BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Slow Food Russian River - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Slow Food Russian River X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Slow Food Russian River REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150328T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150328T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150301T165524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150512T215522Z UID:448-1427561100-1427567400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Food Russian River Sponsors Les Blank's 1980 documentary _Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers_ DESCRIPTION:Online sales have ended. Please buy tickets at Sebastopol Center for the Arts box office\, 282 S High St\, Sebastopol. 707-829-4797. \nSlow Food Russian River is honored to sponsor\, with our partner Laguna Farm\,​ Les Blank’s 1980 documentary _Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers_ at the 8th Annual Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival​. \nThis cinematic song in praise of the glories of garlic is a foray into the history\, consumption\, cultivation\, and culinary and curative powers of allium sativum. Featuring appearances by a host of passionate garlic lovers including Alice Waters at her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, and plenty of lively music as only Les Blank can deliver. You’ll be amazed at the hundreds of uses to which that pungent herb can be put. \nShown together with _Gap-Toothed Women_\, a film by Les Blank\, Maureen Gosling\, Chris Simon and Susan Kell\, 1987. Part of the Les Blank Program of the 2015 Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. \n \n  \n           \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-sponsors-les-blanks-1980-documentary-_garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers_/ LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Garlic-is-as-Good-web-e1425228624645.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150305T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150305T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150108T222416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T214509Z UID:388-1425582000-1425589200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food\, Part II (Land) by Dan Barber DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading Part II on Land of the book The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food (2014) by Dan Barber. \n“At the heart of today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food. Our concern over factory farms and chemically grown crops might have sparked a social movement\, but chef Dan Barber reveals that even the most enlightened eating of today is ultimately detrimental to the environment and to individual health. And it doesn’t involve truly delicious food. Based on ten years of surveying farming communities around the world\, Barber’s The Third Plate offers a radical new way of thinking about food that will heal the land and taste good\, too.” (From Goodreads) \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-the-third-plate-field-notes-on-the-future-of-food-part-ii-soil-by-dan-barber/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/thirdplatepartII.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20141117T225848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150108T222454Z UID:369-1423162800-1423170000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food\, Part I (Soil) by Dan Barber DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading Part I on Soil of the book The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food (2014) by Dan Barber. \n“At the heart of today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food. Our concern over factory farms and chemically grown crops might have sparked a social movement\, but chef Dan Barber reveals that even the most enlightened eating of today is ultimately detrimental to the environment and to individual health. And it doesn’t involve truly delicious food. Based on ten years of surveying farming communities around the world\, Barber’s The Third Plate offers a radical new way of thinking about food that will heal the land and taste good\, too.” (From Goodreads) \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-book-group-the-third-plate-field-notes-on-the-future-of-food-by-dan-barber/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/thirdplatepartI.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150131T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150131T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150108T220205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151201T084008Z UID:380-1422720000-1422730800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Food Russian River's 2015 Annual Members Meeting & Dinner DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to Slow Food Russian River’s 2015 Annual Members Meeting & Dinner \nJanuary 31\, 2015\, 4 – 7 pm\nRosso’s Rosticceria\, 1229 N. Dutton\, Santa Rosa\, CA \nIf you are not a member yet this is great opportunity to become a Slow Food member at the door ($30 (youth and low income)\, $60\, or $100 for a family membership) and meet other members. \n** Get together for conviviality\, conversation and a delicious meal.\n** Recap 2014 events and ongoing projects.\n** Introduction of the new leadership team. \n** Discuss what’s planned for 2015.\n** Most importantly — We want everyone’s input\, ideas and willingness to volunteer! \nWe are soliciting new volunteers for the following committees: \n• Apple Corps\n• Turkey Project\n• Events\n• High School Gardens Project\n• Policy\n• Ark of Taste\n• Wild Card (for new ideas and brainstorming)\n• Education\, Publicity and Communications (website\, newsletter and social media). \nPlease Bring Appetizers or Desserts:\nA-L Last Names: Desserts\nM-Z Last Names: Appetizers\nand a beverage or donation (for staff gratuity) URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/2015-annual-members-meeting-dinner/ LOCATION:Rosso Rosticceria + Eventi\, 1229 N. Dutton\, CA\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401\, United States CATEGORIES:Members Only Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/450aadc5443e9bb6871826a1_620x249.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Marcia Lavine":MAILTO:mf.lavine (at) gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141207T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20141107T214747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150707T225842Z UID:329-1417968000-1417978800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Ark of Taste Speakeasy: Slow Food Russian River Holiday Happy Hour DESCRIPTION:We hope that you’ll join with your Slow Food Russian River friends and family to celebrate the holidays with a taste of Terra Madre. This year people from all over the country competed to represent America’s historic cocktail culture at Terra Madre by mixing up their best concoctions featuring Ark of Taste products\, a veritable Ark of Taste Speakeasy. In honor of Terra Madre Day\, we want to bring a bit of the fun back to Sonoma County! \nCome celebrate with us as we shake up our holiday happy hour with slow sips of Ark inspired cocktails (& mocktails)\, bites created with our local bounty\, and stories of Slow Food around the world shared by our delegates. \nWe’ll be sharing some of our favorite recipes\, and hope that you will too! Bring your favorite sweet\, savory snack\, or beverage featuring a heritage breed ingredient like the Gravenstein Apple\, Bodega Red Potato\, or an American Bronze Turkey. Check out Slow Food USA’s Ark of Taste database for a little inspiration http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-of-taste. \nTerra Madre Day\, December 10th\, is a day where Slow Food members in all corners of the world come together to put the spotlight on our collective work to ensure a good\, clean\, & fair food system. Slow Food Russian River will be one of dozens of chapters that will come together during this week to celebrate Slow Food near and far. We hope that you’ll come to connect to our work in Russian River\, California\, the United States\, and abroad. \nA few things to note we hope that you’ll consider carpooling. Parking is limited\, and we’ll have a special treat for designated drivers. We also ask that you bring your own small plate and silverware to help us cut down on waste. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/ark-of-taste-speakeasy-holiday-party/ LOCATION:GrowKitchen – Center for Fooducation\, 245 Ferguson Rd\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Members Only Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/coverphotospeakeasyevent851x315.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Tiffany Nurrenbern":MAILTO:tiffanyln@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141204T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20141117T225746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150701T215229Z UID:364-1417719600-1417726800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet\, by Sarah Elton. DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet\, by Sarah Elton (2013). \n“Anyone concerned about food\, our world’s increasingly broken and failing food systems\, and/or independent farming should read this. Excerpt from the Seeds section\, re: traditional vs. chemical rice farming: “High yields have come at a cost. Hybrid rice requires a lot of chemical fertilizers and pesticides\, many found. Traditional rice doesn’t like chemicals. If you fertilize traditional varieties with nitrogen to increase yields\, the plants tend to topple over under the weight of the larger seed heads. But there are benefits to growing chemical-free that can’t be measured in crop yields. In a rice field where traditional seeds are grown\, there exists a whole lot of life\, a whole lot of biodiversity. In the water live zooplankton and nematodes and molluscs as well as surface-dwelling insects. Because rice is grown in a wetland\, you will also find amphibians\, reptiles\, fish\, and water birds all thriving amid the growing grains\, as well as other vegetation. This life becomes food for humans\, and the biodiversity offers the farmers the protection of ecological resilience — if one part of the ecosystem doesn’t do well one year\, another is sure to flourish. Compare this with the hybrid rice paddy where chemicals kill all these other life forms and turn the growing area into a monoculture. And monocultures are the opposite of resilient. The ecology of the wetland is thrown out of balance by the chemicals. The pests’ natural predators are killed [by chemical pesticides]\, and the plant hoppers that are resistant to the pesticide multiply in a way that they normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to do. Then the plant hopper destroys the crop.” (Robin Tierney on Goodreads). \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t have to be a member. Receive information about location in Sebastopol with RSVP. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/sfrr-book-group-consumed-food-for-a-finite-planet-by-sarah-elton/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/consumed.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150301T180647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150930T202658Z UID:462-1413126000-1413140400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Food Russian River Heritage Turkey Auction and Harvest Dinner DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is excited to announce our annual Heritage Turkey Auction and Harvest Dinner\, the chapter’s most important fundraiser of the year. \nOur chapter in collaboration with local 4H clubs started this project 8 years ago to re-introduce the heritage turkey varieties to the market. \nEnjoy an artisan cheese\, charcuterie\, and wine reception overlooking the beautiful Russian River valley where you can browse the diverse silent auction items. A harvest dinner prepared by talented\, young Bay Area chefs is followed by an exciting live turkey auction with a few select “experience” items. This is a great opportunity to meet your holiday turkey and the 4H youth who raised it. \nCasual Country Attire\, please dress warm\, comfortable shoes. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-heritage-turkey-auction-and-harvest-dinner/ LOCATION:SRJC Shone Farm\, 7450 Steve Olson Ln\, Forestville\, CA\, 95436\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10623628_745000222208002_8786300129548962387_o-e1425233139430.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140912 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150327T231858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T212855Z UID:828-1410220800-1410479999@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Visit the Slow Food Booth @ National Heirloom Exposition DESCRIPTION:Drop by our booth @ The National Heirloom Exposition – September 9\, 10 & 11 – Santa Rosa\, and learn about our programs and events. Discuss how we can improve the food system in the North Bay and make it better\, cleaner\, and fairer – and provide access to food and food growing possibilities for all. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/visit-the-slow-food-booth-national-heirloom-exposition/ LOCATION:Sonoma County Fairgrounds\, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd\, Santa Rosa\, California 95401\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/expo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150330T213618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151015T191755Z UID:851-1409857200-1409864400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Pig perfect : encounters with remarkable swine and some great ways to cook them\, by Peter Kaminsky DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Pig perfect : encounters with remarkable swine and some great ways to cook them\, by Peter Kaminsky. \n“Peter Kaminsky loves all things porcine. He loves it from piglets to pork roasts. He loves it from breeding-stock genetics to artisinally-cured hams. In this book\, he pursues his love from villages in France and Spain to gas stations and general stores alongside blue highways in the Old South. He tracks the descendents of the pigs which Spanish conquistadors brought to America. He even makes a theological/cultural excursus to consider why pork is prohibited to Jews and Muslims. Recipes\, some his own and some lent by others\, are interspersed. Kaminsky is a Renaissance kinda guy. He is a good writer with lots of credentials in magazines like “Field and Stream.” He is a funny writer\, having been the managing editor of “National Lampoon.” He is a foodie writer\, having written a column called “The Underground Gourmet” for New York Magazine. This excellent book ends with an intense (but not preachy) appeal for sustainable agriculture and husbandry and a condemnation of factory farms. He is\, of course\, absolutely correct ” (@Stephen E. Moore on Goodreads). \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/pig-perfect-encounters-with-remarkable-swine-and-some-great-ways-to-cook-them-by-peter-kaminsky/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pigperfect.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150331T164708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T164708Z UID:859-1409389200-1409403600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Honor the Gravenstein Apple at the Point Reyes Farmers Market DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River invites all apple lovers to the Point Reyes Farmers Market for a fun and delicious party to Honor the Gravenstein Apple. \n* Luscious Fresh Pressed Gravenstein Apple Juice\n* Fresh From the Tree Gravenstein Apples\n* Michele Anna Jordan will be joining in the celebration\, with apple-inspired recipes from Vinaigrettes and Other Dressings (Harvard Common Press\, 2014)\, which will be available for purchase and signing. \nA Free Community Event URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/honor-the-gravenstein-apple-at-the-point-reyes-farmers-market/ LOCATION:Toby’s Feed Barn\, 11250 Highway 1\, Point Reyes Station\, CA\, 94956\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tonysfeedbarn.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140823T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140823T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150331T170143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T170143Z UID:861-1408782600-1408798800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Honor the Gravenstein Apple at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River invites all apple lovers to the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market for a fun and delicious party to Honor the Gravenstein Apple. \n* Luscious Fresh Pressed Gravenstein Apple Juice \nA Free Community Event URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/honor-the-gravenstein-apple-at-the-santa-rosa-farmers-market/ LOCATION:Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Parking Lot\, 50 Mark West Springs Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95403\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/santarosawellsfcftafarmersmarket.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140817T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140817T133000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150331T223950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T223950Z UID:864-1408269600-1408282200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Honor The Gravenstein Apple at the Sebastopol Farmers' Market DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River invites all apple lovers to the Sebastopol Farm Market for a fun and delicious party to Honor the Gravenstein Apple. \n* Luscious Fresh Pressed Gravenstein Apple Juice\n* Dominique Cortara’s Famous Apple Pie\n* Guest Chefs Daniel Kedan and Marianna Gardenhire of Backyard\n* Blender Bike Apple Juice Smoothies\n* For the Kids – balloon twisting\, face painting\, pony rides & baby animals\n* Apple Raffle \nA Free Community Event URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/honor-the-gravenstein-apple-at-the-sebastopol-farmers-market/ LOCATION:Sebastopol Farmers Market ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/paulas.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140816T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150313T011206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T221555Z UID:585-1408176000-1417366800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Press Your Own Apples DESCRIPTION:Bring your apples to the SFRR Sebastopol Community Apple Press and\, for free\, make your own apple juice\, which you can freeze and drink throughout the year. Slow Food Russian River makes its apple presses available to members of the community and to visitors. The presses are located at the historic Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in Sebastopol.\nMake delicious\, healthy fresh juice from apples picked from your backyard trees\, or purchased or u-picked from local apple farmers.\nTo reserve time on the apple press\, please go to the calendar at https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/applepress_booking/ and select a time convenient for you on any of the available days.\nFor more details visit https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/applepress.html\nSlow Food Russian River thanks the following for their support of the Sebastopol Community Apple Press: \nCity of Sebastopol\nWestern Sonoma County Historical Society and Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\nEllen Cavalli and Scott Heath of Tilted Shed Ciderworks\nJolie Devoto and Hunter Wade of Devoto Orchards\nPaul Berg and Bob Barclay of  http://russianriver.tv/\nEdie Otis of Artisan/Sotheby’s\nAndrei Pasternak\nKaren Preuss\nDon Hilliard\nTom Pringle URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-press-your-own-apples/ LOCATION:Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\, 7777 Bodega Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/applepress-for-website-event.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140809 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140811 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150331T225945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T225945Z UID:866-1407542400-1407715199@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Visit our Booth at the 41st Gravenstein Apple Fair DESCRIPTION:This year we will be pressing Gravenstein apples and serving free apple juice tastings to the public. \nCome volunteer with us! Shifts are Saturday\, Aug. 9\, 10am – 2p and 2 – 6pm and Sunday\, Aug. 10\, 10am – 2pm and 2 – 6pm (incl. takedown) Please contact info@slowfoodrr.org with your contact information and what event(s) you wish to volunteer. \n***\nThe 41st Gravenstein Apple Fair will be held on August 9th and 10th under the shade of majestic oaks in Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol and Slow Food Russian River will be there again with our booth promoting the Gravenstein apple and all the other delicious apples in the area. \nFor the first time we will be pressing fresh apple juice at the Gravenstein Apple Fair at Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol (Saturday and Sunday\, Aug. 9 and 10) and at three farmers markets\, Sebastopol Farmers’ Market (Sunday\, Aug. 17)\, Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market\, at the Wells Fargo Center (Saturday\, Aug. 23)\, and the Point Reyes Farmers Market\, at Toby’s Feed Barn (Saturday\, Aug. 30). \nWe hope you can join us – whether you are a Slow Food member or not – in this joyful work\, sharing the fun of watching people’s reactions when they taste real\, fresh pressed Gravenstein apple juice\, and getting to work together with other people who are passionate about the apples and the apple orchards in the North Bay. Help us as we include small children in the process and see their excitement. Getting people excited about seasonal local apples is one of the ways we make folks support our apple farmers. \nPlease contact info@slowfoodrr.org with your contact information and what event(s) you wish to volunteer. We will be running two presses at the Gravenstein Apple Fair and need about 14 people each shift\, each day! URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/visit-our-booth-at-the-41st-gravenstein-apple-fair/ LOCATION:Ragle Park\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/applepressgirls.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140726T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140726T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150401T192017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150401T192017Z UID:869-1406383200-1406394000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Strawberry Feasts Forever DESCRIPTION:The Strawberry Season is fully here. Albions. Chandlers. Seascapes. Let’s have a feast\, in the Garden behind Palm Ave. 7403. Good\, clean\, and fair. \nWhile arguably strawberries cannot be improved upon and are best straight from the plant our team of creative pastry chefs has put together strawberry treats – both sweet and savory – that will dazzle your eyes and delight your taste buds. \nThese are the tastings that Dominique Cortara\, Rick Ferrari\, and Susan Kralovec will be serving: \n* Comparative tastings of different varietals of strawberries\n* Appetizers with prosciutto\, chutney and pepper/herb cheese\, and strawberries**\n* Pizza with goat cheese\, prosciutto\, balsamic vinegar\, and strawberries**\n* Duck skewers with strawberry balsamic glaze\n* Strawberry Shortcake\n* Strawberry Agua Fresca\n* Strawberry Chutney – take-away gift \n** Treats will also be available in a vegetarian version. \nWines will be for sale by the glass. Lemonade and cucumber water is served freely. \nBring your children and grandchildren. Games. Best Strawberry Inspired Hat. Make your own strawberry pastry. \nWe will get to know the different strawberry cultivars and where they are locally available\, and about some unknown but desirable varieties that we would like to have back. \nWe will learn why strawberries are #2 on the list of dirty dozen of the Environmental Working Group – after apples – and should always be bought organic or beyond organic\, and locally. \nAnd we will be informed about working conditions in the strawberry industry. \n**** \nElissa Rubin-Mahon will speak at this event about the history of strawberries in the United States and the possibilities of preserving and reviving old varieties of strawberries for being included in the Slow Food Ark of Taste. \nElissa is a champion of the revival of the Bodega Red potato\, now on the Slow Food Ark of Taste.http://www.sonomadiscoveries.com/stor…/digging_up_history/…/ \nFrom her Chef Bio at http://www.relishculinary.com/ \n\nElissa Rubin-Mahon’s foraging and gleaning business\, Artisan Preserves\, specializes in wildcrafted and rare heirloom ingredients. Elissa’s small batch preserving methods were deservedly rewarded when she took home a Good Food Award in 2011 for her Orange Marmalade made with old grove oranges. In addition to leading perserving workshops for public and community groups\, she writes a culinary column for Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming\, is past president and founding culinary chairperson of the Sonoma County Mycological Association\, and teaches about foraged and heirloom foods. Elissa’s work with Slow Food USA to research and evaluate rare and endangered foodstuffs for Slow Food’s Ark of Taste is evident in her ability to create menus and recipes that feature distinctive and exquisite ingredients. \nCindy Daniel of the Healdsburg SHED wrote about Elissa in 2012: \nWith the precision of a fine artist and the eye of an expert forager\, Elissa Rubin-Mahon selects her fruit and produces micro-batches of preserves here in Sonoma County. She sources her fruit from sustainable farms and wild\, public lands. Using no more than 7 pounds of ripe\, unrefrigerated fruit per batch\, Elissa hand cuts the pieces and cooks them – without pectin – in an open kettle. \nHer fruit has a regional\, and often historical\, provenance. Very knowledgeable about heirloom fruits\, she specializes in preserving their vibrant flavors. Some of her favorites are: Silver Logan peach\, Black Republican cherry and Sierra Beauty apple. \nAn expert preserver\, Elissa shares her know-how as leader of a group of community volunteers who cook-up gleaned\, surplus food from local farms and gardens. With inspiration from Elissa\, the group works out of a community kitchen\, preparing\, preserving and distributing food to local food pantries. \nWe love Elissa’s preserving and her commitment to community. We also like the way she thinks about tools. “If I were an inanimate object\,” she says\, “I would like to be a spoon. A well-shaped spoon fits one’s mouth like a smile.” \nSHED will offer Elissa’s preserves as well as selected foods from other artisans. \nhttp://healdsburgshed.com/2012/11/12/elissa-rubin-mahon/ \n\n**** \nWendy Krupnick will speak at this event about growing strawberries in Sonoma County. \nWendy’s primary passion for over 30 years has been organic farming and gardening. Her training started with a 1-year apprenticeship at the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden in 1976. \nFor 10 years she managed the variety trials and demonstration gardens for Shepherd’s Garden Seeds and was the lead garden advisor for customers nationwide. \n\nShe worked with many farming and gardening professionals around California as well as in fine restaurants\, where she produced herbs\, edible flowers\, and vegetables directly for their use. \nWendy has been actively involved with organizations working to further a more sustainable agriculture and was a farmers market manager for 10 years. For 7 years she coordinated the 4-acre garden at Santa Rosa Jr. College’s Shone Farm\, which is part of the Sustainable Agriculture program. It includes production market vegetables\, orchards and berries\, cut flower production\, perennials and herbs. She is currently Adjunct Faculty with this program. \nWendy has also been teaching Master Gardener classes since around 1992\, teaches workshops on edible gardening through Santa Rosa Parks & Recreation Department\, and assists home garden clients. \n**** \nDominique Cortara is one of the pastry chefs on this event\, responsible for the Duck skewers with strawberry balsamic glaze and the Strawberry Shortcake\, among others. \nDominique is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Academy in Paris where she earned the Grande Diplôme in 2006. \nHer Mission is to provide an out of this world experience to her customers when they bite into beautiful\, affordable and wholesome products made by hand and from local ingredients. \n\nHer macarons and pies consistently win awards and fans throughout the country. She can be found every Sunday 10am – 2pm at the Sebastopol Farm Market but be early since she often sells out around 1pm!!! \nhttp://dominiquesweets.com/about_us \n\n\n**** \nKaren Preuss is the photographer-not-in-residence of this event. Karen made the picture of Jonah Raskin’s hands holding Albion (??) Strawberries that is part of the broadsheet of Raskin’s poem. \n  \n  \n  \n**** \nJonah Raskin is the poet-in-residence of this event. He will read his poem celebrating Slow Food and local strawberries and makes a broadsheet of this poem available as a party-present to the participants. Photography is by Karen Preuss and design by Andrei Pasternak. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n**** \nWayne James of Tierra Vegetables Farm will speak at this event about his farm and his strawberries. \nThe Start-Up Years \nWayne James began his farming career in the mid to late 70s. While studying Viticulture at the Santa Rosa Junior College\, he also picked up a practical farming position working alongside his mentor named Clarence Gericke of Potter Valley in Mendocino County. Clarence had once worked with Wayne’s grandfather and at the time was operating a large market farm out of Potter Valley. Wayne spent approximately two seasons working with Clarence in 1976 and 1977\, trucking their diverse summer produce to the very first Santa Rosa Farmer’s Market (including opening day) and initiating markets in the Ukiah area. Clarence was of the opinion that there were far too many vineyards and drilled this perspective into Wayne as a young student of the wine grape growing business.\ncont. at http://www.tierravegetables.com/History.html \n**** \nChris Bramble will play acoustic guitar at this event! \n\nChris discovered the joys of singing at age 7 and picked up the guitar at age 12\, and has known since those early years that this is what he was meant to do in life. Utilizing his pedalboard to wrest an array of sounds from an acoustic guitar\, he revels in improvising and singing of the full range of experiences of a conscious life. He aspires to someday figure out what time signatures his songs are in. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/strawberry-feasts-forever/ LOCATION:Garden behind 7403 Palm Ave.\, 7403 Palm Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/strawberryfeastforever.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140703T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140703T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150409T175511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150409T175511Z UID:917-1404414000-1404421200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Kristin Ohlson's the soil will save us. How Scientists\, Farmers\, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group will be reading the book the soil will save us. How Scientists\, Farmers\, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet\, by Kristin Ohlson. \n“Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices—and\, especially\, modern industrial agriculture—have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world’s soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere\, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today\, it would continue warming the planet. In The Soil Will Save Us!\, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued\, passionate case for “our great green hope”—a way in which we can.” (Rodale Books) \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read and likes a good conversation. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-kristin-ohlsons-the-soil-will-save-us-how-scientists-farmers-and-foodies-are-healing-the-soil-to-save-the-planet/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/KristinOhlsonsthesoilwillsaveus.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140628T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140628T193000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150404T134453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T204917Z UID:885-1403962200-1403983800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:The Future of Meat is Here: Slow Meat DESCRIPTION:What can be the future of meat? Is the present model sustainable? Can livestock be humanely raised and slaughtered? What is the role of meat in human nutrition? Are smaller local slaughterhouses important? What role can livestock play in building healthy soil or reversing climate change? \nThe event will be an experiential journey in Sonoma County to two locations that provide new and exciting answers to these questions and a glimpse of a better future. \n1:30pm – 3:00: At the Sonoma County Meat Co.\, 35 Sebastopol Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA we meet owners Rian Rinn and Jenine Alexander for a guided tour of this new butchery. They run a USDA + CA State inspected custom “cut & wrap” facility working mostly for local farmers and ranchers as well as launching their own cuts\, sausage\, and charcuterie. We will attend a butchering demo and have the opportunity to buy products and/or sign up for their meat subscription CSA. \nParticipant will then use their own transportation to reach the second destination of our trip\, Tara Firma Farms\, 3796 I Street\, Petaluma\, CA. \n3:45 Arrival at Tara Firma Farms\, a 300 acre ranch raising pastured eggs\, poultry\, pork and beef using rotational grazing approaches as modeled by Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farms (featured in Omnivore’s Dilemma). \nWe will get a tour of the farm and a demonstration of their holistic pastured animal management. \nAppetizers & panel discussion on The Future of Meat in Sonoma County. Opportunity to buy eggs & meat and sign up for their meat subscription delivery CSA. Panel members include Marissa Guggiana La Brecque\, author of Primal Cuts: Cooking With America’s Best Butchers and co-founder of The Butcher’s Guild; Scott Collier of Slow Money\, and Roy Smith of Green Goose Farm in Petaluma. \nDinner with meat dishes provided and cooked by Tara Firma Farms. Bread and Salad from SFRR\, and potluck desserts from participants. Bring Your Own Drinks. To make this a green event please bring your own tablesetting. \n7:30pm: End event \nNB If you become a Slow Food member\, or renew your membership\, just prior to getting a ticket please forward your confirmation email to Slow Food Russian River russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org \nYou can join Slow Food USA at http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ways-of-giving \n**** \nFor folow-ups and more background see the Facebook event page. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/the-future-of-meat-is-here-slow-meat/ LOCATION:Sonoma County Meat Co.\, 35 Sebastopol Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95407\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pigs5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140627T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140627T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150406T221119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T221119Z UID:897-1403895600-1403902800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Movie: After Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012) DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River sponsors this gripping documentary in the Best of the Fest series of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival \nIn the Périgord region of southwest France\, a rural community grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of farmers in a region cultivated for 5\,000 years? Filmed over four years\, After Winter\, Spring captures the changing lives of farmers with deep roots in the Périgord. Their story is recorded by their American neighbor\, a filmmaker raised on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Inter-weaving their stories\, it reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/movie-after-winter-spring-a-film-by-judith-lit-2012/ LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/film.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140605T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150406T224556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T224556Z UID:904-1401994800-1402002000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Gary Paul Nabham's Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods | | Sebastopol DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group is finishing Gary Paul Nabham’s Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods. \nFor this second meeting on Nabham’s book we will have read Fall and Winter of Gary’s now classical book. \nThis is also an opportunity for folks who read the whole book but can’t meet bi-weekly. \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read and likes a good conversation. \n“A celebration of food and culture with a social conscience\, in the tradition of M. F. K. Fischer and Frances Moore Lappe. We really are what we eat. Eating close to home is not just a matter of convenience it is an act of deep cultural\, emotional\, and environmental significance. Gary Nabhan’s experience with food permeates his life as a third-generation Lebanese American (with Irish and Lithuanian mixed in)\, as an avid gardener and subsistence hunter\, as an ethnobotanist preserving seed diversity\, and as an activist devoted to recovering native food traditions to promote the health of Native Americans in the Southwest. To rediscover what it might mean to “think globally\, eat locally\,” he spent a year trying to eat only foods grown\, fished\, or caught within two hundred miles of his home with surprising results. In Coming Home to Eat \, Nabhan draws these experiences together in a book that is a culmination of his life’s work and a vibrant portrait of the essential human relation to the foods that truly nourish us\, affirming our bonds to family\, community\, landscape\, and season.” \n*** \n\nGary Nabham’s recent work has been on mitigating climate change (heat\, moisture changes) on the field and in the garden. \nCoping With Heat in the Garden: Drought-Tolerant Crops\, Resilient Perennials and MoreYou can employ several strategies for growing food while coping with drought and climate change\, including planting dozens of recommended varieties of short-season\, more drought-tolerant crops. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-gary-paul-nabhams-coming-home-to-eat-the-pleasures-and-politics-of-local-foods-sebastopol/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bookgroupneed.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140620 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150406T222030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T224816Z UID:899-1401580800-1403222399@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Vote Every Day for Appleseed Sour in the Slow Food Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition DESCRIPTION:Vote for Gravenstein Apple cocktail. \nVote every day at\nhttps://secure3.convio.net/sfusa/site/SPageServer?pagename=sfusa_speakeasy_vote \nDaily Voting Event Ends Thursday\, June 19. \nHaleah Hoshino\, one of 12 finalists for the Slow Food Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition\, created the Appleseed Sour which uses three Ark Products: \n• Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple\n• Meyer Lemon\n• Artisanal American Apple Brandy \nClearly a winner!!! You can vote once a day\, every day\, until June 19. Let’s make Haleah a winner.\nThe four top winners will represent Slow Food USA at Terra Madre. \nThe 2014 edition of the international Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto world meeting of food communities\, held in Turin\, Italy\, from October 23-27\, will display the extraordinary diversity of food from around the world and unite small-scale farmers and artisans who follow the principles of good\, clean and fair. \n**** \nABOUT THIS COCKTAIL\nSebastopol\, California\, was until recently Gravenstein country. The town holds festivals celebrating the apple blossom in spring and the harvesting of the apples in fall\, and there used to be Gravenstein orchards everywhere you looked. Sadly\, in the past decade\, most of the apple trees have been uprooted to make room for wine grapes\, which are much more profitable. The Gravenstein is the ubiquitous apple from childhood for anyone raised in Sebastopol\, and its sweet\, tart flavor is one worth saving. The elements of honey and Meyer lemon also represent California. The cocktail name “Appleseed Sour” is a nod to Johnny Appleseed\, an American folk hero and conservationist who planted hundreds of apple trees so that early settlers could all get drunk on applejack. \nABOUT THIS MIXOLOGIST\nHaleah Hoshino was born and raised in Sebastopol\, California. After living there for 18 years\, Haleah then spent 10 years in the Bay Area and 3 years in New Orleans\, Louisiana before moving back to Sonoma County. Haleah has worked in restaurants for 11 years and has been a bartender for 4 of them. Currently working at Chalkboard restaurant in Healdsburg\, California\, Haleah loves building cocktails around seasonal\, locally-sourced ingredients and finds making infusions and liqueurs is a great way to use different flavors throughout the year. \n***** \nNote added later: \nUnfortunately the Applesee Sour did not make it. \nSee for more and about the winners https://www.facebook.com/events/519356944856489/ URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/vote-every-day-for-appleseed-sour-in-the-slow-food-ark-of-taste-cocktail-competition/ LOCATION:Online – Slow Food Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/applecocktail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140522T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150409T185108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150409T185108Z UID:924-1400785200-1400792400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Gary Paul Nabham's Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group is starting to talk about Gary Paul Nabham’s Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods. \nOur first meeting on the book is Thursday May 22 and we’ll discus the Spring and Summer section of Gary’s now classical book. \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . You’ll get a reponse with the home we are meeting. The book group is open to anyone who can read and likes a good conversation. \n“A celebration of food and culture with a social conscience\, in the tradition of M. F. K. Fischer and Frances Moore Lappe. We really are what we eat. Eating close to home is not just a matter of convenience it is an act of deep cultural\, emotional\, and environmental significance. Gary Nabhan’s experience with food permeates his life as a third-generation Lebanese American (with Irish and Lithuanian mixed in)\, as an avid gardener and subsistence hunter\, as an ethnobotanist preserving seed diversity\, and as an activist devoted to recovering native food traditions to promote the health of Native Americans in the Southwest. To rediscover what it might mean to “think globally\, eat locally\,” he spent a year trying to eat only foods grown\, fished\, or caught within two hundred miles of his home with surprising results. In Coming Home to Eat \, Nabhan draws these experiences together in a book that is a culmination of his life’s work and a vibrant portrait of the essential human relation to the foods that truly nourish us\, affirming our bonds to family\, community\, landscape\, and season.” URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-gary-paul-nabhams-coming-home-to-eat-the-pleasures-and-politics-of-local-foods/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cominghometoeat.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140521T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150416T151752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150416T151752Z UID:939-1400695200-1400702400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:A Slow Dinner @ Woodfour Brewing Company DESCRIPTION:A convivial dinner at Woodfour Brewing Company in Sebastopol with other eaters who want our food system to be better\, cleaner and more fair\, for everybody. \nSlow Food Russian River invites you to join our table at Woodfour Brewing Company in Sebastopol to celebrate those local farmers\, ranchers\, chefs and restaurant workers who work to make our food system better\, cleaner and more fair. \nA table host represents Slow Food Russian River.\n* The menu is appropriate to the season and locally sourced where possible.\n* The serving staff is knowledgeable about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant food philosophy.\n* The chef\, where possible\, visits the diners during the meal to talk about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant’s food philosophy.\n* The table setting is designed by Slow Food Russian River and reflects Slow Food ideals and the goals of the Three Sisters Project. \nMenu: TBA URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/a-slow-dinner-woodfour-brewing-company/ LOCATION:Woodfour Brewing Comp.\, 6780 Depot St Suite 160\, Sebasopol\, CA\, 94472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/woodfour.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150511T190939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150618T232649Z UID:942-1400349600-1400356800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:A Slow Dinner @ Peter Lowell's in Sebastopol DESCRIPTION:A convivial dinner at Peter Lowell’s in Sebastopol with other eaters who want our food system to be better\, cleaner and more fair\, for everybody. \nSlow Food Russian River invites you to join our table at Peter Lowell’s in Sebastopol to celebrate those local farmers\, ranchers\, chefs and restaurant workers who work to make our food system better\, cleaner and more fair. \nA table host represents Slow Food Russian River.\n* The menu is appropriate to the season and locally sourced where possible.\n* The serving staff is knowledgeable about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant food philosophy.\n* The chef\, where possible\, visits the diners during the meal to talk about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant’s food philosophy.\n* The table setting is designed by Slow Food Russian River and reflects Slow Food ideals and the goals of the Three Sisters Project. \nMenu: \nAntipasti\nbeets\, goat cheese and balsamic\nbaby carrots\, pinenuts and currants\nsnow peas\, watermelon radishes and ricotta salatta\ncurried cauliflower\, almonds and golden raisins \nFirst Course\nMixed baby lettuces\, shaved vegetables and Bragg’s Vinaigrette \nSecond Course\nBraised Magruder Ranch Short Ribs\nCreamy Polenta\nBraised Kale \nThere will be two bottles of complementary wine (corkage fee waived!): A 2006 Radio-Coteau Syrah (Cherry Camp\, Sonoma Coast) and a 2013 Simi Sauvignon Blanc (Sonoma County. \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/a-slow-dinner-peter-lowells-in-sebastopol/ LOCATION:Peter Lowell’s\, 7385 Healdsburg Ave.\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SlowDinneratpeterlowell.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140515T203000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150511T184314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150618T232434Z UID:1325-1400178600-1400185800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:A Slow Dinner @ Backyard in Forestville DESCRIPTION:A convivial dinner at Backyard in Forestville with other eaters who want our food system to be better\, cleaner and more fair\, for everybody. \nSlow Food Russian River invites you to join our table at Backyard in Forestville to celebrate those local farmers\, ranchers\, chefs and restaurant workers who work to make our food system better\, cleaner and more fair. \nA table host represents Slow Food Russian River.\n* The menu is appropriate to the season and locally sourced where possible.\n* The serving staff is knowledgeable about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant food philosophy.\n* The chef\, where possible\, visits the diners during the meal to talk about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant’s food philosophy.\n* The table setting is designed by Slow Food Russian River and reflects Slow Food ideals and the goals of the Three Sisters Project. \nMenu (Family style): \n• Pickle Plate – house fermented kimchi\, fermented butter\, & variety of pickled vegetables from our local farms\n• Young head lettuces\, shaved radishes\, Gypsy Cheese Co. feta\, spiced walnuts\, olive & caper vinaigrette\n•Buttermilk fried chicken. Braised kale agro dolce\, young onions\, apple cider vinegar. Creamy polenta\, green garlic & mushroom ragout. Buttermilk biscuits & honey butter\n•Strawberry trifle. Olive oil cake\, sweet cream\, lemon curd \nPlease note that the menu ingredients are subject to change due to farmer availability. \n \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/a-slow-dinner-backyard-in-forestville/ LOCATION:Backyard\, 6566 Front St\,\, Forestiville\, CA\, 95436\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/backyarddinner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140514T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150511T191150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231402Z UID:1331-1400094000-1400101200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: More than honey DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nNo cost to attend\nMORE THEN HONEY\nWednesday | May 14 at 7pm | Cotati \nSerge Labesque will lead a conversation how we can individually and collectively support pollinators such as the honey bee in our part of the world. \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Location details will be sent to those planning to attend. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nMore than honey is an unprecedented global examination of endangered honeybees spanning from California to Switzerland\, China and Australia. With all the hallmarks of a great nature documentary\, the film employs the latest in cinematic technology to observe phenomena undetectable by normal eyesight\, beautifully portraying the dramatic story of the disappearance of millions of bees in the last decade. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-more-than-honey/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/beehoneyevent.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140503T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140503T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150512T222451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150512T222451Z UID:1360-1399113000-1399122000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Growing a vegetable garden that flourishes in the drought DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about creating a bountiful garden in a drought\, and have a gourmet lunch in Marcia’s Garden. \nAn Event in Sebastopol for Supporters\, Friends and Members of Slow Food. Tickets $18. Proceeds will benefit the Slow Food Russian River 3 Sisters Garden Project. \nSome topics we will be demonstrating and discussing are: \n• Best vegetables to plant in the drought: Heirloom/Ark/Hybrid seeds\n• Water saving practices: presented by Sonoma Co. Master Gardeners\n• Drip irrigation & mulching\n• How to make compost in a quick 6 weeks\n• Vermicomposting – composting with worms (demonstration) \n• Planting in raised beds and containers (demonstration) \nHandouts will be included. \nFollowed by Brunch in the Garden: Coffe Cake\, coffee & tea\, Torta Rustica\, Spring Salad \nPlease bring a dessert or fruit for 6\, plus a beverage of your choice (juice\, wine\, champagne) to share. Plates etc. will be provided. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/growing-a-vegetable-garden-that-flourishes-in-the-drought/ LOCATION:Lavine’s\, 1610 Watertrough Road\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/marciasgarden.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150618T232145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150628T224436Z UID:2041-1398528000-1398538800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Let's Cook and Share A Slow Meal: East Indian Dinner in Cotati DESCRIPTION:Part of the Let’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River.\nEast Indian Meal with curry\, raita\, rice\, chutney\, dahl\, nan\, and tapioca dessert.\nHosts invite their own guests. \n****\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River.\nThe basic idea: People come together to cook a meal\, sit down to eat it\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit of Slow Food: good\, clean\, and fair\, for all.\nSo\, it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space.\nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests.\nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening.\nBut the basic idea leaves still many options. They’re like games with different constraints set by the host. Some invite friends\, others cast a wider net. \nContact Info: SFRR Cook-In Team URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/lets-cook-and-share-a-slow-meal-east-indian-dinner-in-cotati/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/indiandinnerincotati.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140424T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140424T213000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150622T171758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150622T173558Z UID:2047-1398358800-1398375000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Spring Dinner on a Hill in Sebastopol DESCRIPTION:Slow Spring Dinner on a Hill in Sebastopol\nThursday\, April 24\, 2014\n5 – 9:30pm\nDetails about the menu on Brown Paper Tickets. \nPart of the Let’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River.\nIn this variant the host has created a menu with links to recipes. Each guest is asked to get ingredients for one of dishes on this list and bring a listed drink.\nYou do this by “buying” two (free) tickets. Your cost in participating is bringing the ingredients for your dish and some drink to share. \n****\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River\nThe basic idea: People come together to cook a meal\, sit down to eat it\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit of Slow Food: good\, clean\, and fair\, for all.\nSo\, it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space.\nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests.\nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening.\nBut the basic idea leaves still many options. They’re like games with different constraints set by the host. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-spring-dinner-on-a-hill-in-sebastopol/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dinneronhill.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140416T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150715T210447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T211403Z UID:2086-1397674800-1397682000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: Three Sonatas of the Soil DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nNo cost to attend\nTHREE SONATAS OF THE SOIL\nWednesday | April 16 at 7pm | Cotati \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Location dotails will be sent to those planning to attend. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nWe will view some of the Sonatas of the Soil\, from the companion disk to the Symphony of the Soil by Mill Valley cinematographer Deborah Koons Garcia\, especially those on biodynamics and soil building in the vineyards. Ned Horton\, Assistant Winegrower at Quivira Vineyards in Dry Creek Valley\, a Demeter Certified Organic Biodynamic estate\, will give his vision on soil in grape growing. \nThree Sonatas of the Soil are short films about the role of soil and soil building in regenerative agriculture. \nNext film event is on Wednesday\, May 14. We’ll resume the Book Group in the Fall. \n*** \nAbout the Films in the Sonatas of the Soil Collection: \nA Talk by Satish Kumar\, 2008\,  44 minutes\nA full presentation from Satish Kumar\, Editor of Resurgence Magazine and Program Director of Schumacher College. \n \nPortrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog’s Leap\, 2011\, 15 minutes\nPortrait of a Winemaker tells the remarkable story of John Williams and Frog’s Leap Vineyards in the Napa Valley where organically managed dry-farmed grapes make for great soil and award winning wine. \nSekem Vision\, 2011\, 14 minutes\nSekem Vision features the sustainable development and business pioneers Dr Ibrahim Abouleish and his son\, Helmy Abouleish as they discuss their vision for the comprehensive development initiative\, Sekem\, a giant biodynamic farming community in the deserts of Egypt. \nSoil In Good Heart\, 2008\, 13 minutes\, 2008\, 13 minutes\nSoil in Good Heart is a brief look at why good soil fertility is vital to life. It illustrates how valuable soil is to society and how it’s been neglected at our peril. A mini-primer on what we’ve done to soil and how we can fix it! \nTransition Town Totnes\, 2011\, 13 minutes\nTransition Town Totnes is a short film featuring Transition movement founder Rob Hopkins as he discusses the core principles of the Transition Initiative\, a global community response to the twin pressures of climate change and peak oil. \nWalking and Talking with Vandana Shiva\,  2008\, 54 minutes\nAn extended interview with acclaimed writer\, physicist and activist Dr. Vandana Shiva from Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm in Doon Valley\, Uttarakhand\, India. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-three-sonatas-of-the-soil/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/soilsonatas.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140413T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T154730 CREATED:20150629T163704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231339Z UID:2100-1397404800-1397419200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Let's Cook and Share A Slow Meal: Tapas at the Lavine's DESCRIPTION:Part of the Let’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River. \nIn this variant of the idea the hosts invited their guest directly or through the Slow Food Newsletter to members and supporters. \nThe hosts gathered a nice diverse group consisting of a few new SFRR members\, non members\, and SFRR members that haven’t been active recently. They cooked and enjoyed a Spanish Tapas dinner together mostly made from local\, seasonal ingredients. \n****\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River \nThe basic idea: People come together to cook a meal\, sit down to eat it\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit of Slow Food: good\, clean\, and fair\, for all. \nSo\, it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space. \nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests. \nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening. \nBut the basic idea leaves still many options. They’re like games with different constraints set by the host. \n********* \nApril 13\, 2014 Event:\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal: Tapas!\nBy: Peg\nA beautiful Russian River spring green landscape fairly glowed outside the kitchen windows\, as SFRR chapter members and folks interested in Slow Food ideals of good\, clean and fair food for all gathered on a Sunday afternoon to prepare a Slow tapas meal at the home of Marcia and Chuck Lavine. \nThe convivial guests chatted and sipped Spanish wines while they chopped\, sautéed\, roasted and baked.\nThe abundant alfresco menu began with tapas “appetizers” of seasoned olives\, Manchego cheese with quince preserves\, roasted asparagus with Serrano ham\, and a spinach and mushroom tortilla\, both paired with Albarino wine. \nWhile enjoying the Sebastopol sunset\, diners sampled patates bravas with a tomato aioli dip\, meatballs in almond sauce\, fennel and orange salad\, grilled Monterey sardines in lemon and herbs\, chickpea and chorizo\, and steamed mussels with a crusty bread for dipping\, all paired with Rioja and Tempranillo wines. Dinner concluded at a table indoors\, with a traditional flan and Fino Sherry wine. \nEveryone joined in for a quick and easy cleanup\, then the grateful guests thanked their hosts for a wonderful evening\, calling “Buenas noches!” as they strolled into the night. \n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\nIf you would like to host a Slow Meal in your home\, contact the SFRR Cook-In Team:\nsfrrcookinteam@gmail.com\nPhoto captions\nDining Alfresco Kate\, Marcia\, Peg\, Brad\, Chuck\, Liz and Linda enjoying apps and Albarino. Not shown: Ken.\nMen at Work. Brad chops fennel\, while Chuck prepares the mussels. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/lets-cook-and-share-a-slow-meal-tapas-at-the-lavines/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tapasatthelavines.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR