soup
• Steamed baby ribs in black bean sauce with steamed rice
• Do-it-yourself fortune cookies
We’ll chop, then stir fry or wok-steam our ingredients, create dipping sauces, and then enjoy our “bounty” in a shared lunch with appropriate beverages.
Please bring an apron, a Chinese cleaver (if you have one) or a sharp paring knife, and a cutting board.
This class is limited to 10 people. Please register at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. When we confirm your registration, mail your check made out to SFSCN to Crapeau, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448.
Your registration will not be complete until we receive your check!

Slow Books: "Coming to My Senses" (event full)
2019-03-26 17:30 | Healdsburg
Join us for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a Slow Book discussion of Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters.
Lisa Hunter’s home, Healdsburg (address will be sent upon registration)
Please bring an hors d’oeuvre and beverage to share.
There is no charge for this event, but space is limited. Please RSVP to Slow Food Sonoma County North

What Is Slow Books?
Slow Books is a series of discussions of food-related books written from a variety of perspectives–chef, critic, consumer, producer. Meetings are held every 6 weeks and are open to everyone with an interest in the current book. Books are chosen by the group. Hosting and discussion leader changes for each meeting
Coming to My Senses: The Making of A Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters
When Alice Waters opened the doors of her “little French restaurant” in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape—Alice least of all. Fueled in equal parts by naiveté and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, she turned her passion project into an iconic institution that redefined American cuisine for generations of chefs and food lovers.
In “Coming to My Senses,” Alice retraces the events that led her to 1517 Shattuck Avenue and the tumultuous times that emboldened her to find her own voice as a cook when the prevailing food culture was embracing convenience and uniformity.
Dotted with stories, recipes, photographs, and letters, “Coming to My Senses” is at once deeply personal and modestly understated, a quietly revealing look at one woman’s evolution from a rebellious yet impressionable follower to a respected activist who effects social and political change on a global level through the common bond of food. (Amazon)

Tastes & Tales of Terra Madre Dinner
2019-04-13 17:30 - 20:30 | Shone Farm, 7450 Steve Olson Lane , Forestville, 95436
It’s time for our bi-annual Tastes & Tales of Terra Madre dinner to celebrate Slow Food and our chapter’s delegates to Italy’s Terra Madre! Three delegates represented Sonoma County North: Kathy Matonak (chapter leader), Kelly Osman (Oz Family Farms), and Ellen Shick (food writer). Come join us as we hear Tales of their adventures and have Tastes that are inspired by this international food event.
Dinner will be prepared by Slow Food Snail of Approval chef/owners of Zazu restaurant+farm and Estero Café, with assistance from Backyard.

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>Assortment of Slow Appetizers
>Local Wines
>Deconstructed Salad of Mixed Greens and Smoked Fish, Samantha and Ryan Ramey, Estero Cafe
>Honey-Brined Pastured Chicken with Meyer Lemon Conserve, Duskie Estes and John Stewart, Zazu kitchen+farm; brined by Daniel Kedan, Backyard. Chicken from A4 Farm (co-owner Jessica Ascoop is recipient of the 2018-19 Local Farmer grant from Sonoma County North.)
>Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Aioli and Horseradish Gremolata, Ras-Al-Nanout Carrots, Duskie Estes and John Stewart, Zazu kitchen+farm.
>Polenta Cake with Meyer Lemon and Cream, Sonoma County North
Begin the evening savoring a selection of appetizers and enjoying local wine to the beat of classic jazz from the Blue Smoothies. Then peruse the treasures offered in a silent auction before sitting down for a three-course dinner.
This evening will raise funds to send our delegates to Terra Madre in 2020.
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4188806
Additional details will be coming soon about this fun & delicious event!!
Some Background About Terra Madre
Slow Food International holds a bi-annual gathering in Turin, Italy called Terra Madre Salone del Gusto. Seven-thousand delegates from 160 countries, over 800 exhibitors, 300 Slow Food Presidia, and 500 Terra Madre food communities took part in the event in 2018.
The theme of Terra Madre 2018 was Food for Change. Event participants were asked to reflect on their food choices: what production methods they support, what they cook, what they put in their shopping cart. Every day the food we choose brings up questions about our health, but also the environment, social justice, economics, politics and many greater issues.
