Slow Food St. Louis

Lambstravaganza

3rd Annual Feast in the Field w/ Prairie Grass Farms

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

Tickets are $60 for Slow Food Members and $75 for non-members and can be purchased online only at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/35264

With only 50 seats available the event is sure to sell out quickly so get yours soon.

Slow Food has a program called the Ark of Taste which aims to rediscover and catalogue forgotten flavors, documenting excellent food products that are in danger of disappearing. More than 750 products from dozens of countries worldwide have been added to the international Ark of Taste which contains everything from heirloom vegetables to heritage animal breeds to salumi.

Bringing it closer to home, here are just a few items listed in the Ark with a strong foothold in Missouri:

• black walnuts
• norton grapes
• red wattle hogs
• traditional Sorghum syrup

LocalHarvest has now partnered with Slow Food USA and will be helping to bring attention the Ark of Taste by utilzing the LocalHarvest database to to find more farmers and artisanal food producers who might be interested in producing Ark of Taste products. They have also listed all of the Ark of Taste products independently under each farmers listing so that consumers can more easily find these unique items and learn about their place in our American food heritage.

More on the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste can be found here, and further information on the partnership is available on LocalHarvest’s website.