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SUMMARY:Farm Tour:  Hog Island Oyster Farm
DESCRIPTION:Farm Tour: Hog Island Oyster Farm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special educational tour of Hog Island Oyster Farm! For those who are interested\, we will have a quick visit to Hog Island Saltworks after the main tour.\nWednesday\, August 21\, 10:30 am – noon\nHog Island Oyster Company\n20215 Shoreline Highway\, Marshall\, CA 94940\nTickets are $30 for Slow Food members and $40 for non-members.\nLunch is not provided but you may reserve a place at Tony’s Seafood\, 415-663-1107\, just down the road from our tour. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Story of Hog Island Oysters\nFew foods carry the flavor of “place” quite like an oyster. Tomales Bay has the cool\, clean water rich in plankton that oysters feed on to grow plump and sweet\, and the flavor of the bay is evident in every delicious mouthful. \nWe started out with the aim of cultivating the highest quality oysters possible\, and that is still the driving principle behind Hog Island. Good things grow slowly and that is what we have tried to do\, developing sustainable aquaculture techniques to produce superior shellfish that taste wonderful while building a community of like-minded people. We take great care in everything that we do\, from cultivating oysters through to the ways in which we work with our environment and finally how we present our product to you. \nVisit our farm in Marshall and learn all about oysters\, how we farm them\, the marine environment in which they grow\, and how to shuck an oyster. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSalt Is Another Product\nHarvesting salt the Hog Island way is hands-on from start to finish. We begin by feeding the mineral-rich water of Tomales Bay into a large evaporation tower lined with “salt sails\,” made from the same material we use to grow our oysters. Water drips down the sails and recirculates back to the top with the help of solar-powered pumps. Then\, we let the wind and sun work their magic to evaporate the sea water into a high salinity brine. \nNext\, the saturated brine gets brought into the salt house\, where Jeff gently heats it over a wood-fired brick oven. As the salt emerges from the brine\, Jeff carefully extracts the harvest to give it a unique\, fluffy texture and rich mineral content. \nThe distinct mineral makeup of Tomales Bay’s water gives our salt a high concentration of essential minerals\, like magnesium\, potassium\, iodine and more. With a deep umami flavor profile that’s uniquely West Marin\, Hog Island Saltworks adds the perfect finishing touch to any dish. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ninformation coming soon!
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/hog-island-oyster-tour-marshall/
LOCATION:Hog Island Oyster Co.\, Marshall\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Slow Books: Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods\, by Sarah Lohman
DESCRIPTION:Slow Books is an ongoing activity of our chapter. The group meets every 6 weeks to discuss a food-related book and enjoy a potluck dinner based on the book. We meet in people’s homes which can usually only accommodate up to 8 people. For this reason\, we are usually unable to invite others than our core group of participants. \nBut we’re learning a lot from the books we’ve read\, and thought you might want to enjoy the books as well. We will therefore let you know what we’re reading each meeting through the newsletter and our website. \nAugust Selection\nEndangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods\, by Sarah Lohman\nIn Endangered Eating\, culinary historian Sarah Lohman draws inspiration from the Ark of Taste\, a list compiled by Slow Food International that catalogues important regional foods. Lohman travels the country learning about the distinct ingredients at risk of being lost. Readers follow Lohman to Hawaii\, as she walks alongside farmers to learn the stories behind heirloom sugarcane. In the Navajo Nation\, she assists in the traditional butchering of a Navajo Churro ram. Lohman heads to the Upper Midwest\, to harvest wild rice; to the Pacific Northwest\, to spend a day wild salmon reefnet fishing; to the Gulf Coast\, to devour gumbo made thick and green with filé powder; and to the Lowcountry of South Carolina\, to taste America’s oldest peanut—long thought to be extinct. Lohman learns from those who love these rare ingredients: shepherds\, fishers\, and farmers; scientists\, historians\, and activists. And she tries her hand at raising these crops and preparing these dishes. Each chapter includes two recipes\, so readers can be a part of saving these ingredients by purchasing and preparing them. \n  \nAnimated by stories yet grounded in historical research\, Endangered Eating gives readers the tools to support community food organizations and producers that work to preserve local culinary traditions and rare\, cherished foods—before it’s too late. (Amazon)
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-endangered-eating-americas-vanishing-foods-by-sarah-lohman/
CATEGORIES:Books,Food
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SUMMARY:Annual Summer Picnic at the Lake
DESCRIPTION:Like\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC AT THE LAKE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us at our Annual Summer Picnic at the Gradek Ranch lake in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley!\nSATURDAY\, JULY 27\, 4-7 pm\n2323 West Dry Creek Road\nHealdsburg\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMENU\nSelection of Sonoma County Breads and Spreads\nGrilled Tuscan Ribs\nBodega Red Potato Salad\nKale and Wheat Berry Salad\nIce Cream and Shortbread\nPLEASE BRING YOUR PLACE SETTING\, GLASS\, AND A BEVERAGE!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are $45 for Slow Food members\, $55 for nonmembers. Children under 12 are free.\nDirections will be sent upon registration. \nWant to swim or dunk in the lake? Bring your bathing suit! There is a cabin for changing.\nNot sure if your membership is current? Email us at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Your Tickets Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n100-Mile Dinner Tickets\nSome of you have experienced our delicious 100-Mile Dinners\, in which every ingredient of the meal is sourced from within 100 miles. At the picnic\, you may purchase a seat at our next dinner\, on September 7.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/annual-summer-picnic-at-the-lake/
LOCATION:Gradek Ranch\, 2323 West Dry Creek Road\, Healdsburg\, CA\, 95448\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Food,Picnic
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SUMMARY:Slow Books: How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
DESCRIPTION:Although the Slow Books meet-up is currently full\, you can join us in reading this month’s selection. \nWritten to inspire courage in those daunted by wartime shortages\, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty\, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table. \nM. F. K. Fisher knew that the last thing hungry people needed were hints on cutting back and making do. Instead\, she gives her readers license to dream\, to experiment\, to construct adventurous and delicious meals as a bulwark against a dreary\, meager present. Her fine prose provides reason in itself to draw our chairs close to the hearth; we can still enjoy her company and her exhortations to celebrate life by eating well. \n 
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-how-to-cook-a-wolf-by-m-f-k-fisher/
CATEGORIES:Books,Food
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240615T130000
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SUMMARY:The Mendocino Grain Project and Ridgewood Ranch Farm Tour
DESCRIPTION:Farm Tour: The Mendocino Grain Project and Ridgewood Ranch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for a tour of the Mendocino Grain Project in Ukiah followed by a tour and picnic lunch at Ridgewood Ranch.\nSaturday\, June 15\, 10 am\n3541 N. State Street\, Ukiah\nThe tour is limited to 15 people. Tickets are $20 for Slow Food members and $30 for non-members.\nProceeds will be shared equally by the Mendocino Grain Project and the chapter’s Local Farmer project.\nRidgewood Ranch is about 20 minutes north of Ukiah. You may choose to leave after our tour\, or continue north to visit the Ranch and have a brown-bag lunch. Carpool options will be sent upon registration confirmation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Britten is the owner of the Mendocino Grain Project in central Mendocino County. She grows primarily wheat and rye on 34 acres in Redwood Valley. She took over the business in 2020 from Doug Mosel who started it in 2009. \n“We’re right on the Russian River\, and we don’t use any fertilizer other than compost and cover crops. We use a low-tillage system\, which means minimizing the disturbance to the soil. It’s part of my farming values\, but it also feels like a responsibility to my community. Local farming creates a really beautiful loop of accountability and understanding.” (Alta Magazine) \nRachel processes her grain for sale\, and also partners with other farmers to process their grains post-harvest: quinoa\, rolled oats\, heirloom beans\, and Einkorn. A percentage of the grain stays with the Grain Project for sale and the remainder goes back to the farmers. \nRachel lives on a ranch made famous as the retirement home of champion race horse Sea Biscuit. Ridgewood Ranch is north of Ukiah\, and we will have a chance to tour the ranch and have a brown-bag lunch after our visit to the grain milling facility in Ukiah. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/the-mendocino-grain-project-and-ridgewood-ranch-farm-tour/
LOCATION:Mendocino Grain Project\, 3541 N. State Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farm,Food
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SUMMARY:Farm Tour: Seven Moons Farm\, Sonoma
DESCRIPTION:Farm Tour: Seven Moons Farm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re invited to a tour of Seven Moons Farm in Sonoma’s Valley of the Moon\nWednesday\, May 15\, 10-11:30 am\nTickets are $20 for Slow Food members and $25 for non-members.\nProceeds from this event will be shared equally by Seven Moons Farm and Sonoma County North’s Local Farmer Grant.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nRebecca Bozzelli \n\n\n\n\n\nOur tour will take approximately 1.5 hours\, led by Seven Moons’ owner\, Rebecca Bozzelli. There are two nearby restaurants that buy produce from the farm (Swim Club and El Molino) if you want to have lunch after the tour. \nDirections to the farm will be sent upon registration. \nSeven Moons is a small two-family farm in Sonoma Valley. It is a diverse landscape of fruit trees\, perennial herbs\, berries\, flowers\, native habitat\, and fields for row crops. “We pride ourselves on growing the highest quality produce for local restaurants\, farm boxes and the farmers market by focusing on sustainable and regenerative farming practices.” \nVisit them on Saturday mornings at the Santa Rosa Original Farmers Market at The Luther Burbank Center. \nSeven Moons Farm is a Snail of Approval in Sonoma County awardee\, and grows Ark of Taste products. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n©2024 Slow Food Sonoma County North | P.O. Box 1494 | Healdsburg CA | 95448
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/farm-tour-seven-moons-farm-sonoma/
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SUMMARY:Slow Books: The World Central Kitchen Cookbook by Jose Andres
DESCRIPTION:Although the Slow Books meet-up is currently full\, you can join us in reading this month’s selection. \n \n 
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-the-world-central-kitchen-cookbook-by-jose-andres/
CATEGORIES:Books,Food
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SUMMARY:Slow Books: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
DESCRIPTION:  \nAlthough the Slow Books meet-up is currently full\, you can join us in reading this month’s selection.\n\nFrom award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. \nStanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table\, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them.​ \nTaste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life\, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester\, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad\, five-star meals and burned dishes\, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last. \nWritten with Stanley’s signature wry humor\, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford\, Gabrielle Hamilton\, and Ruth Reichl – and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal. (Amazon)
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-taste-my-life-through-food-by-stanley-tucci/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240327T120000
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SUMMARY:Slow Wine
DESCRIPTION:Slow Wine\nCity View at the Metreon\, San Francisco\n(Slow Food Sonoma County North and East Bay will have a table)
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-wine/
LOCATION:City View at the Metreon\, 135 4th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Day at Redwood Empire Food Bank
DESCRIPTION:More information coming soon.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/volunteer-day-at-redwood-empire-food-bank/
LOCATION:Redwood Empire Food Bank\, 3990 Brickway Boulevard\, Santa Rosa\, CA
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SUMMARY:Slow Food Tortilla-Making Class and Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Tortilla-Making and Lunch With the Diaz Sisters\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 9\, 10:00 am\n26607 River Road\, Cloverdale\nInstruction and practice\, followed by lunch \nJoin 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 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! \nHands-on\, we will work together to make the dough and get a feel for rolling out the tortillas. \nAfter our work is done\, we will sit down to lunch\, enjoying a meal with our warm tortillas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$35 Slow Food members\, $45 non-members \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe word “tortilla” originally comes from the Spanish word torta\, which means “round cake.” When Spanish explorers discovered an unleavened flatbread made by the Aztecs\, they called it tortilla (little torta). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n©2024 Slow Food Sonoma County North | P.O. Box 1494 | Healdsburg CA | 95448
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-food-tortilla-making-class-and-lunch/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240228T173000
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UID:7432-1709141400-1709148600@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:6th Annual Snail of Approval Awards
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate our 2023 Snail of Approval Awardees! We will honor 12 local restaurants\, farms\, and artisan producers at the 6th Annual Snail of Approval Awards ceremony at the Sebastopol Grange. \nMeet our community of honorees and enjoy their tastes and displays\, while learning about local food businesses. They will be joining a growing group of local Sonoma County food purveyors and hundreds of awardees from across the country. \nGet your tickets now! \n2023 Snail of Approval Awardees:\n\nAmericana Sebastopol\, Sebastopol\n[the bejkr]\, Sonoma\nBricoleur Vineyards Culinary Garden\, Windsor\nFourteen Magpies Handmade Jams & Preserves\, Santa Rosa\nGoguette Bread\, Santa Rosa\nPsychic Pie\, Sebastopol\nSarmentine Artisan Boulanger\, Santa Rosa\nSingleThread Farm\, Healdsburg\nThe Spinster Sisters\, Santa Rosa\nCulinary Farm at St Francis Winery & Vineyards\, Santa Rosa\nWise Acre Farm\, Windsor\nVolo Chocolate\, Windsor\n\nLight bites and beverages will be served. \nSnail of Approval is a recognition given to food businesses that pursue and practice Slow Food values of good\, clean and fair food for all. As a locally run but internationally recognized program\, Snail of Approval is a powerful recognition. Slow Food in Sonoma County is a joint project of two local Slow Food chapters\, Sonoma County North and Russian River\, run in partnership with Slow Food USA. \nSlow Food USA’s Snail of Approval directory is a national interactive Snail of Approval map that allows users to find businesses across the US that are embracing the Slow Food values.\nVisit the Sonoma County map for a full list of local Snail of Approval awardees.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/6th-annual-snail-of-approval-awards-2/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Grange\, 6000 Sebastopol Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards,Food
ORGANIZER;CN="Snail of Approval-Slow Food in Sonoma County":MAILTO:snailofapprovalsc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240219T180000
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SUMMARY:Slow Books: The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger\, Hotter\, Smarter World
DESCRIPTION:Although the Slow Books meet-up is currently full\, you can join us in reading this month’s selection. \nThe Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger\, Hotter\, Smarter World by Amanda Little \nIn the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution\, an environmental journalist and professor asks the question: Is the future of food looking bleak – or better than ever? \nClimate models show that global crop production will decline every decade for the rest of this century due to drought\, heat\, and flooding. Water supplies are in jeopardy. Meanwhile\, the world’s population is expected to grow another 30 percent by midcentury. So how\, really\, will we feed nine billion people sustainably in the coming decades? \nAmanda Little\, a professor at Vanderbilt University and an award-winning journalist\, spent three years traveling through a dozen countries and as many US states in search of answers to this question.Through her interviews and adventures with farmers\, scientists\, activists\, and engineers\, Little tells the fascinating story of human innovation and explores new and old approaches to food production while charting the growth of a movement that could redefine sustainable food on a grand scale. \nThroughout her journey\, Little finds and shares a deeper understanding of the threats of climate change and encounters a sense of awe and optimism about the lessons of our past and the scope of human ingenuity. (Amazon)
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-the-fate-of-food-what-well-eat-in-a-bigger-hotter-smarter-world/
CATEGORIES:Books,Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231210T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20231114T202301Z
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UID:6876-1702229400-1702240200@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Celebrate Terra Madre Day With Us
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Terra Madre Day With Us!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for dinner on Terra Madre Day\nSunday\, December 10\, 5:30 pm.\nThis year we are observing Terra Madre Day with dinner at Idlewild Tasting Room\, 132 Plaza Street\, Healdsburg \n(street parking) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMENU\nSelection of Appetizers\nTuscan Kale Salad\nBoeuf Bourguignon with Mashed Potatoes (a vegetarian option will be offered)\nBread & Butter\nApple bars\nIdlewild wines are included\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the Slow Food tradition\, please bring your own (non-disposable) plate + silverware + napkin to help reduce waste and clean-up time. Wine glasses will be provided. No outside wine\, please. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpace is limited–reserve your place now!\nTickets are $60 for Slow Food members\, $75 for non-members. Sales will close on December 6\, 2023. \nSee you on December 10!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReserve a Spot \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTerra Madre Day is on December 10 every year around the world. It is Slow Food’s way to promote the diversity of food traditions and production and show how our network is using its creativity and knowledge to build a better food future. \nTerra Madre Day brings together all who share the vision of a food system that supports local economies\, and respects the environment\, biodiversity\, taste\, and tradition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n©2023 Slow Food Sonoma County North | P.O. Box 1494 | Healdsburg CA | 95448
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/celebrate-terra-madre-day-with-us/
LOCATION:Idlewild Tasting Room\, 132 Plaza Street\, Healdsburg\, CA
CATEGORIES:Food,Wine
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231128T130000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20231028T212139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231028T212139Z
UID:6718-1701165600-1701176400@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Volunteer With Us at the Redwood Empire Food Bank
DESCRIPTION:Volunteer With Us at the Redwood Empire Food Bank\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB)is the largest hunger-relief organization serving Northern California. Since 1987\, REFB has been feeding our neighbors in need and leading the community to end hunger. Volunteers are critical to the Food Bank’s mission. Every month\, volunteers contribute time which would otherwise require the work of 45 full-time staff members. \nOur Sonoma County North leadership group is volunteering a few hours of our time to help pack food in the Food Bank’s warehouse. We have reserved 15 places and invite you to join us! Have fun together while giving back to our community and helping to alleviate hunger. \nTuesday\, November 28\, 10 am-1 pm\nRedwood Empire Food Bank\n3990 Brickway Boulevard\, Santa Rosa\nWe must confirm our volunteer reservation with the Food Bank by November 25. We look forward to working together! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGN UP HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n©2023 Slow Food Sonoma County North | P.O. Box 1494 | Healdsburg CA | 95448
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/volunteer-with-us-at-the-redwood-empire-food-bank/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231015T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231015T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230628T002533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T230901Z
UID:5738-1697382000-1697389200@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Sonoma County North Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Annual Meeting: An Afternoon of Conviviality and Information About the Food Movement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet and greet\, sip and nibble\, and hear about some cutting-edge issues in the food world.\nPlease join us for our annual meeting next month!\nSunday\, October 15\, 3-5 pm\nFarm to Fight Hunger Barn\, 12340 Los Amigos Road\, Healdsburg\nGreet your friends and meet new members\, learn what your chapter has planned for the year\, and make your voices heard. Three speakers will inform us on some of the current trends in the food movement.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere is no charge for the meeting\, but please register as we need a count for planning purposes.\nWe extend a special invitation to our newer members–come meet other members and get involved in your chapter’s activities! If your membership has expired\, attend and renew it. Not a member? Come and see what we’re all about. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Meeting Speakers\nNaomi Crawford\, Co-Owner of Lunchette in Petaluma and member of Zero Foodprint. Lunchette’s fast-casual model is designed to increase equity in the operation. Naomi has worked with suppliers for better compostable take-out containers\, and reduced their restaurant’s trash to almost nothing. Lunchette is a Slow Food in Sonoma County Snail of Approval Restaurant. Naomi will talk about getting to zero waste. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAleta Pierce\, Owner and Farm Manager of Beet Generation Farm\, Forestville. Aleta will describe the process of regenerating the soil and building the infrastructure at the farm’s new location. Beet Generation is the 2023 recipient of our chapter’s Local Farmer grant. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Pogue\, Glean Leader at Farm to Fight HungerHealdsburg. Steve will talk about the farm’s model of reducing food insecurity\, and the partnership with the gleaning organization\, Farm to Pantry. FTFH is a Slow Food in Sonoma County Snail of Approval Farm.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/sonoma-county-north-annual-meeting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231011T110000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230926T230406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T230406Z
UID:6423-1697013000-1697022000@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Volunteer Day for Farm to Pantry
DESCRIPTION:Volunteer Day for Farm to Pantry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDo good and have fun! Volunteer with us for a few hours of gleaning for Farm to Pantry!\nWednesday\, October 11\, 8:30-11:00 am \nWe are gleaning at Farm to Fight Hunger\, 12340 Los Amigos Road\, Healdsburg \nWe will meet at Farm to Fight Hunger at 8:30 am at the barn. Park near the entrance to the farm and walk up the driveway to the barn. \nDuring the morning\, we will harvest field vegetables and pack and weigh them. If you don’t want to bend over and pick\, carry buckets of produce\, or work in the sun\, you may choose to weigh\, bag\, and box in the barn. There’s a job for everyone! \nWhen we finish\, the produce will be delivered to organizations that feed people in need of healthy food. \nWear work clothes and bring a water bottle\, hat\, and gloves. We’ll also learn a bit about this farm and its mission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGN UP HERE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nFarm to Pantry Executive Director Duskie Estes \n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2008\, the nonprofit Farm to Pantry was launched to serve a need in our local community: to provide a continuous supply of fresh\, healthy produce to our most vulnerable neighbors who lack access to it by cultivating a community of growers and volunteers. The mission then and now is to bring together communities to end food injustice and reverse global warming by rescuing and sharing locally-grown food with those who have been systematically marginalized. We envision a just food system in which everyone has access to healthy food that honors and nourishes our community and heals the planet through eliminating food waste. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nFarm to Fight Hunger owners Bruce Mentzer and Anthony Solar \n\n\n\n\n\nFarm to Fight Hunger is a non-profit organization that grows\, harvests and delivers fresh nutritious produce\, free of charge\, to those in Sonoma County in need of healthy food. Eggs layed by happy pastured hens are also donated to local food banks. We farm in an earth-friendly sustainable manner and work to improve the soil health\, therefore improving the nutritional content of the food we grow\, increasing the amount of carbon the soil can hold and reducing greenhouse gases. We will work to make the farm its own healthy balanced ecosystem\, with habitat for both native plants and beneficial insects. \nFarm to Fight Hunger is a Slow Food in Sonoma County Snail of Approval farm.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/volunteer-day-for-farm-to-pantry/
CATEGORIES:Farm
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231005T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231005T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230808T191813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T135231Z
UID:6081-1696500000-1696507200@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Showa Olive Farm Tour
DESCRIPTION:Showa Olive Farm Tour\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContinuing our 2023 farm tours\, next we will be visiting Cloverdale and touring \nShowa Farm\nThursday\, October 5\, 10 am\n26070 River Road\, Cloverdale\nTickets are $10 for Slow Food members\, and $20 for non-members. \nWe will tour the farm and taste the Arbequina olive oil with Geoff Peters\, the owner. We will see the olive trees full of olives right before harvest and learn about his farming practices— Showa is both organic and biodynamic. There will also be time to visit the animals he has on the property (chickens\, goats\, sheep\, and two donkeys). After our tour\, Geoff will host a tasting of his award-winning olive oil. \nThe ground will be uneven on this tour so we recommend you wear flat\, comfortable shoes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nHarvesting at night \n\n\n\n\n\nShowa Farm\nLocated in the Alexander Valley\, Showa Farm is family-owned. We use best practices based on biodynamic and organic farming principles. The olive orchards are 90% Arbequina olive trees with the remaining trees being pollinators. \nOur estate-grown organic extra virgin olive oil is made solely from hand-picked Arbequina olives. Using well water\, drip irrigation\, low-density no-till farming\, we organically press each small batch to create this flavorful and super high-quality EVOO. \n100-percent of our electric usage comes from our solar panels and our water is all-natural aquifer well water administered to the orchard using drip irrigation. We raise goats\, chickens\, a burro\, a horse and dogs. We grow fruits and nuts as well as vegetables to add to the diversity. \nOf the 30 acres on the farm\, only 8 are devoted to olive trees with another 2 acres devoted to other non-commercial organic gardens\, trees\, and food production. Even the 8 acres of olive trees are planted 16-18 feet center on center allowing very large areas for air circulation and lots of sunlight. This low-density approach has allowed us to be disease and pest free and has improved the quality of our olive oil. \nShowa was selected as one of the top 100 olive oils in the world three times at the New York International Olive Oil Competition.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/showa-olive-farm-tour/
CATEGORIES:Farm
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230807T230025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T195402Z
UID:5735-1695492000-1695502800@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Slow Food Presents a Sunset Supper at Foss Vineyards
DESCRIPTION:As the season turns from summer green to the colors of fall\, please join us for supper on the Autumn Equinox. The evening begins outside overlooking the Foss Vineyard\, savoring a selection of appetizers\, and enjoying a variety of Italian wines. Guests can peruse the treasures offered in a silent auction before sitting down for a three-course dinner accompanied by DaVero wines.\nBetween dinner courses\, we will hear from those who attended Terra Madre 2022. Our delegate to Terra Madre 2022 was Tucker Taylor\, Head Culinary Gardener of Jackson Family Farms. Also attending from the chapter were Donna Del Rey\, owner of Relish Culinary Adventures in Healdsburg (both Snail of Approval awardees)\, and Marie Giacalone\, Chair of the chapter’s Events Team. The meal will be prepared by the Sonoma County North’s Events Team.\nThis will be a fundraiser to send our delegates to Italy in 2024.\nTickets are $75 for Slow Food members and $85 for non-members. Ticket sales close September 16\, 6 pm. Note that there are no refunds after September 15.\nIf you prefer to pay by check\, please mail your check made out to SF Sonoma County North to Mark Crapeau\, 985 Lupine Court\, Healdsburg 95448. Checks must be received no later than September 16.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupper will be accompanied by wine generously donated by DaVero Farms and Winery.\nMENU\nAssortment of Slow Appetizers served with a selection of Italian wines\nLate Summer Salad\nLasagna Involtini (with vegetarian option)\nFall Vegetables\nVin Santo and Biscotti
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-food-presents-a-summer-supper-at-ross-vineyards/
LOCATION:The Barn at Foss Vineyard\, 6475 Starr Road\, Windsor\, CA\, 95492\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farm,Food,Fundraiser,Local Food,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230905T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230815T145701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230815T150336Z
UID:6142-1693936800-1693944000@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Slow Books:  The Cooking Gene
DESCRIPTION:Slow Books: The Cooking Gene\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe have two places open for the next meeting of Slow Books. Please join us!\nTuesday\, September 5\, 6-8 pm\nCloverdale\nFor this meeting\, we are reading The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty. \nOur meetings include a discussion of the book and a meal. Everyone makes a dish from a recipe in the book. Just select a dish you’d like to bring and let the group know by email. \nThere is no charge for the meeting\, but please sign up now because there are only two places available.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty.\nA renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue\, race\, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry—both black and white—through food\, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom. \nSouthern food is integral to the American culinary tradition\, yet the question of who “owns” it is one of the most provocative touch points in our ongoing struggles over race. In this unique memoir\, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty takes readers to the white-hot center of this fight\, tracing the roots of his own family and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food\, barbecue\, and all Southern cuisine. \nFrom the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to plantation kitchens and backbreaking cotton fields\, Twitty tells his family story through the foods that enabled his ancestors’ survival across three centuries. He sifts through stories\, recipes\, genetic tests\, and historical documents\, and travels from Civil War battlefields in Virginia to synagogues in Alabama to Black-owned organic farms in Georgia. \nAs he takes us through his ancestral culinary history\, Twitty suggests that healing may come from embracing the discomfort of the Southern past. Along the way\, he reveals a truth that is more than skin deep—the power that food has to bring the kin of the enslaved and their former slaveholders to the table\, where they can discover the real America together. (Amazon) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n©2023 Slow Food Sonoma County North | P.O. Box 1494 | Healdsburg CA | 95448
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-the-cooking-gene/
CATEGORIES:Books,Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230811T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230811T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230628T001830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T001830Z
UID:5732-1691749800-1691755200@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Green Star Farm Tour
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URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/green-star-farm-tour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230729T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230729T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230628T001608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230701T170718Z
UID:5730-1690653600-1690664400@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Summer 100 Mile Dinner in the Alexander Valley (Wait List)
DESCRIPTION:Wait List\nA 100-mile dinner sources every ingredient within 100 miles of the dinner’s location. Please join us for one of these special experiences!\nJuly 29\, 6 pm\nDiaz Ranch\, Cloverdale\n \nThe 5-course menu with wine is $150 per person. Our setting is the patio at Colibri Vineyard overlooking the vines and hills to the west. The meal is created and served by members of our chapter’s Events team\, and raises funds for our many Slow Food projects that support farmers and food-related businesses.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/summer-100-mile-dinner-at-the-diaz-ranch-sold-out/
CATEGORIES:Food,Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230715T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230715T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230428T224715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T003149Z
UID:5323-1689440400-1689440400@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Summer Picnic at Gradek Ranch
DESCRIPTION:Annual Summer Picnic at the Lake in Dry Creek Valley\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s picnic time again! Let’s get together at our Annual Summer Picnic at the Gradek Ranch lake in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley.\nSaturday\, July 15\, 5 pm\n2323 West Dry Creek Road\nHealdsburg\nNote that the cutoff date for tickets is July 8.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA selection of appetizers will be followed by a supper of grilled Italian sausage\, handcrafted from California pork\, your choice of hot or sweet; peppers and onions\, Bodega Red potato salad\, green salad\, rolls\, and dessert. \nBring your own beverage\, place setting\, and glass. \nWant to take a swim in the lake? Bring your bathing suit.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are $45 for Slow Food members\, $55 for nonmembers.\nChildren under 12 are free. The deadline for purchasing tickets is July 8.\nIf you prefer to pay by check\, please register at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com and send your check (made out to SF Sonoma County North) to 1321 W. Dry Creek Road\, Healdsburg 95448. WE MUST RECEIVE YOUR CHECK BY JULY 8. \nDirections will be sent upon registration.\nNot sure if your membership is current? Email us at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/gradek-picnic/
LOCATION:Gradek Ranch\, 2323 West Dry Creek Road\, Healdsburg\, CA\, 95448\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Food,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230608T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230608T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230517T183255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T183738Z
UID:5482-1686218400-1686225600@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Noble Goat Farm Tour
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a tour of this 3-year old farm in the Dry Creek Valley. Our tour will be led by Noble Goat’s farmer\, Jon Vandervelde\, who will describe what it takes to create a bio-diverse farm from a neglected orchard\, and how they work with Farm to Pantry and Farm to Fight Hunger to reduce food insecurity in our community. \nBring your lunch if you’d like to eat together at picnic tables in the farm’s Grove after the tour. \nFull disclosure: there are no goats on the farm yet! \nTickets are $10 for Slow Food members and $15 for non-members.\nBuy your tickets here.\nOwners Shalie and Jeremy Jonkers describe their farm this way: \nWe’re a family-run truck farm in the heart of the Dry Creek Valley watershed. Established in 2020\, we started by reviving a neglected pomegranate orchard. Working alongside a team of local experts\, we’re on journey to develop a sustainable\, bio-diverse farm. From revitalizing the soil and fixing irrigation\, to selecting our seasonal crops\, we’re growing every day. For every pound of produce we sell\, we donate a pound to local organizations fighting food insecurity in Sonoma County. \nReinvigorating the soil\, and restoring the biodiversity\, will not only lead to higher-nutrient produce\, but will also increase carbon draw-down and support climate improvement. \nToday\, the property includes 400 pomegranate trees and 4 acres of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. We aspire to build a sustainable family farm using a holistic and ethical approach to growing. We believe that mindful farming practices\, bio-diversity\, and local engagement will positively impact the health of our community and the planet. \n 
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/noble-goat-farm-tour/
LOCATION:Noble Goat Farm\, Kinley Drive\, Healdsburg\, CA\, 95448\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farm,Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230605T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230605T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230428T224223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T224223Z
UID:5320-1685988000-1685988000@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Slow Books:  California Soul by Tanya Holland
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Book group is currently full\, but we are reading California Soul by Tanya Holland. \n 
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-california-soul-by-tanya-holland/
CATEGORIES:Books,Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230517T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T222609
CREATED:20230412T201616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230428T211737Z
UID:5127-1684339200-1684346400@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Slow Cookbooks: Focus on Deborah Madison
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join us for the next meet-up of Slow Cookbooks!\nDeborah Madison is the author of 14 cookbooks and countless articles on food\, cooking\, and farming. She is revered for bringing vegetarian cooking to a wide audience\, including non-vegetarians\, via Greens restaurant in San Francisco and her cookbooks. A bestselling and award-winning author\, her first cookbook was The Greens Cookbook. \nPlease join us on May 17 to share food from her cookbooks\, and discuss her philosophy of food and cooking\, what she has contributed to the world of food\, and your critique of her cookbooks.\nTo participate\, select a recipe from one of Deborah Madison’s books and prepare small bites to share with the group. We will let you know how many people will be attending. Please also bring a beverage. \nThere is no charge for the meeting\, but please sign up now because space is limited.\nRegister Here\nWhat Is Slow Cookbooks?\nSlow Cookbooks is an informal group that will gather 4 times a year in someone’s home to discuss the book(s) chosen for that meeting and share food each participant prepares from the book. Each meeting will have a different food theme or cookbook\, selected by participants\, and is open to everyone who wants to explore that focus.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-cookbooks-focus-on-deborah-madison/
LOCATION:Cloverdale
CATEGORIES:Books
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SUMMARY:Slow Books\, Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen\, by Yasmin Khan
DESCRIPTION:Slow Books is currently full\, but we are currently reading Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen\, by Yasmin Khan.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-books-zaitoun-recipes-from-the-palestinian-kitchen-by-yasmin-khan/
LOCATION:Cloverdale
CATEGORIES:Books
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SUMMARY:Cancelled: Tastes & Tales of Terra Madre
DESCRIPTION:Please Join us for our bi-annual Tastes & Tales of Terra Madre dinner to celebrate Slow Food and our chapter’s delegates to Italy’s Terra Madre Salone del Gusto! The evening will raise funds to send our delegates to Italy’s Terra Madre Salone del Gusto in 2024. \nBegin the evening by mingling with other guests overlooking Becky and Bill Foss’ vineyard\, savoring a selection of appetizers and enjoying a variety of Italian wines. \nThen peruse the treasures offered in a silent auction before sitting down for a three-course dinner accompanied by Sonoma County wines. \nBetween dinner courses\, we will hear from those who attended Terra Madre 2022. \nOur delegate to Terra Madre 2022 was Tucker Taylor\, Head Culinary Gardener of Jackson Family Farms. Also attending from the chapter were Donna del Rey\, owner of Relish Culinary Adventures in Healdsburg (both Snail of Approval awardees)\, and Marie Giacalone\, Chair of the chapter’s Events Team. Donna will be the chef for this year’s dinner\, assisted by the Sonoma County North’s Events Team. \nTickets \nSlow Food members\, $125 \nNon-members\, $150 \nMENU \nAssortment of Slow Appetizers\nwith a selection of Italian wines \nBraised beef shanks with spring herb gremolata\nOrzo with seasonal vegetables\nShaved spring vegetable salad drizzled with a creamy miso-tahini dressing\nQuail & Condor baguette with Meyer lemon butter from Epicurean Connection \nSonoma County Wines \nAlmond biscotti with Vin Santo wine \nSome Background About Terra Madre \nSlow Food International holds a bi-annual gathering in Turin\, Italy called Terra Madre Salone del Gusto. Over 3\,000 representatives of the Slow Food network from 130 countries came together to share their experiences and come up with solutions to take back home\, further strengthening the meaning of belonging that defines the Slow Food network. \nThe theme of Terra Madre 2022 was “RegenerAction: Act\, React\, Regenerate.” It is an outlook that considers food the key to regenerating our planet and a bridge to peace. \nWe invite you to join us for Tastes (appetizers and dinner) and Tales (with pictures!) from our delegates of their adventures at Terra Madre 2022.
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/tastes-tales-of-terra-madre/
LOCATION:The Barn at Foss Vineyard\, 6475 Starr Road\, Windsor\, CA\, 95492\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Local Food,Wine
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Jim DeMartini with Sophia DeMartini
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an afternoon with Cloverdale author–and forager–Jim DeMartini and his illustrator daughter\, Sophia! Jim will read from his book\, The Cloverdale Forager\, and they will discuss the art of foraging and the creation of the book.\nCloverdale Druids Hall\, 111 N. Cloverdale Boulevard\nAppetizers and wine will be served.\nTickets \n$35 for Slow Food members\, and $45 for non-members.\nThe book will be available for purchase (cash\, check\, credit).\n\nThe Cloverdale Forager: Your Guidebook for Gathering\, Preparing\, and Savoring Wild Food\nby Jim DeMartini and Sophia DeMartini\n\nIf it’s in the wild – and allowed to be hunted\, picked\, or collected in Northern California – chances are good that longtime forager\, Jim DeMartini\, has a story to tell and advice to give. From a lifetime of experience crawling around on all fours looking for the perfect mushrooms\, to wading through the surf and capturing succulent surf smelt\, to bribing 10-year-olds to gather hard-to-find banana slugs\, to fishing in the pristine waters of Clear Lake\, California for black bass\, DeMartini shares humorous and informative reflections\, stories\, and recipes.\nThe Cloverdale Forager provides ideas and recommendations for the best ways to capture wild food\, while inviting you to sink your teeth into:\n▸ Learning how to identify\, capture\, and collect the tastiest\, most flavorful wild animals\, fish\, birds\, and plants;\n▸ Savoring the amazing taste that is unique to food that’s been prepared literally minutes after bagging it;\n▸ DeMartini’s extensive repertoire of recipes and food preparation tips;\n▸ Forging a deeper connection with nature\, the creatures that inhabit it\, and the socially conscious foraging community.\nFrom acorns\, spring mix\, and blackberries\, to quail\, abalone\, and surf smelt\, The Cloverdale Forager is the essential guide for both veteran and new foragers alike. Discover the fun\, amazing\, and exquisite taste experience that only foraging can provide!
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/meet-the-author-the-cloverdale-forager-with-jim-demartini/
LOCATION:Cloverdale Druids Hall\, 111 N. Cloverdale Boulevard\, Cloverdale\, CA\, 95425\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books
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UID:4805-1679400000-1679403600@www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
SUMMARY:Slow Food Live: Celebrating women-owned food businesses embracing good\, clean and fair\, featuring our own Snail of Approval Awardee Gergana Karabelov\, owner of Patisserie Angelica!
DESCRIPTION:It’s Women’s History Month! Join a panel of award-winning women business owners who are making history by taking food to a whole new level on Tuesday\, March 21 at 12 p.m. PT. \nIncluding our own Snail of Approval Awardee Gergana Karabelov\, owner of Patisserie Angelica!\nSign up for this free Slow Live event\nThis Slow Food USA production will create space for stories and experiences from four winners of our Snail of Approval award — a distinction given by chapters to food businesses demonstrating commitments to good\, clean and fair practices. Join us to learn more about their journeys and this nationwide award program.\n\nPanelists:\n️ Debbie Pitula\, Whistling Boar\, Longmont\, CO\n️ Gergana Karabelov\, Patisserie Angelica\, Sebastopol\, CA\n️ Rachael Sobczak\, Water Tank Bakery\, Burlington\, WA\n️ Suzanne Simon\, Chaia Tacos\, Washington\, D.C.\n\nModerator: Jodie Popma\, Slow Food Boulder County\, CO\n\nOfreceremos interpretación en español en la sala Zoom para este evento. Spanish language interpretation will be offered for this event in the Zoom room.\n 
URL:https://www.slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org/events/slow-food-live-celebrating-women-owned-food-businesses-embracing-good-clean-and-fair/
LOCATION:Slow Live Webinar
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