National Heirloom Festival
2018-09-09 | CA

The National Heirloom Expo
2018-09-11 09:00 - 2018-09-13 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 | CA
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 | CA
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 | CA
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 | CA
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 | CA
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.
Tickets
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 | CA
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.

MENU
>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.

Let's Do It Together! EmBrace Joy + Justice
2019-05-19 15:00 - 17:30 | CA
Slow Food Russian River & Sonoma County North invite you to an afternoon of fundraising–with plenty of food, drink, and fun!
Join us as we raise funds for Equity, Inclusion & Justice (EIJ) programs at Slow Food Nations coming up in Denver this summer. Included is a delicious appetizer party featuring selections from the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Local wine and beer will be available for purchase. Nonalcoholic drinks will be offered as well.

Tickets & EmBracelets
$20 General admission
$40 General admission with EmBracelet
Donate any amount directly to EmBrace Joy + Justice, even if you can’t attend
Did we mention fun?
Come enjoy the live music. We will also have speakers–a little education can be fun too! Mingle with “Slow Celebrities” and find out the latest slow food updates on Slow Food Nations and beyond. Have fun bidding on live auction experiences and we might even have a raffle!
Did we mention fundraiser?
By purchasing an EmBracelet for a $20 (or greater) donation, a primary fundraiser of this project, you proclaim your support of Joy + Justice in our foodsystem. They are handmade by artisans in the community surrounding the Mungere School in Tanzania. Mungere’s half-acre organic garden feeds up to 200 students two meals a day. Agricultural coursework built around the garden provides students with practical skills and work experience in sustainability.
So much fun in one afternoon, you won’t want to miss it. Bring your appetite and your wallet, and we will see you there.
Slow Food believes food shouldn’t just taste good, it should be good for the planet and for every person, plant, and animal that participates in our global food system. We fight for food justice and embrace the diversity and deliciousness that such a system provides. We can do it together!
EIJ fundraising is an effort of Slow Food USA.

Slow Books: Discussion of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential"
2019-05-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Healdsburg
Join us for a Slow Book discussion of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
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.
*Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain*
“Kitchen Confidential” reveals what Bourdain calls “twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine.”
Bourdain uses a “take-no-prisoners” attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable book, sure to delight gourmands and philistines alike. From Bourdain’s first oyster in the Gironde, to his lowly position as dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he witnesses for the first time the real delights of being a chef); from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, to drug dealers in the east village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain’s tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable.
“Kitchen Confidential” will make your mouth water while your belly aches with laughter. You’ll beg the chef for more, please. (Amazon)

Slow Books: Discussion of Daniel Stone's "The Food Explorer"
2019-06-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Windsor, CA
Join us for a Slow Book discussion of The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats,” by Daniel Stone.
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.
The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats, by Daniel Stone.
David Fairchild was a late-nineteenth-century botanist who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops such as avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes—and thousands more—to the American plate.
In the nineteenth century, American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater.
Kale from Croatia, mangoes from India, and hops from Bavaria. Peaches from China, avocados from Chile, and pomegranates from Malta. Fairchild’s finds weren’t just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of cotton that revolutionized an industry, and via Japan he introduced the cherry blossom tree, forever brightening America’s capital. Along the way, he was arrested, caught diseases, and bargained with island tribes. But his culinary ambition came during a formative era, and through him, America transformed into the most diverse food system ever created. (Amazon)

Slow Food Tour of Jackson Family Gardens
2019-06-25 10:00 - 12:30 | Kendall Jackson Gardens, 5007 Fulton Road, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403
Sonoma County North is delighted to invite you to a special tour of the gardens at Kendall Jackson Wine Estate with the Director of Culinary Gardens, Tucker Taylor.
We will meet at 9:50 am for a 10 am start. The tour will be about 1.5 hours, followed by a bring your own brown-bag lunch in the gardens.
There is no charge for the tour, but because space is limited, please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.
The Jackson Family Gardens offer seven distinct garden spaces. Some are educational in nature; some planted solely for beauty. Still others provide the fruit, vegetables and herbs that inspire the food & wine pairings created by our Culinary Team. A veritable cornucopia of beauty and flavor, the gardens are a core component of our commitment to food and wine education.
Kendall Jackson Gardens

Tucker Taylor is Jackson Family Wine’s Director of Culinary Gardens. His impressive resume includes the redesign of the culinary garden at The French Laundry and five years of growing specialty produce for Chef Thomas Keller’s restaurants before joining Jackson Family Wines.
His gardens provide produce for winery chefs Justin Wangler and Tracey Shepos Cenami and pastry chef Robert Nieto. This trio of talent also collaborated on their 2018 cookbook, Season, which was recently awarded Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
In addition, the garden grows produce for some of the best chefs in the Bay Area–all three 3-Michelin-star restaurants in San Francisco, as well as Single Thread in Healdsburg–and for those in need through the nonprofit Farm to Pantry, where Taylor serves on the board. (Slow Food Sonoma County North Newsletter, June 2019)

Annual Slow Food Summer Picnic
2019-07-13 16:30 - 19:30 | Gradek Ranch, 2323 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA, 95448, United States
The Annual Slow Food Summer Picnic at Gradek Family Farm is Coming!
Please join us for a summer picnic at the Gradek Family Farm lake in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley. Enjoy seeing old friends and meeting new members and neighbors, partake in delicious food prepared by the Sonoma County North Events team, and cool off in the beautiful lake.
We provide the meal and you bring either an appetizer or cookies from your favorite recipe!
MENU
Grilled hand-made pork sausage
Grilled onions and sweet peppers
Old-fashioned Potato Salad
Salad with local greens, vinaigrette dressing
Costeaux potato rolls
Please bring:
An APPETIZER if your last name begins with A-M
COOKIES if your last name begins with N-Z
A beverage
Your place setting and glass
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.
Directions to the lake will be sent upon registration.
There will be a raffle to raise funds for our chapter’s School Garden Project.
Tickets are $5 each–plan to buy lots of tickets to increase your chances of winning a local treasure–and invest in gardens for children to grow and eat Ark of Taste vegetables!

Slow Food Nations
2019-07-19 - 2019-07-21 | CA
Slow Food Nations is a major international food festival hosted in Denver, CO. This year, we explore Where Tradition Meets Innovation. Be part of the global Slow Food movement and connect with 25,000 farmers, foodies and families.
July 19, 2019: Leader Summit and Opening Party
July 20-21, 2019: Festival on Larimer Square in downtown Denver. We close down the streets and celebrate Slow Food with a Taste Marketplace, family pavilion, cooking demos, workshops, and lots of interactive food fun. Free entry with select ticketed events. Open to all!
Slow Food Nations

ABOUT SLOW FOOD
Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us. Since its beginnings, Slow Food has grown into a global movement involving millions of people in over 160 countries, working to ensure everyone has access to good, clean and fair food. There are over 150 chapters in the USA.

Slow Food Potluck Feast And Annual Chapter Meeting
2019-08-11 16:30 | CA
Please join us for a Slow Food-style potluck and annual chapter meeting!
There is no cost for the afternoon, but please sign up for planning purposes at Brown Paper Tickets.
This year we will gather at the table to savor a variety of delicious dishes prepared by everyone, and wine provided by Sonoma County North. While we enjoy our meal, chapter leaders and guest speakers will update us on the past rewarding year for Sonoma County North.
There will also be time to mingle and get to know new members.
Please bring:

An appetizer, main course, side dish, or dessert to share, and
Your place setting.
We will provide wine, waters, 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). You may also sign up online–specify CA-Sonoma County North as your chapter.
JOIN OR RENEW HERE

Slow Books: Discussion of Diana Abu-Jaber's "The Language of Baklava"
2019-08-12 17:30 - 19:00 | CA
Join us for a Slow Book discussion of The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber.
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.
The Language of Baklava, by Diana Abu-Jaber.
Diana Abu-Jaber’s vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together delicious food memories that illuminate the two cultures of her childhood—American and Jordanian. Here are stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian father and tales of Lake Ontario shish kabob cookouts and goat stew feasts under Bedouin tents in the desert. These sensuously evoked repasts, complete with recipes, paint a loving and complex portrait of Diana’s impractical, displaced immigrant father who, like many an immigrant before him, cooked to remember the place he came from and to pass that connection on to his children. The Language of Baklava irresistibly invites us to sit down at the table with Diana’s family, sharing unforgettable meals that turn out to be as much about “grace, difference, faith, love” as they are about food. (Amazon)

Slow Tapas In The Vineyard
2019-08-24 18:00 | CA
Come spend the evening under the redwoods and savor Sonoma County tapas, inspired by our local bounty. Enjoy the vineyard view, music, local wines, and perhaps a friendly game of bocce. This is a party you don’t want to miss!
Tickets are $60 per person. Please RSVP at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com and send a check to hold your place.
Your check should be written to Slow Food SCN and mailed to M. Crapeau, Treasurer, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448. Confirmation and directions to the event will be sent when we receive your check.
A special treat for the evening will be local singer Carlo Solivan. Carlo will regale us with a variety of traditional, swing, and oldie-goldie songs. His voice is divine and–with the combination of the setting, food, and music–you’ll think you’re in heaven!

National Heirloom Expo-Slow Food California Booth
2019-09-10 09:00 - 2019-09-12 21:00 | Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, 95404, United States
Visit us at the Slow Food California Booth
Show Info
Tickets are available at the gate on September 10, 11 & 12, 2019.
Gates are open 9 AM to 9 PM.
One Day Ticket $15 or Three Day Pass $30 (Purchased at the gate) and Children are Free!

Download a copy of our brochure here

Around the Slow Table, Cookbook Version (full, waitlist only)
2019-09-12 18:00 | Cloverdale
Around the Slow Table, 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.
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 September 6 to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.

Ruth Reichl, My Kitchen Year
My Kitchen Year follows the change of seasons as Ruth Reichl heals through the simple pleasures of cooking after the abrupt closing of Gourmet magazine. Each dish Reichl prepares for herself–and for her family and friends–represents a life’s passion for food: a blistering ma po tofu that shakes Reichl out of the blues; a decadent grilled cheese sandwich that accompanies a rare sighting in the woods around her home; a rhubarb sundae that signals the arrival of spring. Part cookbook, part personal narrative, part paean to the household gods, My Kitchen Year reveals Reichl’s most treasured recipes, to be shared over and over again with those we love. (Amazon)

Farm Tour: Lantern Farm
2019-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 | CA
Please join Rebecca Bozzelli for a tour of her Lantern Farm!
We will tour through the fields of veggies, fruit, and flowers and sample some produce in the fields. Flowers and produce will be available for purchase in the barn.
26209 River Road, Cloverdale
$10 per person. Get your ticket at Brown Paper Tickets
The tour will be followed by a no-host lunch at Trading Post Restaurant in town.
Please let us know if you are coming to lunch at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com (lunch is not included in the ticket price).
Both Lantern Farm & Trading Post have been awarded our Snail of Approval.
Lantern Farm is a mixed produce and flower production in Cloverdale and one of the first Snail of Approval farms in Sonoma County. While Rebecca was looking for land, her daughter suggested calling the farm Lantern Farm. This seemed like a fine name and the name Lantern Farm was born. A short while later, and conveniently just down the street, Rebecca and her family were looking at a potential farm site on River Road that used to be a prune orchard many years ago and has been fallow since. While inspecting the barn, two old lanterns were hanging on the back wall, a sure sign that this land was to be Lantern Farm. That was in winter of 2016. The lease was signed in April of that same year, and Lantern Farm has been growing ever since.

Holiday Food Traditions-Event Cancelled
2019-11-17 14:30 - 16:30 | CA
Event Cancelled

Slow Dinner on Terra Madre Day, 2019
2019-12-10 17:30 | CA
Please join us on Terra Madre Day, December 10, to celebrate Slow Food’s 30th Anniversary!
We will gather in our candle-lit barn to celebrate 30 years of Good, Clean, and Fair Food with Slow Food around the world.
Our meal will be prepared by our Leadership team and feature appetizers, roast pork, Bodega Red potatoes from our chapter garden, roasted vegetables and salad from Lantern Farm, and apple crumble.
Wine will accompany dinner, and Irish coffee will finish off the evening.
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!
$45.00 Slow Food members, $55.00 non-members
Tickets
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.
Space is limited–sign up now!
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.
This year, we also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Slow Food Manifesto in Paris. For a full history of these years, go to 30 Years of Slow Food, A Nice Italian Story.

Slow Books, From Scratch by Tembi Locke
2020-01-13 17:30 - 19:00 | CA
Event is full!
