Slow
Food Events and News
EVENTS
Thursday, June 5th - MOONLIGHT
MARKET TOUR - Dallas
Farmer's
Market
An insider’s tour and a conversation with the new Market
Administrator. If you are new to Dallas Farmers Market or haven’t
been in awhile, this is a great opportunity to…
- get a sense of the market’s history
- learn how to navigate the present market
- catch a glimpse of exciting new developments being planned
We’ll start with an overview of the Market at 7 pm upstairs in the
Farmer’s Market Resource Center. After that, we’ll head
downstairs to tour the sheds.
What’s the cost?
Zip, zero, nada...but we do need your RSVP to plan for the tours.
When?
Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 7 pm - 9 pm
Where?
Farmer’s Market Resource Center , upstairs
1010
S. Pearl Street, Dallas , Texas
Please
RSVP no later than June
1, 2008 to Claudine Martyn at claudinemartyn[at]hotmail[dot]com
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
Tickets now available for
Slow
Food Nation
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.
