tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33391115095136959702024-03-05T09:12:09.692-06:00Slow Food St. LouisThe St. Louis Convivium of Slow Food USA.<br>
Slow Food, founded in 1989, is an international organization whose aim is to protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life. Through a variety of initiatives, it promotes gastronomic culture, develops taste education, conserves agricultural biodiversity, and protects traditional foods at risk of extinction.slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-65660439233268949212008-02-11T09:34:00.000-06:002008-02-11T09:39:27.903-06:00New Slow Food St. Louis Website and Blog!Exciting News!<br /><br />We recently launched our "new" website <a href="http://www.slowfoodstl.org/"><strong>slowfoodstl.org</strong></a>, which will allow us to add significantly more dynamic content and update the site more frequently.<br /><br />We have also started a new <a href="http://www.slowfoodstl.org/slow-food-st-louis-blog/"><strong>blog</strong></a> ... check it out, and look for more posts soon!<br /><br />Happy Eating!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-6025893846694006492007-10-01T19:54:00.000-06:002007-10-01T20:01:01.318-06:00What Are We Feeding The Kids? (And Ourselves?)<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">**Slow Food St. Louis is happy to promote this event, but is not sponsoring it**</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Join in for this town hall discussion of what is driving our country's childhod obesity epidemic, and what folks in St. Louis are doing to turn around that trend. <strong>Anne Lappe</strong>, National Best-Selling Author, Lecturer and Food Activist will speak on the topic "What Are We Feeding The Kids? (And Ourselves?)" </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="color:#999900;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Monday, October 8, 2007</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>6:30pm - 8:30pm</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Wild Oats Natural Marketplace</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>8823 Ladue Rd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63124</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Healthy snacks and drinks will be served compliments of Wild Oats.<br />Call Jill at 314-289-3553 for full details. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">$10 suggested donation; $25 includes a signed copy of Lappe's book: "Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen". Proceeds benefit The Fiji Organic Project, a project of Earth Island Institute. <a href="http://www.fijiorganic.org/">http://www.fijiorganic.org/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;">**Slow Food St. Louis is happy to promote this event, but is not sponsoring it**</span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-9637546257855277082007-09-17T13:36:00.000-06:002007-09-17T20:06:20.418-06:00Kitchen Clutter Fleamarket and Potluck<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Join Slow Food St. Louis on Sunday, September 30th, for a kitchen clutter sale, barbeque, and picnic!<br /><br /><strong>Kitchen Clutter Sale</strong> from 3:00pm to 5:00pm: Gather your unused kitchen items and price them to sell, tables will be provided (50% of proceeds will be donated to Slow Food St. Louis)<br /><br /><strong>Potluck Picnic</strong> from 5:30pm to 7:30pm: Bring a side dish to share and a beverage of your choice, plus your own plates, cups, and utensils - our goal is a green picnic! Grilled meat from local farms will be provided. </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>RSVP: </strong>By September 25th to <a href="mailto:rsvp@slowfoodstl.org">rsvp@slowfoodstl.org</a> or 314.822.8682 </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Cost:</strong> Free for current Slow Food members; $5.00 for non-members. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Location:</strong> Kirkwood Park - Scout Shelter (On geyer Road, between Manchester and Big Bend)</span></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-65079834456374556602007-08-20T17:33:00.000-06:002007-08-20T17:36:02.174-06:00Slow Food Ice Cream Marathon!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The heat got you down? Cool off with an ice cream marathon! All across the St. Louis area, ice cream and gelato artists are serving up their hand-made confections. You are invited to try some of those shops and their unique flavors, and then compare your reactions with other Slow Food members. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br />Here's how it works. From August 27 through Sept. 3 (Labor Day), visit a few (or all!!) of the shops listed below. At each one, order your favorite flavor and the shop's signature flavor (or flavor of the week). Also, test your taste buds with the mystery flavor--the servers have picked a flavor they will serve you but keep the name of the flavor a secret. When you've finally had enough ice cream, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">share your thoughts right here on our blog. Just remember to support these great shops by making a purchase while you're there, in addition to enjoying the samples these generous folks are glad to share. </span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">So, gather up family and friends and eat your way from one delight to the next! We'll send reminders later in the month--but mark your calendars now. </span><br /><ul><li></span><a href="http://www.serendipity-icecream.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Serendipity</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> 8130 Big Bend Blvd. Webster Groves, MO 962-2700 </span></li><li><a href="http://www.gelatodiriso.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Gelato di Riso</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> 9905 Manchester Rd. Brentwood, MO 962-0660 </span></li><li><a href="http://www.crowncandykitchen.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Crown Candy Kitchen</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> 1401 St. Louis St. Louis, MO 621-9650 **no mystery flavor available</span></li><li><a href="http://www.gelateria.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Gelateria</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> 1327 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO 621-8838 </span></li><li><a href="http://www.justgelatos.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Gelato's Italian Ice Cream</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> 301 E. Broadway Alton, IL 618-465-9350</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Ronnie's Ice Cream</strong> (Ron Ryan's fabulous flavors are sold all over town--including Cicero's, Duff's, J. Bucks and especially at Schlafly Bottleworks or Schlafly Tap Room where you can try his Oatmeal Stout ice cream) </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>LaVallesano Tacos and Ice Cream</strong> 2801 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO 776-4223 NOTE: Because of a language challenge, the management didn't understand this activity. So, don't try to order a mystery flavor there. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But DO be adventuresome and enjoy their tasty Mexican-style ice cream.</span></span></li></ul>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-10954734619650612702007-07-25T16:35:00.000-06:002007-07-25T16:41:47.198-06:00Take Action on Farm Bill<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">You may have heard the buzz lately about the upcoming reauthorization of the Farm Bill—the nation’s most important food and farming policy. As an organization, we advocate for a food system that is good, clean, and fair, and we hope that you, our 14,000 voices, can get that message across to our government! Slow Food USA has signed onto "Seeking Balance in US Farm and Food Policy," published and distributed by the Farm and Food Project, a W.K. Kellogg Foundation initiative. Seeking Balance is a statement of values and principles that encourage more balanced food and farm policies. For more information please check the Slow Food USA site.<br /></span><a href="http://www.slowfoodusa.org/farmbill/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">http://www.slowfoodusa.org/farmbill/</span></a>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-60614830915917440592007-06-26T15:09:00.000-06:002007-06-26T15:15:11.458-06:00Art Of Food: A Canvas of Culinary Inspired Art and Incredible Edibles<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#666600;">The "Art of Food" Event At The Mad Art Gallery<br />To Benefit Slow Food USA, St. Louis Chapter</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>WHO: </strong></span>Slow Food USA, St. Louis chapter, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and supporting sustainable, local foods and food traditions, holds its fundraiser, "Art of Food" on July 28, 2007 at the Mad Art Gallery in Soulard from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>WHAT: </strong>The "Art of Food" event will showcase the area's top "slow" restaurants serving delectable hors d'ouvres using only the freshest, local ingredients prepared by the hottest chefs in the slow food tradition. Food-themed art by local artists, gift baskets filled with a variety of specialty goodies from boutiques, wineries and restaurants are up for auction at 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Enjoy cool drinks, fashion with a food edge and savory morsels of music and video clips from classic to corny for your viewing pleasure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>WHEN: </strong>Saturday, July 28, 2007 from 7 to 11 p.m.<br /><strong>WHERE: </strong>Mad Art Gallery, 2727 S. 12th Street, St. Louis, MO 63118<br /><strong>COST: </strong>$30 cash at the door • $20 in advance at </span><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/15709" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">brownpapertickets</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> (fee applies), at Mad Art Gallery, or at various Farmers' Markets • One drink ticket included in purchase price. Cash bar available.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"><strong>WEBSITES:</strong><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.saucemagazine.com/artoffood/">Offical Art of Food Website</a> ::: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.slowfoodstl.org/artoffood.htm">Slow Food St. Louis Website</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS AND CHEFS:</strong></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.smokehousemarket.com/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Annie Gunn's</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Lou Rook III </span></li><li><a href="http://www.baileyschocolatebar.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Bailey's Chocolate Bar</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - David Bailey </span></li><li><a href="http://www.baileyschocolatebar.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Balaban's</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Andy White </span></li><li><a href="http://www.lucasevents.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Lucas School House</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Christopher Roussin </span></li><li><a href="http://www.saucemagazine.com/modesto/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Modesto</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Grace Dinsmoor </span></li><li><a href="http://www.nichestlouis.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Niche</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Gerard Craft </span></li><li><a href="http://www.riddlescafe.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Riddle's Penultimate Cafe</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Andy Ayers </span></li><li><a href="http://www.schlafly.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Schlafly Bottleworks</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Scott Smelser </span></li><li><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/photo-tours.mi?marshaCode=stldt&pageID=HWRAL&imageID=5" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Washington Avenue Bistro</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> - Tim Grandinetti </span></li></ul><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>FEATURED ARTISTS:</strong><br />Greg Barth, Malinda Sullivan, Mary Beth Shaw, Tara McCarthy, Sarah Frost, Tim Meehan, Bruce Howard, Geoff Story, Jim Ibur, Kirsten O'Loughlin, Daniel Shown, Carmelita Nunez, Tim Garrett, Gabriela Toujs, Cbabi Bayoc, Robin Woll, Sara Hale, Joe Eisenberg, Katy Fischer, Jaime Gartelos, Ron Buechele, Julie Malone, Jenna Bauer, Amy Hoover, Marie Oberkirsch, Tom Lawless, Mitch Huett, Karen Jones, Julie Wiegand, Jeff Marsh, Kohli Marsh, Allyson Mace, Fern Taylor, Theresa Disney, Katherine Bish, Josh Crow </span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>EVENT PRESENTERS:</strong><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.saucemagazine.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Sauce Magazine</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> • </span><a href="http://www.madart.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Mad Art Gallery</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> • </span><a href="http://www.slowfoodstl.org/index.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Slow Food St. Louis</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> • </span><a href="http://www.schlafly.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Schlafly Beer</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> • </span><a href="http://www.itsallaboutyoubaby.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">It's All About You </span></a></p>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-62196054630185495282007-06-21T16:27:00.000-06:002007-06-21T16:29:30.185-06:00Fête de Chaumette July 14th<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Chaumette Vineyards & Winery announces its July 14th Fête de Chaumette, a Celebration of Regional Wines, Cuisine & Goods<br /></strong><br />Chaumette Vineyards & Winery announces its annual Fête de Chaumette, held on the winery grounds Saturday, July 14th from 11am to 7pm. Chaumette’s Fête de Chaumette is a celebration of regional cuisine, wine, arts, goods and entertainment that proudly features and promotes the significance of Missouri’s regional products. Fourteen new and established wineries, sixteen food producers and sixteen area retailers are participating from the Ste. Genevieve region and beyond. Owner Hank Johnson states, “We conceptualized this year’s Fête to proudly showcase the regionality of our local products - from fine wine and food products to arts and other goods and entertainment that our region offers. By bringing many local area businesses together, guests can discover and enjoy a multitude of regional delights all at one event.”<br /><br />Each participant vendor will sell and sample their products. Chaumette’s Grapevine Grill will serve BBQ all day, featuring a menu that include ingredients that food producers will sell at the event, including BBQ bison burgers, BBQ chicken, pork & lamb, local cheeses & sausages and salads made with local produce. The indoor/outdoor event is a family friendly festival for all ages and kids’ activities will include turtle racing, kite flying, bobbing for apples and boulé. Live entertainment will perform throughout the day, including House of Bishops, a Blues, R&B and Oldies band and Dennis Stroughmatt & the Creole Stomp a Louisiana Creole Zydeco, Cajun and Blues band as well as other local musicians. Event is free of charge to guests, and a $20 parking fee per car will be collected. Plenty of covered & uncovered outdoor seating for guests will be offered.<br /><br />Wineries participating include Charleville Vineyard & Winery, Claverach Vineyards, Durso Hills Vineyards & Winery, Meramec Vineyards, Peaceful Bend Vineyard, River Ridge Winery, Sainte Genevieve Winery, Shady Grove Vineyards, Tower Rock Winery, Twin Oaks Vineyard, Vance Vineyard & Winery, Villa Antonio Winery and White Rose Winery.<br /><br />Food producers include Alpine Dairy Goat Farm from Webster Groves, Claverach Farm from Eureka, Family Friendly Farm from Cape Girardeau, Missouri Grass Fed Beef from Jackson, Goat's Beard Farm from Harrisburg, Hinkebein Hills Farms from Cape Girardeau, Living Springs Ranch from Belleview, Missouri Elk Farmers Association, Monroe Farm from Berryman (Washington County,) Pioneer Apple Orchards & Market from Jackson, Prairie Grass Farms from New Florence, Sayersbrook Bison from Potosi, Sunflower Savannah from Beaufort and Windrush Farm from Farmington.<br /><br />Retailers and other locals businesses participating from Ste. Genevieve are The Show Me Shop, a retailer of Missouri products from Ste. Genevieve, First Settlement Country Store, Ivy & Twigs, a garden shop, Joyce & Choyce’s Antiques & Collectibles, Odile's Linen & Lace, Etc., The Stained Glass Shop, Sweet Things, Candle Corner, Zielinski’s, specializing in vintage retail, Deb Says Sew, specializing in embroidery, The Racing Edge, Nancy Dee's Antiques & Collectibles, Lulu’s Antiques, Only Child Originals, specializing in hand-made jewelry and the Ste. Genevieve Tourist & Information Center. Also participating are Stonie's Sausage Shop from Perryville and The Tiger Sanctuary from Bloomsdale.<br /><br />Chaumette’s Fête de Chaumette originated four years ago as a celebration the French holiday Bastille Day to commemorate the rich French heritage of Ste. Genevieve. Over the years, the festival has grown to something even more prominent and encompassing – a festival for regional cuisine, arts, and entertainment.<br /><br />Established in 1990 by Hank and Jackie Johnson, Chaumette Vineyards and Winery is located in Ste. Genevieve County 20 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. As a premier Missouri Winery, Chaumette is dedicated to handcrafting wines of distinction and elegance. For more information go to <a href="http://www.chaumette.com/">http://www.chaumette.com/</a>. </span></span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-9437095498088148702007-06-10T09:22:00.000-06:002007-06-11T13:54:30.404-06:00Harvest Grocery Opens<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong>Local Harvest Grocery</strong>, located at 3148 Morganford, opened over the weekend. The micro-grocery was founded by Patrick Horine and Shannon "Maddie" Earnest and will will have a heavy emphasis on local and organic foods. Visit their website at <a href="http://www.localharvestgrocery.com"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">www.localharvestgrocery.com</span></a> for more information.</span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-41690802170683913422007-05-10T09:16:00.000-06:002008-12-10T00:32:31.966-06:00Lambstravaganza 2007<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51);font-size:130%;" >A Dinner to Benefit Slow Food St Louis</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Come enjoy an elaborate feast on the farm! Tim Grandinetti, Executive Chef at the Renaissance Grand Hotel, has planned an extraordinary multi-course feast focusing on lamb from Hillebrand's Praire Grass Farms.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB14s2MReNGIpzwHG_qEHy6N3gZy1yOORy8GkF8eriMHjb4E8JGvgb4cF_-Z7ykwMaMLcLUmUWYnvCwIYlB8msnmRWDbTrQ4gJb8Il2v_op2BRvA6I3QC6KlNYwDcOHdU65VKqtFIg80U/s1600-h/lambextrav+2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062954526838182130" style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB14s2MReNGIpzwHG_qEHy6N3gZy1yOORy8GkF8eriMHjb4E8JGvgb4cF_-Z7ykwMaMLcLUmUWYnvCwIYlB8msnmRWDbTrQ4gJb8Il2v_op2BRvA6I3QC6KlNYwDcOHdU65VKqtFIg80U/s320/lambextrav+2.jpg" border="1" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br />There will be walking tours of the farm with Schlafly Beer, followed by a sit-down, family style dinner for 60! Les Bourgoeois will again pair wines with each delectable course. This event was so extraordinary last year and everyone had such a fantastic time that we're sure to sell out quickly, do don't delay.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Advance purchase only.<br />Your seat is reserved once we receive your check.<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">Prairie Grass Farms</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">New Florence, MO</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">Sunday June 10</span>th<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">2-6 p.m.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">Tickets (advance only)</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">$60 Slow Food members</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">$75 non-members</span><br /><br /><br />Please send your check<br />(made out to Slow Food St Louis)<br />by June 1st to:</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">Stephen Hale</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">1925 South 9th Street</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">St Louis, MO 63104</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)">e-mail questions to:</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)"><a href="mailto:Stephen@slowfoodstl.org">Stephen@slowfoodstl.org</a></span></span></span></div>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-49015645352127948692007-04-14T20:37:00.000-06:002008-12-10T00:32:32.210-06:00Upcoming Events<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>We're announcing a ton of upcoming events. </strong><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EIZu5YSXW9lM8Lhcjo-yCUw9DxCMbpUWpgIvaq2rLCLv_nUYBV8ddUdWAWWKsHa36C14YmECLqMAZxonzLsqv9EkeXtnjvMLCgGpuzHlILbYCBqPsafnl7DuRTq7dvVcUc-z0Ishfa4/s1600-h/tomato+cups.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EIZu5YSXW9lM8Lhcjo-yCUw9DxCMbpUWpgIvaq2rLCLv_nUYBV8ddUdWAWWKsHa36C14YmECLqMAZxonzLsqv9EkeXtnjvMLCgGpuzHlILbYCBqPsafnl7DuRTq7dvVcUc-z0Ishfa4/s320/tomato+cups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060817501435547858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Even if you aren't a Slow Food member, come out and enjoy one of these great culinary excursions.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>April 18 & 19 at 7 pm, Slow Food on Film<br /></strong>A selection of award-winning films from the Slow Food Film Festival in Bra, Italy, 2006, shown at Winifred Moore Auditorium, Webster University.</span></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">For more info: <a href="http://www.webster.edu/filmseries/current.html"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >http://www.webster.edu/filmseries/current.html</span></a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>April 22 from 11 am - 6 pm, Slow Food booth at Earth Day</strong><br />Come celebrate Earth Day with Slow Food in Forest Park! Volunteers for the booth are welcome! Email reply to </span></span><a href="mailto:slowfoodstl@hotmail.com"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >slowfoodstl@hotmail.com</span></a>.<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> For more info: <a href="http://www.stlouisearthday.org"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >http://www.stlouisearthday.org</span></a></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>April 28 at 10am, Cave Vineyard & Farms Tour</strong><br />Start at Cave; more details will follow.<br />RSVP by April 24th to </span><a href="mailto:slowfoodstl@hotmail.com"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >slowfoodstl@hotmail.com</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >$20 per person includes tour, lunch. and wine tasting.<br /><br /><strong>May 5, Slow Food booth at Christ Church Cathedral Flower Festival</strong><br />Downtown. More details at </span><a href="http://www.christchurchcathedral.us/"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >www.christchurchcathedral.us</span></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /><strong>Farmers Market Openings</strong><br />Maplewood: May 2<br />Tower Grove: May 12<br /><em>Other market dates to come...</em><br /><br /><strong>June 10, Lambstravaganza<br /></strong>A Feast in the Field not to be missed! Held at Prairie Grass Farms, New Florence, MO. Details forthcoming...but it's sure to be a sellout!<br /><br /><strong>July 28, Art of Food</strong><br />Mad Art Gallery in Soulard! Great Art! Great Food!</span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-17584673926041451052007-04-04T13:15:00.000-06:002007-04-04T13:48:12.641-06:00<h3 class="post-title"> <a href="http://slowfoodstl.blogspot.com/2007/02/slow-food-on-film.html">Slow Food on Film</a> </h3> <p><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><strong>Webster University Film Series</strong><br />April 18 & 19 at 7:00pm<br />A selection of films from last year’s Slow Film festival, held annually in Bra, Piedmont, Italy. Films include We Are What We Lost, a Serbian homage to the relationship between food, memory and love and loss; Kafe 469 the inner thoughts of an Iranian cafe owner turned terrorist; L'Age De Raison, a French portrait of a young girl struggling to understand religious restrictions on foods and Ohayo, a haunting Japanese film of how cooking held a marriage together until it quickened to a deeper level. Sponsored by Slow Food St Louis. For ticket information and directions, visit the </span><a href="http://www.webster.edu/filmseries/current.html"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Webster Film Series</span></a> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >website.</span></p>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-68968386986851460962007-03-22T15:20:00.000-06:002007-04-02T20:50:07.562-06:00Previous Slow Food St Louis Events: Honey Tasting<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Profound thanks to Lynn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Krause</span> for allowing us to hold the honey tasting at the Viking Store. We tasted 30 honeys from around the world. But prior to the tasting Joy Stinger presented a brief lecture on the life of a beekeeper and her bees. To the startled amusement of all she donned her beekeeper suit . </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Lynn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Krause</span> prepared chicken breasts rolled in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">panko</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sautéed</span> and then finished in the oven. This was served with honey mustard and a honey balsamic vinegar reduction. To allow us a taste comparison, she prepared one batch of oatmeal cookies made with honey the other with sugar. This was accompanied by mead, the honey wine drink. While eating we viewed the slide show 90 year old Jim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">McCaskill</span> had put together years ago. It has been converted to a DVD. In a league with the Disney nature pictures of yore, the slides were intensely beautiful. Pam C., Lana S. and Julie N. won the door prizes of bottles of honey. </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,000,000 years ago, brought flowers and bees first appeared among the insects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The earliest known record of honey collecting is from a 7,000 BC cave painting in Spain. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Hives were placed on rafts in Egypt and floated down the Nile for pollination purposes as well as honey production. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Honey was used in the embalming process for pharaohs. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The Greek god of beekeeping was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Aristaeus</span>. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">One tablespoon of honey contains 65 calories.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">American Indians called honeybees “white man’s fly” as the European bees spread ahead of European man. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Bees and their kin do not see red; red flowers are pollinated by birds. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The fertile eggs the queen lays become workers. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">infertile</span> eggs she lays become the drones, whose only function is to fertilize the queen, so the drone has a grandfather but no father! </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Future queens are created by feeding the eggs and larvae royal jelly. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Multiple queen cells are created but when the first queen appears from her cell, she kills the other queen larvae in their cells. (There can be circumstances when this does not happen.) </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">The only poisonous honey is produced from Mt Laurel blossoms and contains <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">andromedotoxin</span>. (Any mystery writers out there?) </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Statistics: One bee would fly 3 earth orbits using 1 oz. of honey for fuel to collect enough nectar to produce one pound of honey. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Honey is/has been used in golf balls, shaving creams, shampoos, gear lubricants, chewing gum and tobacco. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Below 45 degrees bees become paralyzed if not within their hive. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Scent organs are located on the bee’s antennae; queens have 2,000 organs, workers 6,000 and drones 30,000. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">A queen may lay up to 5,000 eggs at her peak, 1,500 to 2,000 is normal. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Bees were used in wars: Henry I hurled bees among the horses of the Duke of Lorraine during their dispute. In WWI the German troops in East Africa used bees to fight the British. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">If this has tweaked the interest of any of you, a good book to read is <em>The Golden Throng</em> by Edwin Way <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Teale</span>.</span></li></ul>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-25694652855310100832007-03-22T15:15:00.000-06:002007-04-02T20:54:30.898-06:00Author Activist to Speak at Benefit for SLU Educational Initiative, March 5th<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Anna Lappé, an author and social activist on environmental issues, will speak at a dinner to raise funds for a hands-on Saint Louis University project that teaches elementary and middle school students about gardening, cooking and nutrition.<br /><br />The fundraiser for the Garden to Table project will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, March 5 in Fresh Gatherings Cafe, which is located in the lower level of the Doisy College of Health Sciences building, 3437 Caroline Mall on Saint Louis University’s campus.<br /><br />A gourmet dinner with locally grown food and locally produced wine will be served. Tickets are $50.<br /><br />Fresh Gatherings is a sustainable restaurant that serves healthy meals made from locally produced food products and practices composting and recycling. It is operated by the department of nutrition and dietetics.<br /><br />The department also is the lead partner on a project that taps into the talents of Saint Louis University nutrition and dietetics students to teach students at Humboldt and Sigel Schools that food doesn’t start out at the local grocery store. The students garden, cook and study about nutrition. The Missouri Botanical Garden is a partner on the educational initiative.<br /><br />Lappé is the author of the bestselling “Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet,” which received the Nautilus Award for Social Change. Her second book, “Grub: Ideas for an Urban, Organic Kitchen,” was published last year.<br /><br />Lappé encourages Americans to buy locally grown foods, support fair trade, and voice opinions to protect our planet. Lappé is co-founder of both the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund. She is a compelling public speaker, with past talks at schools such as Yale University and Brown University. To learn more about Lappé, visit http://www.smallplanetinstitute.org<br /><br />Those who attend the dinner will receive a signed copy of “Grub,” which explores issues of social change and its impact on our food systems.<br /><br />Lappé also will speak at a lunch earlier in the day, also at Fresh Gatherings. Tickets, which include the meal and talk, are $15. Both events are open to the public.<br /><br />Tickets are available in advance by calling 314-977-8523 or at the door.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"><em>Slow Food St. Louis helped sponsor this event.</em> </span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-45816854237042820822007-03-14T18:10:00.000-06:002007-03-15T19:27:58.224-06:00Reminder SLOW FOOD Trivia Night<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">We still have spots for Convivial Pursuit, a friendly game of food trivia to benefit Slow Food St. Louis. This event takes place Sunday, March 25th from 4-8pm at Mad Art Gallery, 2727 S. 12th Street, St. Louis, MO 63118. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">We've lowered ticket prices...get yours now!</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#990000;">Ticket prices are $20 each. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#990000;">Price <strong>includes</strong> Schlafly Beer, wine, soda, and water. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">To purchase a table, mail your check or money order made out to Slow Food St. Louis, to: Sara Hale, 1925 South Ninth Street, St. Louis, MO 63104. Be sure to include your contact name, email, phone number, and name of your team. Send questions to </span><a href="mailto:slowfoodstl@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">slowfoodstl@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">.</span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-7642239205173680652007-03-12T10:13:00.000-06:002007-03-12T10:19:26.327-06:00Bee Alert When Checking Hives This Spring<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">This information comes from:<br /><strong>Extension and Ag Information<br />University of Missouri</strong></span><strong> <br /></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">COLUMBIA, Mo. - A new phenomenon among the beehives has beekeepers and researchers buzzing. A breakdown in normal colony structure is causing bees to abandon their hives, said a University of Missouri extension entomologist.<br /><br />"They're leaving the queen, which is unusual," said Richard Houseman, associate professor of entomology. In many hives, there are no bees at all. The brood, or young, remain capped. Affected hives also are slow to be "robbed out" by other colonies. This phenomenon, first identified last fall, is known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Bee experts are unsure of the cause. The disorder has been reported in 24 states. Missouri is not on the list.<br /><br />State entomologist Mike Brown said he hasn't had any official reports of CCD in Missouri. "Everything I have heard has been anecdotal," he said.<br /><br />Both Houseman and Brown encourage beekeepers who have hives showing symptoms of the disorder to report their findings to the Missouri Department of Agriculture or the University of Missouri. They will need to complete a confidential survey about the details of their loss.<br /><br />"It may provide some clues or common threads, such as practices beekeepers should avoid," said Houseman.<br /><br />Art Gelder, owner of Walk-About Acres outside Columbia, also has heard of hives being affected. He has just begun to check hives and has already noticed one hive exhibiting symptoms of the disorder. "No bees," he said. "No dead bees, no live bees. Just honey.<br /> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">"It's kind of scary. Not only can you lose half of your honey crop, but you also lose the pollination." And pollination is what the buzz is all about.<br /><br />"In some states, the impact (of low bee numbers of pollination) may be large depending on the major crops," said Houseman. "In Missouri, our major crops are corn and soybeans, and they're self-pollinating."<br /><br />He said growers of fruit and vegetable crops, such as apples, cucumbers and watermelons, may see an impact because those plants are pollinated by honey bees. Right now Missouri's bee status is unknown.<br /><br />"More information should be made available as the temperatures start to warm and beekeepers start to get out to check their colonies," Brown said.<br /><br />Gelder said he plans to report his loss after checking the rest of his hives.<br /><br />"We just have to wait for scientists to figure out what's going on nd go from there," he said.<br /><br />A multi-state working group comprised of researchers, extension agents and regulatory officials from Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Florida Department of Agriculture; Bee Alert Technology, Inc., affiliated with University of Montana; Florida Department of Agriculture; and the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service is considering several hypotheses about possible causes, including transmitted pathogens, an immunosuppressive disorder and sublethal insecticides.</span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-477045234552660262007-02-21T22:14:00.000-06:002007-04-25T16:18:55.341-06:00Slow Food St. Louis Photo Archives<div style="text-align: center; width: 194px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 83%;"><div style="background: transparent url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/slowfoodstl/SlowFood"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/slowfoodstl/Rd0T-hm4VBE/AAAAAAAAADs/t_zXSt8W3_E/s160-c/SlowFood.jpg" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0px; margin-top: 16px;" height="160" width="160" /></a></div><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/slowfoodstl/SlowFood"><div style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Artisan Cheese Tasting<br /></div></a><div style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"></div></div>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-69979998321191001212007-02-20T22:07:00.000-06:002008-12-10T00:32:32.431-06:00Convivial Pursuit: A Friendly Game of Food Trivia<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Convivial Pursuit, a friendly game of food trivia to benefit Slow Food St. Louis, will take place Sunday, March 25th from 4-8pm at Mad Art Gallery, 2727 S. 12th Street, St. Louis, MO 63118.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_77Y-Qaq9VotUr4jVLjTqlBpJB_B8WAS2firbrnq6LdutH_PhbGBvjYH-f_DygR0WplYCFhcyajtKuVOmCtOdrpvGFVkOGFz2DfsmuTl7WoYS69yYjQ1GDC8MJYWbGPBriTjuG1Dg1Q/s1600-h/Convivial+Evening.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_77Y-Qaq9VotUr4jVLjTqlBpJB_B8WAS2firbrnq6LdutH_PhbGBvjYH-f_DygR0WplYCFhcyajtKuVOmCtOdrpvGFVkOGFz2DfsmuTl7WoYS69yYjQ1GDC8MJYWbGPBriTjuG1Dg1Q/s320/Convivial+Evening.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060021450722070690" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tables for 8-10 players may be reserved for $250 and the fee includes Schlafly Beer, wine, soda, and water. Prizes will be awarded for best table decorations (this includes your group and your snacks), as well as for trivia winners. We’ll be offering fantastic raffle items, a silent food-art auction, and interactive categories sure to delight your senses.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339111509513695970.post-76410596388430608742007-02-20T20:26:00.000-06:002007-04-04T13:22:51.553-06:00Exposé on Coffee Trade Inequities<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Community Cinema Series:</strong> Black Gold</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>TOPIC:</strong> Exposé on Coffee Trade Inequities</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>DATE: </strong>March 22, 2007<br /><strong>TIME:</strong> 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>LOCATION:</strong> Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum, Lindell & DeBaliviere<br /><strong>NOTES:</strong> Black Gold is a screening of the new Community Cinema Series. This documentary by Nick Francis and Marc Francis traces one man's fight for fair trade in the multi-billion-dollar coffee industry. As Westerners revel in designer lattes and cappuccinos, Ethiopian coffee subsist in poverty. Panelists who will lead a discussion after the documentary include representatives from Kaldi's, Plowsharers, League of Voters, and Washington University Students for Fair Trade.This new Community Cinemas Series is presented by KETC/Channel 9 and the Missouri Historical Society, in collaboration with Independent Lens, ITVS, and FOCUS St. Louis. Screenings are on Thursday evenings. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Cost:</strong> Free</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>For more information:</strong> Call 314-746-4599 or visit </span></span><a href="http://www.mohistory.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">www.mohistory.org</span></a>slowfoodstlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12169266770675466185noreply@blogger.com2