Annie Gunn’s

Roasted Prairie Grass Farms leg of lamb on grilled Companion bread with local peaches, Goatsbeard Farm chevre, and caramelized candy onions.

Araka

Local Watermelon Gazpacho with Sweet Yellow Corn, Rock Shirpm and Housemade Fresh Corn Tortillas

Bailey’s / Rooster

1. Fruitland Farms Chipotle Pulled Pork with Eckert’s Peach Salsa on San Louis Tortilla  Chips

2. Buila Land Jalapenos stuffed with Heartland Creamery Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion, Wrapped in Fruitland Farms Bacon

Overlook Farm – Clarksville, MO

Vesterbrook FarmLamb “Rillets” with Overlook Farm Garden Greens & Chopped Duck Eggs

Erato

Farrar Out Farm Rabbit Gumbo

Harvest

1. Missouri Grass Fed Oxtail Barley with Peppered Ahi Tuna and a Roasted Sweet Red Pepper Emulsion

2. Warmed Companion Brioche Bread Pudding with Bourbon Currant Sauce and Vanilla Whipped Cream

Kakao Chocolate

1. Homemade Marshmallow Pies with Chocolate and Pecans
2. Hand-Dipped Caramels with Sea Salt

Local Harvest

Biver Farms Heirloom Tomato Flatbread with Goastbeard Farm Goat Cheese and Pesto

Mad Art

Citrus Cured Troutdale Farm Trout with Baetje Goat Cheese, Fresh Claverach Farms Cucumber-Pickled Ginger Chutney and Radish Shoots on a Black Mustard Seed Cracker

Monarch

Root Cellar and Hannaway Farms Tomato Terrine, Whipped Balsamic, Goatsbeard Chevre Crème Fraiche, Black Olive Oil

Niche

Spicy Pork Meatballs – Greenwood Farms

Serendipity Ice Cream

“Peaches and Cream Floats” – Calhoun County Peach Ice Cream Floated in Fitzs Cream Soda

Sidney Street Café

EIEIO Acres Goat Sliders with Pickled St. Isidore Farms Eggplant, Arugula, and Curry Aioli on a Housemade Sesame Bun

Winslow’s Home

1. Chilled Winslow’s Home and Farm Eggplant Soup with Sweet Curry Creme Fraiche

2. Garlic Rubbed Benne’s Best Smoked Chicken with Winslow’s Home and Farm Red Onion Jalapeno Jam on Toasted 222 Artisan Bakery Baguette

The Art of Food will showcase the area’s top restaurants, serving up delectable hors d’oeuvres using only the freshest, local ingredients prepared in the Slow Food tradition. Participating restaurants include:

• Annie Gunn’s – Lou Rook III
• Araka – Mark Curran
• Bailey’s Chocolate Bar – Robin Murphy
• Erato on Main – Kevin Willmann
• Harvest – Steve Gontram
• Kakao Chocolate – Brian Pelletier
• Local Harvest Café – Clara Moore
• Mad Art Gallery – Dave Lewis
• Monarch – Josh Galliano
• Niche – Gerard Craft
• Rooster – David Bailey
• Schlafly Bottleworks -Matt Bessler
• Serendipity Ice Cream – Beckie Jacobs
• Sidney Street Café – Kevin Nashan
• Winslow’s Home – Stephen Kovac

With all bread products provided by

• Companion Bakery – Josh Allen
• 222 Artisan Bakery – Matt Herren

Food-themed art by local artists and gift baskets filled with a variety of specialty goodies from boutiques, wineries, and restaurants are also up for auction. Artists include Julie Malone, Cbabi Bayoc, Greg Barth, Ron Buechele, Marie Oberkirsch, Carmelita Nuñez, Katy Fischer, and many more.

Tickets for the event are $30 for Slow Food members and $40 for non-members in advance; $40 for Slow Food members and $50 for non-members at the door. Sponsors include Mad Art Gallery, Sauce Magazine, and Schlafly. St. Louis Earth Day will also be managing the recycling efforts.

Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic, member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions, and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes, and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Fair Shares is a non-profit organization dedicated to getting fresh, local, seasonal food into the hands of more persons in St. Louis – regardless of their income.

Tickets are limited and can be purchased at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/69345

For more information about the event please visit http://www.artoffoodstl.com/ or contact Bill Burge at bill@slowfoodstl.org (preferred) or 314-498-1401.

The Art of Food will showcase the area’s top restaurants, serving up delectable hors d’oeuvres using only the freshest, local ingredients prepared in the Slow Food tradition. Participating restaurants include:

• Annie Gunn’s – Lou Rook III
• Araka – Mark Curran
• Bailey’s Chocolate Bar – Robin Murphy
• Erato on Main – Kevin Willmann
• Harvest – Steve Gontram
• Kakao Chocolate – Brian Pelletier
• Local Harvest Café – Clara Moore
• Mad Art Gallery – Dave Lewis
• Monarch – Josh Galliano
• Niche – Gerard Craft
• Rooster – David Bailey
• Schlafly Bottleworks -Matt Bessler
• Serendipity Ice Cream – Beckie Jacobs
• Sidney Street Café – Kevin Nashan
• Winslow’s Home – Stephen Kovac

With all bread products provided by

• Companion Bakery – Josh Allen
• 222 Artisan Bakery – Matt Herren

Food-themed art by local artists and gift baskets filled with a variety of specialty goodies from boutiques, wineries, and restaurants are also up for auction. Artists include Julie Malone, Cbabi Bayoc, Greg Barth, Ron Buechele, Marie Oberkirsch, Carmelita Nuñez, Katy Fischer, and many more.

Tickets for the event are $30 for Slow Food members and $40 for non-members in advance; $40 for Slow Food members and $50 for non-members at the door. Sponsors include Mad Art Gallery, Sauce Magazine, and Schlafly. St. Louis Earth Day will also be managing the recycling efforts.

Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic, member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions, and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes, and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Fair Shares is a non-profit organization dedicated to getting fresh, local, seasonal food into the hands of more persons in St. Louis – regardless of their income.

Tickets are limited and can be purchased at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/69345

For more information about the event please visit http://www.artoffoodstl.com/ or contact Bill Burge at bill@slowfoodstl.org (preferred) or 314-498-1401.