Event: SLOWednesday with Gerard Craft, Dave Hillebrand and Brett Palmier
Apr 28, 2009 St. Louis, farmers' markets, slow food, sustainable agriculture
Mark your calendars, this year’s SLOWednesday events start just two weeks from tomorrow, and the first is sure to be a hit…
May 13, 2009: Terra Madre Update
Intended to foster discussion and introduce innovative concepts in the field of food, gastronomy, globalization, and economics, Terra Madre is a bi-annual conference hosted by Slow Food international in Torino, Italy.
The last event was held in October of 2008, and Slow Food St. Louis sent three major delegates to represent them: Gerard Craft of Niche Restaurant, Dave Hillebrand of Prairie Grass Farms, and Brett Palmier of Biver farms. Enjoy this opportunity to offer them a belated welcome home and an ear to listen to their stories.
- SLOWednesday events take place at the Bottleworks in the Crown Room after the Farmers’ Market, at 7:00 p.m. Talks begin at 7:30 p.m., and Schlafly asks that everyone interested in ordering food and drink place their orders and be settled in before that time. Events are free and open to the public.
Tags: biver farms, Gerard Craft, prairie grass farms, Schlafly, slow food
Free Food, Inc. Screening Tuesday, April 14
Apr 10, 2009 events, farming, groceries, health, sustainable agriculture
How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?
Slow Food St. Louis is pleased to announce our participation in a special screening of the new documentary, Food, Inc.
The makers of the film, Magnolia Pictures, and Participant Media, have graciously donated 130 tickets to the Tuesday, April 14th viewing of the film at the Tivoli Theatre. Officially due out June 12th, this is your chance to not only see what is sure to be a moving film months before opening, but also for free!
Those interested in attending can RSVP at http://sites.google.com/site/foodincrsvp/
Once there, click on the link for St. Louis and enter in your information. It’s first come, first serve, and people will be contacted by the film company – not Slow Food St. Louis – about their tickets.
For more information, continue reading after the jump or visit director Robert Kenner’s website for a complete trailer and reviews of the film.
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Tags: Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, slow food
It’s not Nikes vs heirloom grapes, it’s food vs hunger.
Mar 18, 2009 farmers' markets, farming, slow food, sustainable agriculture
With Slow Food constantly taking a hit for being elitist, I feel a great opportunity was lost to further our cause as I watched in horror while Alice Waters cooked her “quick” breakfast on 60 Minutes.
If food is a right–and I believe it is–how can we can we, as Slow Food co-leaders, defend our stance, when even our most outspoken leaders are accentuating these points of elitism? The average American does not make a quick breakfast of a fireplace baked egg and heirloom tomato salad, and the image or thought that they would is completely absurd.
Using the same ingredients, we would have been better served having her cook a breakfast of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and chives. Now that’s a meal most any American can cook, and the bonus: it doesn’t require a lavishly expensive home with a kitchen fireplace. It just requires a stove.
Tags: Alice Waters, slow food
Reminder: Slow Food St. Louis January Meeting
Jan 12, 2009 St. Louis, general food, missouri, slow food, sustainable agriculture
This is an open meeting for members and non-members alike and we encourage anyone new to come kick off the new year with us as we plan to discuss our upcoming events for 2009. For those interested in becoming more involved, or finding out more about who we are and what we’re up to, now’s your chance to come and do so.
- Date: Wednesday January 14, 2009
- Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Location: Schlafly Tap Room
- Street: 2100 Locust Street
- City/State/Zip: St. Louis MO 63103
Event: Organic Gardening Club
Dec 28, 2008 MO, farming, slow food, sustainable agriculture
In the past I’ve put off home-gardening because I’d hoped to move soon and didn’t want the mess in my backyard. But, with the economy what it is, I’m not going anywhere soon. So perhaps you, like I, plan to make gardening a part of your new year. And if you’re really like me, you’re better at killing things then growing them so the inaugural meeting of the Missouri Organic Association’s Organic Garden Club might just be for you.
The cost is $5 and the event will be held Thursday, January 8 at the Town & Country location of Whole Foods from 6:30-8:00 PM. Friend of Slow Food St. Louis Molly Rockamann of EarthDance Farms will be there to speak and answer questions as well as show EarthDance’s short-film, Connoisseur of Fine Foods, about Mueller Organic Farms in Ferguson, MO. You can catch a teaser of the film on YouTube.
Further details and registration information can be found online at WholeFoodsMarket.com.
Tags: EarthDance Farms, Ferguson, Molly Rockamann, organic garden, slow food, Whole Foods
Fast Food V. Slow Food
Dec 3, 2008 MO, St. Louis, events, restaurants
There is a bar called Maryland House @ Brennan’s in the Central West End. I have never been there and honestly had no idea what it was until the owner of Pi, Chris Sommers, told me about a little something they do the first Wednesday of every month (that’s tonight). On that day (tonight I say) is Brennan’s Arguments and Grievances which is, in their own words, “a monthly event wherein the good citizens of St. Louis can stand up for the causes that matter least and, with their masterful oratory, command the minds and mirth of the crowd to decide the fate of such long standing and ridiculous feuds.”
Specifically Sommers told me about it because he was to be one of the opponents in Harley V. Vespa which you can catch online.
Specifically I tell you about it because (a) I’ve yet to make it and it sounds like a hell of a good time (especially if you could see a showdown like Jaws V. Jurassic Park) and (b) because the undercard tonight is a topic that doesn’t matter least to me, it’s Fast Food V. Slow Food with Sauce’s own April Seager taking the Slow roll of Carla Petrini.
Tags: fast food, jurassic park, Pi, slow food
Lambstravaganza
Jun 9, 2008 chefs, farming, missouri
practically duplicating my slowfoodstl.org post…
It was a long day of oppressive heat and ferocious winds that have left me too drained to really comment at the moment, but in the end the food was great, the hospitality was incredible, and we all walked away convinced that the Hillebrand’s live on one of the most beautiful places on earth.
So a personal thanks to Barb and Dave Hillebrand and their family, chef Tim Grandinetti for helping out once again, and all the chefs he enlisted including Lou Rook III, Dave Owens, Margaret Kelly, Kevin Nashan, Christy Augustine, and all their staff that tagged along to sweat in Grandma Hillebrand’s garage.
I took over 500 pictures (of questionable quality) so I had to put them on my own site rather than Slow Foods, but they are now uploaded for your viewing pleasure.
Event: Slow Food Lambstravaganza
May 29, 2008 St. Louis, events, missouri, slow food
I’m robbing the Slow Food St. Louis description because, well, I wrote it. It’s coming up quick, and it’s sure to sell out so you might want to move quick. In the stories from previous years I’ve heard words like “kidneys” and “lamb sweet breads” meaning my words are simply: “hell yeah!”
Lambstravaganza – A dinner to benefit Slow Food St. Louis
Lambstravaganza is a multi-course dinner generously prepared for the third year running by Chef Tim Grandinetti. This year he has also enlisted additional help and will bring with him three more of St. Louis best chefs: Lou Rook III (Annie Gunn’s), Dave Owens and Margaret Kelly (Bissinger’s Chocolate), and Kevin Nashan (Sidney Street Cafe). The family-style meal will feature grass-fed lamb and free-range eggs produced by our Prairie Grass Farms hosts, Dave and Barb Hillebrand, as well as other Missouri products. Wine pairings will be provided with each course by Les Bourgeois and beer will also be provided by Schlafly.Prior to dinner Dave Hillebrrand will give a walking tour of the farm for those interested.
Who: Slow Food St. Louis
What: Lambstravaganza
When: Sunday June 8, 2008, 2-6 p.m.
Where: Prairie Grass Farms, 230 Manley Road, New Florence, MO 63363
Go to slowfoodstl.org for ticketing information
St. Louis Earth Day Festival
Apr 16, 2008 St. Louis, events, missouri
Free and open to the public the 19th Annual St. Louis Earth Day Festival is happening this Sunday April 20, 2008. The theme of the event is In Your Own Back Yard and “highlights local initiatives and practical environmental advice that can be implemented in communities throughout our region.”
Among the food related happenings, Slow Food St. Louis will be manning a booth, and “the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market will be on hand to welcome spring with area growers offering a variety of produce, herbs, plants and other goodies.”
So come on out and don’t forget the actual Earth Day on April 22.
Tags: earth day, earth day festival, slow food, Tower Grove Farmers' Market
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