Chefs confirmed so far (and more to come):
Christy Augustin (Pint Size Bakery)
Gerard Craft (Niche)
Carl McConnell (Stone Soup Cottage)
Cary McDowell (Winslow’s Home)
Kevin Nashan / Chris Bolyard (Sidney Street Cafe)John Perkins (Entre)
Vito Racanelli (The Mad Tomato)
Jamey Tochtrop (Stellina)
Rob Uyemura (YaYa’s Euro Cafe)
Cassy Vires (Home Wine Kitchen)

We are currently ironing out breweries for this year’s beer, and wine will be provided by Claverach.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Due to the number of guests, Slow Food St. Louis will be transporting all guests on chartered busses from a location in Kirkwood, MO to Claverach’s Eureka Farm. More details will be sent to ticket holders the week of the event so please be sure to include an updated email when purchasing tickets.

Any revenue from this event goes towards SFSTL micro-grants for farmers, various educational sessions, and benefits to help promote food that is good, clean, and fair.

This is an adult only event.
Start Time: 15:30
Date: 2012-06-03

Food & Wine’s “People’s Best New Chef” for Midwest, Josh Galliano, has planned an incredible menu (below) celebrating the bounty of our of Illinois Farms and local libations. Purchase tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/235999

Dinner hosted by McKendree University & Slow Food St. Louis. Special thanks to Farmhaus Restaurant & Sydney Street Cafe.

COCKTAIL HOUR
Local Nuts
Egg Custard Cups with Pickled Black Walnuts and Radishes
Praline Bacon
From: Circle S Farm, Behrmann Meats, Eat Here St. Louis
Paired with Perennial Brewery’s Black Walnut Dunkel Weiss

FIRST COURSE
Ike Jime Tilapia, Beets
Josh Davis Farm, Doublestar Farm
Paired with Chaumette Winery/white wine

SECOND COURSE
Roasted Chicken, Asparagus, Stinging Nettle Cavatelli, Grated Egg, Pecan Soil
Circle S Farm, Scharf Farm
Paired with Bethlehem Valley Chardonel

THIRD COURSE
Sorghum Glazed Pork Loin, Butter Roasted Radish, Sorghum Gastrique, Turnip and Mustard Puree
Black Spring Farm, Prairie Apiaries, Doublestar Farm
Paired with Sugarcreek Chambourcin

FOURTH COURSE
Spring Lamb, Purslane, Spinach, Soft Herbs, Persillade
Liske Family Farm, Doublestar Farm
Paired with Mt. Pleasant Norton

FIFTH COURSE
Young Chevre, Rhubarb Chips, Sweet Pea Ice Cream, Whipped Honey, Mint Oil
Prairie Fruits Farm, Simonton’s Orchard, Doublestar Farm
Paired with Augusta Winery/dessert white wine

St. Louis, MO, March XX, 2012 – McKendree University and Slow Food St. Louis are pairing to host a unique opportunity—a leisurely, intimate dinner and conversation with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, to be held on Tuesday, April 24th, from 6 to 10 pm at Farmhaus Restaurant (3257 Ivanhoe, 63139).

Mr. Schlosser is an investigative journalist whose 2001 bestseller explained the impact of the fast food industry on America’s diet, landscape, economy, and workforce. He began his career as a playwright and later wrote for The Atlantic Monthly, reporting on a variety of subjects from migrant farm workers to the nation’s prison system. Mr. Schlosser also co-produced two award-winning films, “Food, Inc.” and “There Will Be Blood.” Mr. Schlosser will also be speaking on April 25th at 7:30 p.m. at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. For more information and directions, visit www.theHett.com.

The dinner on April 24th will begin with a round of delectable passed appetizers, followed by a stunning five-course meal, created by Chef Joshua Galliano, who was just named Food and Wine magazine’s People’s Choice: Best New Chef in the Midwest. A Louisiana native, he trained at Le Cordon Bleu in London and gained experience in some of the world’s great kitchens, including Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. In St. Louis, he was chef de cuisine at An American Place, and most recently, executive chef at Monarch Restaurant in Maplewood.

The menu will include many Spring flavor favorites such as asparagus, stinging nettle, Spring lamb, rhubarb, and sweet peas, plus a number of Chef Galliano’s classic dishes such as praline bacon and sorghum glazed pork loin. Beer and wine will be provided by Perennial Brewery and Sugar Creek, Chaumette, Bethlehem Valley, Mount Pleasant, and Augusta wineries.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Slow Food St. Louis’ Small Farm Micro Biodiversity Grant. In the past three years, it has given over $20,000 to local sustainable farmers to grow over 200 heirloom varieties of produce and to raise heritage breeds of animals. Slow Food St. Louis is the local chapter of a non-profit, international organization that promotes fresh, local, sustainably-produced food and the preservation of food traditions.

The cost of the dinner is $125 per person, which includes food, drinks, tax, and gratuity. Reservations are limited to 45 guests. To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/235999 .

For more information about this event, please contact Kimberly Henricks at 314-443-4447 or visit www.slowfoodstl.org.

Slow Food St. Louis is pleased to announce the 2012 Food on Film series, featuring films that will not only whet your appetite for local, sustainable food, but will bring out the activist in you as well.

All films will be screened at Schlafly Bottleworks at 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00). The cost of each film is a suggested donation of $5.00. Proceeds benefit Slow Food St. Louis’ Small Farm Micro Biodiversity Grant, which over the past 3 years has given more than $20,000 to local farmers.

May 21, 2012: FARMAGEDDON a documentary by Kristin Canty

Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action by government agents. This film seeks to figure out why.

June 25, 2012: FORKS OVER KNIVES a film by Lee Fulkerson,

Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The story traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic as they conduct groundbreaking studies. The film features real patients as they reverse chronic conditions. Leading experts on health tackle the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.

July 23, 2012: ONE MAN, ONE COW, ONE PLANET  an award winning film by Thomas Burstyn.

One Man, One Cow, One Planet exposes globalization and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. By reviving biodynamics, they are saving their poisoned lands and exposing the bio-colonialism of multinational corporations. This documentary tells their story through the teaching of an elderly New Zealander many are calling the new Gandhi.

August 27, 2012: PLANEAT an awarding winning documentary by Shelley Lee Davies and Or Shlomi

Planeat is the story of three men’s life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet. With an additional cast of pioneering chefs and some of the best cooking you have ever seen, the scientists and doctors in the film present a convincing case for the West to re-examine its love affair with meat and dairy. The film investigates how our food choices contribute to global warming, land use and oceanic deadzones. With the help of some innovative farmers and chefs, Planeat shows how the problems we face today can be solved, without simply resorting to a diet of lentils and lettuce leaves.

September 24, 2012 CAFETERIA MAN an award winning documentary by Richard Chisolm

Cafeteria Man is the true story of rebel chef Tony Geraci and his mission to radically reform Baltimore’s public school food system with a recipe for change. Cafeteria Man is a story of positive movement. It’s about the aspiration of social activists and citizens coming together to change the way kids eat at school. It’s about overhauling a dysfunctional nutritional system. And, it’s the story of what it takes, and who it takes, to make solutions happen.

October 22, 2012: WASTE LAND an awarding winning film by Lucy Walker

Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”-self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Director Lucy Walker and co-directors Joao Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

For more information about this film series, or if you are interested in screening a film or short, please contact Carol Wilton at carol.wilton@sbcglobal.net

Veggie Gardening 101

From starting seeds to soil prep to harvest time, we will walk you through everything you need to know to have your own prosperous garden! There will be a lecture, followed by participants creating their own seed starting mix and sowing seeds of their choice.

WHEN: Saturday, March 10, 10am-12:30pm
WHERE: Perennial Artisan Ales

Propagation

Learn to take cuttings of your favorite veggies and ornamentals. We’ll begin with a lecture about methods of propagation and which method is right for each plant. Following the lecture, participants will make their own cuttings to grow at home!

WHEN: Saturday, April 14, 10am-12:30pm
WHERE: Perennial Artisan Ales

$20 per person/per talk
RSVP one week in advance by contacting
Joseph Heller at 314.698.6200
Or email brickcitygardens@yahoo.com

This year we have reached out to local chefs to connect you with what varieties they are looking to purchase. We will be setting aside a few grant awards specifically for these items and look forward to connecting the grantees with the Chefs.

Click here for more information and to download the application

In November, Perennial Artisan Ales began a Charity Wednesday program to give back to the various organizations around St. Louis doing good.  Each Wednesday 20% of beer proceeds will go to that nights organization and, on Wednesday, February 8, that’s us!

Word on the street is that John Perkins, of Entre & Perennial’s kitchen will also be whipping up some kind of local offering that night as well.

Please come out to support not only us, but one of St. Louis great new breweries.  There’s nothing more Slow Food than beer, and we’re lucky to have them and their generosity.

I know it’s hard to fathom with blustery winds and the crisp chill in the air, but it really is time to start thinking about the garden!

The second annual spring SEED SWAP is right around the corner and we’re so excited to be hosting this fun event again on Saturday, February 25 from noon to 3. We’re changing locations to accommodate a larger crowd than last time (it was a wee bit cozy last year) but it will still be very conveniently located in south city. In fact, if you can find the Botanical Gardens, you’re golden. We’ll be in basement of The Word at Shaw, 4265 Shaw Blvd, St Louis, Missouri 63110. The nice folks over there have kindly offered us their space to use for the swap. Yay for nice people!

LOCATION: Preston M. Green Hall, 2nd floor common area, above archway, One Brookings Drive

TIMING: We will be showing a live telecast and invite you to come for part or the whole day.

LUNCH: TBD

SPONSORS: The Burning Kumquat, Bon Appetit, Office of Sustainability at Washington University, Transition Missouri, Chipotle, Slow Money St. Louis

This one-day TEDx event will explore the food system — from what happened, to where we are, to what we are doing to shift to a more sustainable way of eating and farming. The goal of “Changing the Way We Eat” is to create new synergies, connections and collaborations across disciplines, to unite different areas of the food movement and to introduce the TEDx audience to the exciting and innovative work being done in this field. The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming is the lead sponsor for TEDxManhattan.
Start Time: 09:30
Date: 2012-01-21
End Time: 16:30

IT’S A MOVIE. IT’S A MOVEMENT

Doors open at 7, films start at 7:30pm. Film is free, but donations are encouraged.

Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2011-10-24