Slow
Food Events and News
EVENTS
Saturday,
May 3, 9 am to 10 pm, A
Slow Food Forage and Way Out Wine Tour of North
Texas
Preliminary
results of our online member survey show that an overwhelming majority
of us
are interested in Farm/Artisan producer tours. Member Mary Kimbrough
has responded by organizing
a day-long trip to
visit some of our Slow Food member/producers where they live and work.
Tour
will
include transportation, lunch, dinner, tastings and gratuities.
Slow
Food
members get the first chance to sign up and a discount.
Slow
Food
Member price is $140; Non-member
price is $150.
Space
is limited. Please reserve early.
For
more details, please see the attached flyer or link below.
Sign
up
here: http://foodroots.com/tours_events/Tour050308.html .
Select
Slow Food Members Click Here to
Buy
to get the discounted rate.
NOTE:
Thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to
give us input on our brief online
survey.
(If you haven’t had a chance to put in your two cents, please take it
by
following this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hH24b9O_2bYdFg_2bpksUDN6_2fw_3d_3d
)
Please
give us your feedback by next Sunday, April 6.
Once we’ve
reviewed the surveys, we’ll share the final results with you.
MOONLIGHT MARKET TOUR - Dallas Farmer's
Market
Brought to you by SLow Food Dallas and
Farmer's Market Friends
Stay tuned for
details....
Where? Farmer’s Market
Resource Center, upstairs, 1010 S. Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas
Monday, June 9, 6:30PM, Book Club
"Coming Home To Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods"
by Gary Nabhan
Gary Nabhan is a writer, lecturer, and world-reknown conservation
scientist. He is also a leading voice for conserving and
renovating native plant agriculture in the Americas.
Gary's website is:
http://www.garynabhan.com/
Here's how the book club works:
- We'll meet every six weeks to discuss a book. Books will
be selected by those attending the previous meeting.
- Meetings will be held in a volunteer host home.
- We will continue to meet as one group and break into smaller
groups as needed to foster discussion.
- Each meeting will be scheduled from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. The
first half hour is for socializing. The book discussion will be
from 7 pm to 8:30 pm.
- RSVP email is required for each book club meeting.
RSVP to Sandra Lewis for invitation and location:
sandy[at]lifeatthetable[dot]com
Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2008: Slow Food Nation, San Francisco, CA
Oct. 23 - 27, 2008: Terra Madre and Slow Food Salone del Gusto,
Turin, Italy
Link to past
events page
Monday, March 10th Slow Food Dallas
Book Club
Book:
Garlic
and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth
Reichl
Sunday, Feb 17th, 2008 - Slow Food Congress Update
Four delegates from the Slow Food Dallas convivium participated in the
Fifth
International Slow Food Congress in Puebla, Mexico this past
November.
Ugo and Cristiana Ginatta -- Paciugo
Sandra Lewis -- Life At The Table
Mark Monfrey -- Artisanal Beverage
We tasted Mexican-inspired gelato, pizza, foccacia, sandwiches, and
more!
Download excerpts with recipes from the official Congress Madre Tierra
booklet (
download
PDF)
Tuesday, January 29th Slow Food Dallas Book Club
Book:
Animal,
Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
January 13, 2008 - Future of Food film screening, Nasher
Sculpture Center
Slow Food Dallas sponsored a screening of the film,
Future of Food, an in-depth
investigation into the disturbing truth behind the
unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods (commonly referred to
as GMOs) that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the
past decade.
