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SUMMARY:Book Group: The Vegetarian – A Novel\, by Han Kang
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book The Vegetarian – A Novel (London ; New York : Hogarth\, 2014) by Han Kang on Thursday\, April 6\, 2016. Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith. Originally published: October 30\, 2007. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm in Sebastopol. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \nMembership\nTo be a member of the Book Group you don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. \nSummary of The Vegetarian – A Novel\nA beautiful\, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo\, violence and eroticism\, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul \nBefore the nightmares began\, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary\, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her\, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It’s a small act of independence\, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband\, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control\, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that’s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate\, subjecting first her mind\, and then her body\, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations\, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous\, bizarre estrangement\, not only from those closest to her\, but also from herself. \nCelebrated by critics around the world\, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical\, Kafka-esque tale of power\, obsession\, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her. \nWinner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize \nNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Publisher’s Weekly • Buzzfeed • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Wall Street Journal • Bustle • Elle • The Economist • Slate • The Huffington Post • The St. Louis Dispatch • Electric Literature \nReviews\nWikipedia Entry\n“The Vegetarian (Hangul: 채식주의자; RR: Chaesikju-uija) is a South Korean three-part drama novella written by Han Kang and first published in 2007. Based on Kang’s 1997 short story “The Fruit of My Woman”\, The Vegetarian is set in modern-day Seoul and tells the story of Yeong-hye\, a home-maker\, whose decision to stop eating meat after a bloody\, nightmarish dream about human cruelty.” More… \nBy Porochista Khakpour (NY Times Sunday Book Review\, Feb. 2\, 2016)\n“All the trigger warnings on earth cannot prepare a reader for the traumas of this Korean author’s translated debut in the Anglophone world.” More… \n“The Vegetarian by Han Kang tells a dangerously defiant story\,” by Ilana Masad  (The Guardian\, Friday 23 December 2016)\n“After a frightening dream involving intense violence\, she becomes a vegetarian (really\, she is a vegan as she refuses to eat any animal products). This infuriates her husband\, Mr Cheong\, the narrator of the first portion of the book. He thinks that Yeong-hye is being ridiculous\, whimsical rather than determined. When he finds her clearing out all the meat products from their fridge\, including expensive seafood\, he is incredulous. How is it possible that his docile\, dull\, quiet wife has turned into someone like this?” More… \nThe Bottom Line: ‘The Vegetarian’ by Claire Fallon (The Huffington Post\, January 29\, 2016)\nIn Han Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian\,’ a clean eating obsession is a subversive act of self-reclamation. (…) In South Korea\, meat and animal products have traditionally been staples of the societal diet — bulgogi\, bibimbap with a steaming egg on top\, grilled pork belly\, seafood pancakes — and when character Yeong-hye suddenly gives up all meat and animal products\, it rends her entire social fabric. More… \nBibliographic Information\n\nAuthor Han\, Kang\, 1970-\nTitle The vegetarian : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.\nImprint London ; New York : Hogarth\, [2015]\nEdition First U.S. edition. \nDescription 188 pages ; 22 cm\nNote Originally published in 2007 in Korean as three separate novelettes and then combined into a novel. — t.p. verso.
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LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:Piccolo: M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Five
DESCRIPTION:For this (fifth) Piccolo we’re reading M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Chapter 6\, Seasoned in Provence (pp. 203 – 237). \nThe chapter starts: “From the day the front door of Chez Panisse opened to the public on August 28\, 1971\, no single phenomenon has characterized Berkeley’s “new sensibility’ or signaled the shift in culinary attention from the East Coast to the West more than the demand for dinner reservations at Alice Waters’restaurant.” \nOur Piccolo is a quick\, short\, Book Group meeting at a local coffee house on Mondays\, noon – 1pm (we moved it an hour later). We’re meeting at Acre Coffee in Montgomery Village\, Santa Rosa. \nThe selections are from light\, chatty\, gossipy storytelling. \nNo need to RSVP. Just drop by for a piccolo. \n*** \nLibrary Journal about M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\n\n\nReardon (Oysters\, LJ 10/15/84)\, whose articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor\, serves up a savory biographical repast about three women who revolutioned the culinary arts in America. Breaking the traditional mold of describing food merely in terms of process and presentation\, each brought forth unbridled artistic aspects previously unknown to the culinary scene. \nThe author recounts how M.F.K. Fisher’s culinary writings have reminded readers that food is not only a necessity but an art. She reveals how Julia Child\, the grande dame of televised cookery\, cultivated a renewed interest in French cuisine and gourmet foods for many Americans and how Alice Waters popularized the traditions of California cookery from her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, California\, with her emphasis on fresh\, locally grown\, and seasonal ingredients. Reardon discusses mutual friendships and parallels in the lives of these three women. She emphasizes that\, with roots in California and strong influences from France\, each has instilled a new artistic spirit in American cookery. Recommended for general readers.\nMichael A. Lutes\, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib.\, Ind. \n\nBibliographic Description of Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\nAuthor Reardon\, Joan\, 1930-\nTitle M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters : celebrating the pleasures of the table / Joan Reardon.\nImprint New York : Harmony Books\, c1994.\nEdition 1st ed. \nDescript xvi\, 302 p. : ill.\, maps ; 25 cm.\nContents James Beard — Simone (Simca) Beck — Elizabeth David — Lindsey Shere — Julia Child.\nNote Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.\nSubject Fisher\, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)\, 1908-1992.\nChild\, Julia.\nWaters\, Alice.\nCooks — United States — Biography.\nFood writers — United States — Biography.\nAlt Title MFK Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters.\nCelebrating the pleasures of the table.\nLC CARD # 94008650\nISBN 0517577488
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LOCATION:Acre Coffee @ Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, 2365 Midway Drive\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95405\, United States
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SUMMARY:Piccolo: M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Four
DESCRIPTION:For this (fourth) Piccolo we’re reading M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Chapter 5\, Bon Appétit (pp. 151 – 201). \nThe chapter starts: “The French Chef series\, which debuted on Boston’s public television station\, WGBH\, on February 11\, 1963\, was not only the validation of Julia’s professional career\, but also the beginning of a future of fun\, friens and fabulous good fortune* …” \n*Some of up have been reading Success and Luck – Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy\, by Robert H. Frank\, about the importance of luck in economic success… \nFor information on Julia Child’s lie and achievents consult the website of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts. \nOur Piccolo is a quick\, short\, Book Group meeting at a local coffee house on Mondays\, 11am – noon. This time we’re meeting at Acre Coffee in Montgomery Village\, Santa Rosa. \nThe selections are from light\, chatty\, gossipy storytelling. \nNo need to RSVP. Just drop by for a piccolo. \n*** \nLibrary Journal about M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\n\n\nReardon (Oysters\, LJ 10/15/84)\, whose articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor\, serves up a savory biographical repast about three women who revolutioned the culinary arts in America. Breaking the traditional mold of describing food merely in terms of process and presentation\, each brought forth unbridled artistic aspects previously unknown to the culinary scene. \nThe author recounts how M.F.K. Fisher’s culinary writings have reminded readers that food is not only a necessity but an art. She reveals how Julia Child\, the grande dame of televised cookery\, cultivated a renewed interest in French cuisine and gourmet foods for many Americans and how Alice Waters popularized the traditions of California cookery from her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, California\, with her emphasis on fresh\, locally grown\, and seasonal ingredients. Reardon discusses mutual friendships and parallels in the lives of these three women. She emphasizes that\, with roots in California and strong influences from France\, each has instilled a new artistic spirit in American cookery. Recommended for general readers.\nMichael A. Lutes\, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib.\, Ind. \n\nBibliographic Description of Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\nAuthor Reardon\, Joan\, 1930-\nTitle M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters : celebrating the pleasures of the table / Joan Reardon.\nImprint New York : Harmony Books\, c1994.\nEdition 1st ed. \nDescript xvi\, 302 p. : ill.\, maps ; 25 cm.\nContents James Beard — Simone (Simca) Beck — Elizabeth David — Lindsey Shere — Julia Child.\nNote Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.\nSubject Fisher\, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)\, 1908-1992.\nChild\, Julia.\nWaters\, Alice.\nCooks — United States — Biography.\nFood writers — United States — Biography.\nAlt Title MFK Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters.\nCelebrating the pleasures of the table.\nLC CARD # 94008650\nISBN 0517577488
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LOCATION:Acre Coffee @ Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, 2365 Midway Drive\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95405\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170324T161500
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SUMMARY:FILM: An Acquired Taste\, Sponsored by Slow Food Russian River
DESCRIPTION:The Film: An Acquired Taste\nSlow Food Russian River is proud to sponsor the film An Acquired Taste\, directed by Vanessa LeMaire\, as part of the 10th Annual Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. Friday\, March 24\, 2017\, 4:15 – 6pm. Doors open 3:45pm. \nTickets for An Acquired Taste\nIndividual Tickets for the film are $12 (General Admission) and $10 for members of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. Membership has perks! Highly Recommended. Use the Membership Code you receive to reap the benefits. Festival Passes are $250 (General Admission) and $225 (Members). \nIMPORTANT: Please show up at least 15 minutes before the screening! The things is that tickets guarantee a seat only until 15 minutes prior to the start of all films and presentations. Fifteen minutes prior to showtime\, empty seats will be resold\, believe it or not. Worse\, late-coming ticket holders will have to queue in the Wait Line to be admitted with their ticket. \nThere are three ways to purchase tickets or passes: \n• Online for this film here and in general at http://sebastopolfilmfestival.org/tickets/\nYou can purchase tickets for individual films via the program to discover films and events throughout the festival weekend. \n• In Person at Sebastopol Center for the Arts (SCA)\n282 South High Street\nSebastopol\, CA 95472 \n• By Telephone at 707-829-4797 x303 ($5 surcharge per phone order)\nHours: Tues-Fri\, 10am – 4pm\, Sat-Sun 1-4pm \nSynopsis of An Acquired Taste\nAs the food movement grows across America\, a young generation of mindful meat-eaters rejects factory farms and turns to hunting for the ultimate protein. Animal lovers Nick\, Alex and Ashlie leave behind their modern lives and embark on a journey that is foreign to their parents — partly to eat dinner\, and partly to carve out their identities in a world increasingly at odds with reality and nature. \nSlow Food’s Slow Meat Campaign\nFor over 10 years Slow Food has been on the front line concerning meat consumption and animal welfare and\, as always\, acts in a variety of areas: farming methods\, production and consumption. \nSlow Meat is an international campaign that brings together diverse people to turn the herd away from the tyranny of cheap meat and toward a food system that is good\, clean and fair for all. \nMeat is a pivotal issue\, emblematic of the unsustainable and unethical practices that are part and parcel of the industrial food system. By championing better methods of animal husbandry and better consumption practices\, together we are creating a healthier and happier world. \nThe young generation of mindful meat-eaters portrayed in this film respond to these unsustainable and unethical practices in a radical manner by hunting their own meat and in doing so align themselves with Slow Food’s goal to eat less meat\, but better meat\, ethically and nutritionally. \nThis year’s Slow Meat event in the USA  is part of Slow Food Nations\, food festival in Denver\, CO\, July 13-16. Slow Food Nations features dozens of interactive workshops\, innovative tastings\, local tours\, educational panels\, and plenty of delicious meals and parties\, Slow Food Nations transforms how farmers and families\, leaders and eaters share our stories and shape the future of food. \nFrom the Press\n“Why kill your own food? An Acquired Taste delves into the inner conflicts of a new urban breed in the San Francisco Bay Area: locavore hunters. Defying factory farms\, a young\, mindful generation learns to hunt as a way of connecting with the source of their sustenance. Vanessa Lemaire’s feature debut is a profound reflection on what makes us human.” (LostIn SF) \nAbout the Director\nLet’s talk a bit about the director\, Vanessa LeMaire. She is an award-winning French Documentary Producer/Director who advances environmental conservation with character-driven non-fiction. She holds a Masters in Environmental Science and a Degree in Film from San Francisco State University and centers her productions on man’s relationship with nature. Vanessa has worked as a director\, writer\, cinematographer and editor for non-profits worldwide. Her clients comprise a U.N. sanitation organization trying to resolve the global toilet shortages as well as American-based research institutes harnessing markets to resolve fisheries\, forest and water crises. \nThis is her first feature-film\, a documentary for which she was awarded a fellowship by The Moving Picture Institute. An Acquired Taste held its World Premiere at the San Francisco Green Film Festival in April 2016. It was showing last fall at BendFilm in Bend\, Oregon\, at Austin Film Festival and at The American Conservation Film Festival\,an annual event held in Shepherdstown\, West Virginia. More on the film at http://www.aatmovie.com/
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LOCATION:Rialto Cinemas\, 6868 McKinley Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Event
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SUMMARY:Piccolo: M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Three
DESCRIPTION:For this (third) Piccolo we’re reading M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Chapter 4\, In Julia’s Kitchen (pp. 111 – 150). \nThe chapter starts: “Kitchens* have not always been Julia Child’s mise-en-scène. In fact her recollections of the one in the big\, brown-shingled house on South Pasadena Avenue where she grew up… \n* “In November 2001\, when Julia Child left her Massachusetts home of forty-two years to return to her native California\, she gave her kitchen to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History\, Behring Center. More…” \nOur Piccolo is a quick\, short\, Book Group meeting at a local coffee house on Mondays\, 11am – noon. This time we’re meeting at Acre Coffee in Montgomery Village\, Santa Rosa. \nThe selections are from light\, chatty\, gossipy storytelling. \nNo need to RSVP. Just drop by for a piccolo. \n*** \nLibrary Journal about M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\n\n\nReardon (Oysters\, LJ 10/15/84)\, whose articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor\, serves up a savory biographical repast about three women who revolutioned the culinary arts in America. Breaking the traditional mold of describing food merely in terms of process and presentation\, each brought forth unbridled artistic aspects previously unknown to the culinary scene. \nThe author recounts how M.F.K. Fisher’s culinary writings have reminded readers that food is not only a necessity but an art. She reveals how Julia Child\, the grande dame of televised cookery\, cultivated a renewed interest in French cuisine and gourmet foods for many Americans and how Alice Waters popularized the traditions of California cookery from her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, California\, with her emphasis on fresh\, locally grown\, and seasonal ingredients. Reardon discusses mutual friendships and parallels in the lives of these three women. She emphasizes that\, with roots in California and strong influences from France\, each has instilled a new artistic spirit in American cookery. Recommended for general readers.\nMichael A. Lutes\, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib.\, Ind. \n\nBibliographic Description of Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\nAuthor Reardon\, Joan\, 1930-\nTitle M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters : celebrating the pleasures of the table / Joan Reardon.\nImprint New York : Harmony Books\, c1994.\nEdition 1st ed. \nDescript xvi\, 302 p. : ill.\, maps ; 25 cm.\nContents James Beard — Simone (Simca) Beck — Elizabeth David — Lindsey Shere — Julia Child.\nNote Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.\nSubject Fisher\, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)\, 1908-1992.\nChild\, Julia.\nWaters\, Alice.\nCooks — United States — Biography.\nFood writers — United States — Biography.\nAlt Title MFK Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters.\nCelebrating the pleasures of the table.\nLC CARD # 94008650\nISBN 0517577488
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LOCATION:Acre Coffee @ Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, 2365 Midway Drive\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:Piccolo: M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Two
DESCRIPTION:For this (second) Piccolo we’re reading M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, Chapter 3\, D*E*A*R F*R*I*E*N*D (pp. 69 – 110). \nThe chapter starts “The story of how the salutations “Dear Mrs. Child” and “Dear Mrs. Fisher” changed to “Dear Julia” and Dear Mary Francis” and then to “D*E*A*R F*R*I*E*N*D” is not a tale oft told.” \nOur Piccolo is a quick\, short\, Book Group meeting at a local coffee house on Mondays\, 11am – noon. This time we’re meeting at Acre Coffee in Montgomery Village\, Santa Rosa. \nThe selections are from light\, chatty\, gossipy storytelling. \nNo need to RSVP. Just drop by for a piccolo. \n*** \nLibrary Journal about M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\n\n\nReardon (Oysters\, LJ 10/15/84)\, whose articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor\, serves up a savory biographical repast about three women who revolutioned the culinary arts in America. Breaking the traditional mold of describing food merely in terms of process and presentation\, each brought forth unbridled artistic aspects previously unknown to the culinary scene. \nThe author recounts how M.F.K. Fisher’s culinary writings have reminded readers that food is not only a necessity but an art. She reveals how Julia Child\, the grande dame of televised cookery\, cultivated a renewed interest in French cuisine and gourmet foods for many Americans and how Alice Waters popularized the traditions of California cookery from her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, California\, with her emphasis on fresh\, locally grown\, and seasonal ingredients. Reardon discusses mutual friendships and parallels in the lives of these three women. She emphasizes that\, with roots in California and strong influences from France\, each has instilled a new artistic spirit in American cookery. Recommended for general readers.\nMichael A. Lutes\, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib.\, Ind. \n\nBibliographic Description of Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\nAuthor Reardon\, Joan\, 1930-\nTitle M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters : celebrating the pleasures of the table / Joan Reardon.\nImprint New York : Harmony Books\, c1994.\nEdition 1st ed. \nDescript xvi\, 302 p. : ill.\, maps ; 25 cm.\nContents James Beard — Simone (Simca) Beck — Elizabeth David — Lindsey Shere — Julia Child.\nNote Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.\nSubject Fisher\, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)\, 1908-1992.\nChild\, Julia.\nWaters\, Alice.\nCooks — United States — Biography.\nFood writers — United States — Biography.\nAlt Title MFK Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters.\nCelebrating the pleasures of the table.\nLC CARD # 94008650\nISBN 0517577488
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LOCATION:Acre Coffee @ Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, 2365 Midway Drive\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:2017 Annual Members and Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:All Good\, Clean and Fair Food Lovers are invited to get together for conviviality\, conversation\, and a delicious Middle Eastern meal prepared by Isa Jacoby at our 2017 Annual Members and Community Meeting where we will lay out the year ahead.    \nBring appetizers and desserts\, beverages (alcoholic or otherwise). Bring your own plates\, napkins\, utensils\, glass. And bring a friend and learn about the impact of Slow Food to help create a healthier food system \nSunday\, March 5\n3 – 6 pm\nSebastopol Subud Hall \nFree but you need to RSVP\n\nWe will cover these topics at our 2017 Annual Members and Community Meeting\n• Recap of our work for 2016 and looking forward to 2017 projects including reports about and discussion of: \n• Michael Dimock\, President of Roots of Change\, co-founder of Slow Food Russian River\, and Past President of Slow Food USA\, will discuss the challenges and opportunites we face in 2017 in our quest for good\, clean and fair food for all. \n • Steele Lane School Garden\n• Apple Core and Community Apple Press\n• 4-H Turkey Project\n• Book Group\n• Slow Food California\n• Snail of Approval Project\n• Slow Food Nations\, Denver\, July 14-16\, 2017\n• Strawberry Event 2017\n• Cider Event\n• Media Team\n• Refugee Project\n• Treasurer’s Report \n •  Election of Leadership Team for 2017 \n • Opportunities to get involved as a volunteer: Sign-up at the meeting! \nAbout Slow Food Russian River\n\n\n\n\nWe are Slow Food Russian River\, Sonoma County\, California\, a SFUSA chapter of Slow Food\, the international organization dedicated to a food system that gives us Good Food\, Healthy Food\, Clean Environment\, Fair Pay\, and Food Justice\, for all. \nWe are located in Sonoma County\, California\, in an area covering Santa Rosa\, Rohnert Park and Cotati\, and further toward the Pacific Ocean\, with towns and hamlets in West County\, such as Sebastopol\, Freestone\, Valley Ford\, Bodega and Bodega Bay\, Occidental\, Graton\, Forestville\, Guerneville\, Jenner\, Duncan Mills\, Rio Nido. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSonoma County is well known for the wealth and breadth of its agricultural heritage and its open spaces. Our grapes and wines\, our apples\, cider and Eau de Vie de Pomme\, our barley\, hops\, and beers\, our sheep\, goats and cows\, and milk\, yoghurts\, and cheeses\, the wools and meats\, charcuterie. \nTo become a member of Slow Food Russian River sign up at Slow Food USA and give “Russian River” as your desired chapter affiliation.
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LOCATION:Subud Hall\, 234 Hutchins Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting
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SUMMARY:Book Group: The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World (New York : W. W. Norton & Company\, 2015) by Joel K. Bourne Jr. on Thursday\, February 2\, 2017. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm in Sebastopol. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \nMembership\nTo be a member of the Book Group you don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. \nTable of Contents\nThe curse — Famine’s lethal lessons — The green revolution : food\, sex\, and war — The plight of the punjab — China : landraces and Lamborghinis — Food\, fuel\, and profit — The gauntlet — The blue revolution — Back in the USSR — The blooming desert — Magic seeds : feeding shareholders or the world — Organic agriculture feeding the rich or enriching the poor — The Malawi miracle — The grand desiderata. \nSummary\n“In The End of Plenty\, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our race to feed the world in dramatic perspective. With a skyrocketing world population and tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions\, humanity must produce as much food in the next four decades as it has since the beginning of civilization to avoid a Malthusian catastrophe. Yet climate change could render half our farmland useless by century’s end. Part history\, part reportage and advocacy\, The End of Plenty is a panoramic account of the future of food\, and a clarion call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.”– Amazon. \nFrom the website of the author\, Joel K. Bourne Jr.\nWith skyrocketing population and tightening grain supplies spurring riots\, revolutions\, and immigration around the globe\, experts now say we must grow as much food in the next four decades as we have since the beginning of civilization to avoid a Malthusian catastrophe. Yet climate change could render half our farmland useless by century’s end. Bourne takes readers from his own family farm to international agricultural hotspots to introduce a new generation of farmers and scientists engaged in the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. The stakes could not be higher. \nUrgent and at times terrifying…Joel Bourne’s richly researched and passionately argued report is a wake-up call\, and also a call to action.\nHampton Sides\, author of In the Kingdom of Ice \nJoel Bourne shows how food supplies will present a strategic challenge for America’s national security in the coming years. The time for action is now–and the consequences for failing to heed Bourne’s advice may be devastating.\nGen. Hugh Shelton\, 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (retired)\, author of Without Hesitation \nOther Publications by Joel Bourne\nOther Publications are listed on his LinkedIn page. \nGoodreads Reviews of The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World\n\nRichard Reese rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition\n\n\nNothing is more precious than balance\, stability\, and sustainability. Today\, we’re hanging by our fingernails to a skyrocket of intense insane change\, and it’s the only way of life we’ve ever known. Joel Bourne has spent his life riding the rocket. He grew up on a farm\, and studied agronomy at college\, but sharp changes were causing many farmers to go bankrupt. Taking over the family farm would have been extremely risky\, so he became a writer for farm magazines. Later\, he was hired by National Geographic\, where he has spent most of his career. \nIn 2008\, he was assigned to cover the global food crisis\, and this project hurled him into full awareness of the big picture. The Green Revolution caused food production to skyrocket\, and world population doubled in just 40 years. Then\, the revolution fizzled out\, whilst population continued to soar. Demographers have told us to expect another two or three billion for dinner in 2050. Obviously\, this had the makings of an excellent book\, so Bourne sat down and wrote The End of Plenty. \nThe subtitle of his book is “The Race to Feed a Crowded World\,” not “The Race to Tackle Overpopulation.” More… \n\n\nOther Inter/Re/views of The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World\n• Interview of the author by Dave Davies on NPR\, As Global Population Grows\, Is The Earth Reaching The ‘End Of Plenty’? (June 8\, 2015) \n• Review by Ry Patel in the New York Times Sunday Book Review\, The End of Plenty\, (July 24\, 2015) \n• In Kirkus Reviews\, (March 20\, 2015) \n• Harry Johnstone in TLS (July 13\, 2016) Joel Bourne writes about this on his Facebook page: “The Times Literary Supplement (London) recently reviewed my book\, The End of Plenty. Unfortunately the reviewer believes political reforms–not increased production–are all we need to solve the global food crisis. While such reforms are certainly necessary\, as one African farmer told me years ago\, “You can’t eat democracy.” \n\nBibliographic Information\n\nAuthor: Bourne\, Joel K.\, Jr.\nTitle: The end of plenty : the race to feed a crowded world / Joel K. Bourne Jr.\nImprint New York : W. W. Norton & Company\, 2015.\nEdition: First edition.\nDescription: 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.\nNote: Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-392) and index.\nSubject :Food supply — Forecasting.\nFood consumption forecasting.\nFood security.\nLC CARD # 2015001552\nISBN 9780393079531 (hardcover)\n0393079538 (hardcover)
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LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:Piccolo: M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, One
DESCRIPTION:For this (first) Piccolo we’re reading M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\, by Joan Reardon\, up to page 66. \nOur Piccolo is a quick\, short\, Book Group meeting at a local coffee house on Mondays\, 11am – noon. This time we’re meeting at Acre Coffee in Montgomery Village\, Santa Rosa. \nThe selections are from light\, chatty\, gossipy storytelling. \nNo need to RSVP. Just drop by for a piccolo. \n*** \nLibrary Journal about M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\n\n\nReardon (Oysters\, LJ 10/15/84)\, whose articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor\, serves up a savory biographical repast about three women who revolutioned the culinary arts in America. Breaking the traditional mold of describing food merely in terms of process and presentation\, each brought forth unbridled artistic aspects previously unknown to the culinary scene. \nThe author recounts how M.F.K. Fisher’s culinary writings have reminded readers that food is not only a necessity but an art. She reveals how Julia Child\, the grande dame of televised cookery\, cultivated a renewed interest in French cuisine and gourmet foods for many Americans and how Alice Waters popularized the traditions of California cookery from her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, California\, with her emphasis on fresh\, locally grown\, and seasonal ingredients. Reardon discusses mutual friendships and parallels in the lives of these three women. She emphasizes that\, with roots in California and strong influences from France\, each has instilled a new artistic spirit in American cookery. Recommended for general readers.\nMichael A. Lutes\, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib.\, Ind. \n\nBibliographic Description of Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table\nAuthor Reardon\, Joan\, 1930-\nTitle M.F.K. Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters : celebrating the pleasures of the table / Joan Reardon.\nImprint New York : Harmony Books\, c1994.\nEdition 1st ed. \nDescript xvi\, 302 p. : ill.\, maps ; 25 cm.\nContents James Beard — Simone (Simca) Beck — Elizabeth David — Lindsey Shere — Julia Child.\nNote Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.\nSubject Fisher\, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy)\, 1908-1992.\nChild\, Julia.\nWaters\, Alice.\nCooks — United States — Biography.\nFood writers — United States — Biography.\nAlt Title MFK Fisher\, Julia Child\, and Alice Waters.\nCelebrating the pleasures of the table.\nLC CARD # 94008650\nISBN 0517577488 \n 
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LOCATION:Acre Coffee @ Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, Montgomery Village Shopping Center\, 2365 Midway Drive\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food (Free Press\, 2008) by John Dickie on Thursday\, February 1\, 2016. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm in Sebastopol. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \nMembership\nTo be a member of the Book Group you don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. \nSummary of Delizia!\nBuon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well?\nThe answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy’s historic cities. For a thousand years\, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients\, talent\, money\, and power. Italian food is city food. \nFrom the bustle of medieval Milan’s marketplace to the banqueting halls of Renaissance Ferrara; from street stalls in the putrid alleyways of nineteenth-century Naples to the noisy trattorie of postwar Rome: in rich slices of urban life\, historian and master storyteller John Dickie shows how taste\, creativity\, and civic pride blended with princely arrogance\, political violence\, and dark intrigue to create the world’s favorite cuisine. Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told through the flavors and character of its cities. \nA dynamic chronicle that is full of surprises\, Delizia! draws back the curtain on much that was unknown about Italian food and exposes the long-held canards. It interprets the ancient Arabic map that tells of pasta’s true origins\, and shows that Marco Polo did not introduce spaghetti to the Italians\, as is often thought\, but did have a big influence on making pasta a part of the American diet. It seeks out the medieval recipes that reveal Italy’s long love affair with exotic spices\, and introduces the great Renaissance cookery writer who plotted to murder the Pope even as he detailed the aphrodisiac qualities of his ingredients. It moves from the opulent theater of a Renaissance wedding banquet\, with its gargantuan ten-course menu comprising hundreds of separate dishes\, to the thin soups and bland polentas that would eventually force millions to emigrate to the New World. It shows how early pizzas were disgusting and why Mussolini championed risotto. Most important\, it explains the origins and growth of the world’s greatest urban food culture. \nWith its delectable mix of vivid storytelling\, groundbreaking research\, and shrewd analysis\, Delizia! is as appetizing as the dishes it describes. This passionate account of Italy’s civilization of the table will satisfy foodies\, history buffs\, Italophiles\, travelers\, students — and anyone who loves a well-told tale. \nTable of Contents\nTuscany : don’t tell the peasants \nPalermo\, 1154 : pasta and the planisphere \nMilan\, 1288 : power\, providence\, and parsnips \nVenice\, 1300s : Chinese whispers \nRome\, 1468 : respectable pleasure \nFerrara\, 1529 : a dynasty at table \nRome\, 1549-50 : bread and water for their Eminences \nBologna\, 1600s : the game of cockaigne \nNaples\, late 1700s : maccheroni-eaters \nTurin\, 1846 : Viva l’Italia! \nNaples\, 1884 : Pinocchio hates pizza \nFlorence\, 1891 : pellegrino Artusi \nGenoa\, 1884-1918 :emigrants and prisoners \nRome\, 1925-38 : Mussolini’s rustic village \nTurin\, 1931 : the Holy Palate tavern \nMilan\, 1936 : housewives and epicures \nRome\, 1954 : miracle food \nBologna\, 1974 : mamma’s tortellini \nGenoa\, 2001-2006 : faulty basil \nTurin\, 2006 : peasants to the rescue! \nGoodreads Reviews\n“Or “Everything you think you know about Italian food is wrong”.\nExhaustively researched\, full of fascinating anecdotes\, and at least as much history and sociology as cuisine. Learn about the Renaissance’s obssession with sugar and spice\, how the Arabs invented pasta\, why northern Italians thought pizza would give them cholera\, and how many “traditional\, authentic” Italian foods are relatively recent (i.e. 20th century) inventions.”\n\nMore reviews…\nOther Reviews\nBy Rocio C. on the blog\, How to be the hero of your own kitchen! (February 15\, 2016) \n\n“John has built an intriguing\, complex and unexpected narrative around Italian food.Food as a cultural product manifests so much more than evocative traditions or idyllic family scenes. Food as life itself adapts to survive. It says so much more about raw hunger and bold desire than any other social manifestation. Because unlike anything else\, we need food to live\, whatever it takes\, however it comes. More… \n\nBy Paul Levy in the Observer (August 18\, 2007)\n“For us in the 21st century\, Italian food is the cuisine of affluence. As John Dickie\, reader in Italian Studies at UCL points out: ‘Italy has become the model to imitate when it comes to making ingredients\, cooking them and eating them.’ There are now trattorias for those who can afford them in Bangkok and Beijing . The ingredients most prized by rich gastronomes are Italian – white truffles\, Manni olive oil\, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese\, aged balsamic vinegar\, Amalfi lemons – as are today’s fashionable foodstuffs\, such as buffalo mozzarella\, ricotta\, polenta … the list is a long one. Yet we think of most of these as having a peasant provenance.” More…\nBibliographic Information\n\nAuthor Dickie\, John\, 1963-\nTitle Delizia! : the epic history of the Italians and their food / John Dickie.\nImprint New York\, NY : Free Press\, 2008.\nEdition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.Descript x\, 367 p. : ill.\, maps ; 24 cm.\nContents Tuscany : don’t tell the peasants — Palermo\, 1154 : pasta and the planisphere — Milan\, 1288 : power\, providence\, and parsnips — Venice\, 1300s : Chinese whispers — Rome\, 1468 : respectable pleasure — Ferrara\, 1529 : a dynasty at table — Rome\, 1549-50 : bread and water for their Eminences — Bologna\, 1600s : the game of cockaigne — Naples\, late 1700s : maccheroni-eaters — Turin\, 1846 : Viva l’Italia! — Naples\, 1884 : Pinocchio hates pizza — Florence\, 1891 : pellegrino Artusi — Genoa\, 1884-1918 :emigrants and prisoners — Rome\, 1925-38 : Mussolini’s rustic village — Turin\, 1931 : the Holy Palate tavern — Milan\, 1936 : housewives and epicures — Rome\, 1954 : miracle food — Bologna\, 1974 : mamma’s tortellini — Genoa\, 2001-2006 : faulty basil — Turin\, 2006 : peasants to the rescue!\nNote Includes bibliographical references and index.\nSubject Gastronomy — Italy — History.\nFood habits — Italy — History.\nCooking\, Italian — History.\nItaly — Social life and customs.\nISBN 9780743277990\n0743277996\nLC CARD # 07015302
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LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:2016 Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Our 2016 Holiday Party\nPlease join us at our 2016 Holiday Party\, Sunday December 11th from 3 to 6 pm at the Vanguard Properties office in the Barlow\, 6970 McKinley Street@theBarlow\, Sebastopol. \nThe ritual of sharing food is a vital way that we connect. Let’s gather to celebrate the abundance in our lives\, and find common ground around the table.  Food has the power to unite us. Gifts of food demonstrate that we care about each other. \nPlease bring appetizers or desserts to share – finger food please.  We have wine and local cider to share with you. \n \nGift Giving at our 2016 Holiday Party\nWe are collecting childrens books for The Living Room\, a day center serving at risk women and children\, and clean socks. We are collecting sweats for the emergency room at Sonoma West Medical Center\, where many patients without homes or money show up cold and wet. \nThe Mission of The Living Room is to ease adversity and promote stability\, dignity and self-reliance for women and children who are homeless\, or at-risk of homelessness\, in Sonoma County. \nThe Living Room welcomes homeless and at-risk women and their children into a warm and safe environment during the day when overnight shelters are closed. Caring staff and volunteers offer a lifeline during a time of crisis. Whether homeless for some time\, newly homeless\, or on the verge homelessness\, women of all ages and mothers with children are greeted with love and understanding. Mother’s appreciate the child-friendly environment where they receive support while their children engage with toys and learning activities.
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LOCATION:Vanguard Properties\, 6790 McKinley St #120\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Apple: a global history\, by Erika Janik
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book Apple: a global history (Reaktion Books\, 2011) by Erika Janik on Thursday\, December 1\, 2016. \nIf you have questions about the curious pollination of apple trees this Factsheet from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture\, Food and Rural Affairs will give you some good  information: Crabapple Pollenizers for Apples. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm in Sebastopol. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \nMembership\nTo be a member of the Book Group you don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. \nTable of Contents\nIntroduction \n1. From Almaty to America\n2. Food of Legend\n3. Cider\n4. Wholesome Apple\n5. Global Apple \nPicking the Perfect Apple\nRecipes\nSelect Bibliography\nWebsites and Associations\nAcknowledgements\nPhoto Acknowledgements\nIndex \nSummary of Apple: a global history\nGravenstein. Coe’s Golden Drop. Mendocino Cox. The names sound like something from the imagination of Tolkien or perhaps the ingredients in a dubious magical potion rather than what they are—varieties of apples. But as befits their enchanting names\, apples have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. \nApple: A Global History explores the cultural and culinary importance of a fruit born in the mountains of Kazakhstan that has since traversed the globe to become a favorite almost everywhere. From the Garden of Eden and Homer’s Odyssey to Johnny Appleseed\, William Tell\, and even Apple Computer\, Erika Janik shows how apples have become a universal source of sustenance\, health\, and symbolism from ancient times to the present day. \nFeaturing many mouthwatering illustrations\, this exploration of the planet’s most popular fruit includes a guide to selecting the best apples\, in addition to apple recipes from around the world\, including what is believed to be the first recorded apple recipe from Roman gourmand Marcus Apicius. And Janik doesn’t let us forget that apples are not just good eating; their juice also makes for good drinking—as the history of cider in North America and Europe attests. \nJanik grew up surrounded by apple iconography in Washington\, the “apple state\,” so there is no better author to tell this fascinating story. Readers will eat up this surprising and entertaining tale of a fruit intricately linked to human history. \nGoodreads Reviews\n“Edible books try to cover nearly every aspect of a food in about 100 pages. Some are more successful than others. Janik tries\, but there’s simply too much information about apples to get anything like decent coverage in so few pages. But it’s still a fairly interesting read\, and especially suited for those who aren’t going to be bothered by how briefly nearly every topic is covered.”\n\n\n“What’s a hungry writer wannabie to do? Write on spec. This is the opposite of The New Book of Apples: The Definitive Guide to Over 2\,000 Varieties. Some information. Some legend. And some recipes to fill up the space between the covers.” \n\n\n\nBibliographic Information\n\nAuthor Janik\, Erika\nTitle Apple : a global history / Erika Janik\nImprint London : Reaktion Books\, 2011 \nDescript 132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm\nSeries Edible\nContents From Almaty to America — Food of legend — Cider — Wholesome apple — Global apple — Picking the perfect apple\nNote Includes bibliographical references and index\nSummary Includes a selection of recipes\nSubject Apples — History\nCooking (Apples)\nCider — History\nCooking (Dates)\nISBN 9781861898487\n1861898487
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LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:Book Group: The True History of Chocolate\, by by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book The True History of Chocolate (Thames & Hudson\, 3rd edition\, 2013) by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe on Thursday\, November 3. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm in Sebastopol. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \nMembership\nYou don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. \nSummary \nWhen the Spanish conquistadors first time put his lips to a cup of Aztec chocolate had the bitter beans already been used by people for over two and a half millennia\, as a beverage in including the ceremonial context and in recent times also as currency. Chocolate as we know it – sweetened and solid form – has just been the norm for over a hundred and fifty years. Before then drank it hot or cold\, without sugar but seasoned with all sorts of spices – from chilli and black pepper\, vanilla and nutmeg.\nLinnaeus gave the plant the name Theobroma cacao – “Gudaspisen”\, and for a long time was the drink reserved for nobles in Europe hoof. There were a variety of very different theories in circulation about chocolate’s effects on health\, and the book gives us some examples of how to have mixed his chocolate during different stages of the story. \nThe authors Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe has endeavored to tell such a “true” story as possible\, and this means not only correct treatment of the earliest sources. To tell you the history of chocolate\, they both botany and archeology as the science of language. We get a glimpse of how chocolate is grown and cultivated today\, and in the background to the name – with a brief insight into the fascinating story of how to solve the mystery of Mayan hieroglyphs.\nSince it was first published in English for the twelve years ago\, Chocolate – a true story has been the historical standard piece of chocolate. http://www.agerings.se/ARTIKLAR/19010.html \n“Consistently exceptionally interesting.” \n– Washington Post \n“A pleasure\, not only for ‘chocoholics’ but for all who appreciate living and thorough detective work in book form.” \n– Gourmet \n“A real treat.” \n– New York Review of Books
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-the-true-history-of-chocolate/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T090000
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SUMMARY:Sebastopol Community Apple Press 2016 Season
DESCRIPTION:Reserve the Sebastopol Community Apple Press for the 2016 Season\nSign up to use the Sebastopol Community Apple Press for the 2016 season to press your apples into great tasting juice. \nAt the Sebastopol Community Apple Press\, Slow Food volunteers create a safe and fun environment where you can press your apples and drink the juice at the source or bottle it to take home.  \nFor the 2016 season the Community Apple Press is open on most weekends from August till October. If you wish to volunteer at the Press please sign up here. Volunteering is the way to go to participate in the local food movement. \nSome folks bring apples from their own backyard trees\, while others buy apples from one of our local apple growers. \nWhat Locally Grown Apples are Good for Juicing?\nThe Sonoma County Apple Season starts mid to late July with the Gravenstein Apple. This is a versatile apple that is eaten fresh\, or used in baking and cooking. Or\, as you will do at the Community Apple Press\, it is pressed into delicious apple juice\, to be enjoyed fresh or fermented into hard cider. \nThe Gravenstein has a short growing season and does not keep well. It is is a triploid (has 3 sets of chromosomes in the nucleus):it requires pollination from other trees\, and is a poor pollinator of other apples.  Apples in general do not breed true when planted as seeds and grafting is generally used to produce new apple trees. \nOther local apples fit for juicing include Baldwin (also known as ‘Calville Butter’\, ‘Felch’\, ‘Late Baldwin’\, ‘Pecker’\, ‘Red Baldwin’s Pippin’\, ‘Steele’s Red Winter’\, and ‘Woodpecker’) \nAlso the Blacktwig\, Golden Supreme\, Honeycrisp\, Jonagold\, Jonathan\, McIntosh (the official apple of Canada)\, Northern Spy\, Cripps Pink \nThen there are the Pink Pearl (developed in 1944 by Albert Etter\, a Garberville breeder)\, Rhode Island Greening (an old\, historic American apple variety and the official fruit of the state of Rhode Island). \nOr Rome Beauty\, Stayman Winesap (like the Gravenstein a triploid apple cultivar)\, and Winesap. \nAsk for these apples at grower stands and on our farmers market. Some grocery stores may also carry local apples\, including Oliver’s Markets\, Community Market\, Andy’s Market\, Whole Foods. \nOr check out these local stores: Bill’s Farm Basket\, and Fiesta (Pacific Market).
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/sebastopol-community-apple-press-2016-season-2016-10-29/
LOCATION:Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\, 7777 Bodega Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Apple Core Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161021T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:Open House — Slow Salon\, Friday\, October 21\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:Our October 2016 Open House\, the Slow Food Russian River Slow Salon\, is a convivial get-together for Slow Food members + their guests. Please bring a beverage and an appetizer or dessert. FREE or make a small donation. \n \nHear from Slow Food Leaders about upcoming events and ongoing projects and see how you can plug in. Hear from other leaders in the local food system.  Ask your questions and provide your ideas for projects and events the chapter may take on. Sign up to volunteer or step up with an initiative. \nTo become a Slow Food member click here. To check your membership status click on the link “update subscription preferences” at the bottom of the latest email message you received from Slow Food Russian River. \nTheme of the the October 2016 Open House\nTheme of the the October 2016 Open House is “Post Terra Madre”. What did we learn? What does it imply for the North Bay? Delegates will present. \nWe got an award for our 10\,000 Gardens in Africa work that came with a proclamation and with four food items from Africa that we can use in some foods for the Open House. The event is free (with donation opportunity)\, potluck\, and for current Slow Food members. \nWe also will be also talking about an 2017 event\, Slow Food Nations event in Denver\, July 14-16\, 2017\, a Terra Madre Salone del Gusto for the USA.  \nhttps://www.slowfoodusa.org/slow-food-nations \nCalifornia is in a great position to have a large presence there in various categories\, such as Slow Cheese\, Slow Meat\, Slow Beer\, Slow Wine\, Slow Cider\, and Ark of Taste. Let’s develop some ideas about this at our convivial get-together. \nFood Offerings at the Fall 2016 Open House
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/open-house-slow-salon-friday-october-21-2016/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open House—Slow Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Best Food Writing 2014\, edited by Holly Hughes
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing essays from the book Best Food Writing 2014 (Da Capo Life Long\, a member of the Perseus Books Group\, 2014)\, edited by Holly Hughes on Thursday\, October 6. \nThis book can be had for $4 from an Amazon reseller (incl. shipping and handling).  It may also be available in public libraries. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. \nFor this session\, Book Group members need to select three essays\, from those not yet chosen by other group members\, for which you will be responsible: read them\, be able to summarize them at the session\, and have a leading question for the essay. \nWith RSVP you will receive a link to a google spreadsheet where you can register your choice. To RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \nMembership\nYou don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location for this session in Rohnert Park with RSVP. Otherwise we meet in Sebastopol. \nBest Food Writing 2014 on Goodreads\nFor fourteen years\, Best Food Writing has served up the creme de la creme of the year’s food writing. The 2014 edition once again offers the tastiest prose of the year\, from a range of voices: food writing stars\, James Beard Award winners\, writer-chefs\, bestselling authors\, and up-and-coming bloggers alike. With new sections devoted to “A Table for Everyone” and “Back to Basics\,” you’ll find a topic and a flavor for every appetite—the cutting-edge\, the thoughtful\, the provocative\, and the hilarious—a smorgasbord of treats for the foodie in all of us. \n(Goodreads\, with 400+ readers reflections) \nOther Reviews\nJane Smiley’s review on New World Reviews. \n\nTable of Contents of Best Food Writing 2014\nTHE WAY WE EAT NOW\nAge of innocence\, Saveur\, 2013 / Jay Rayner \nAre big flavors\, destroying the American palate?\, Food and Wine\, April 2014/ Kate Krader \nA toast story\, P:acific Standard\, Jan. 2014/ John Gravois \nFive things I will not eat\, Civil Eats\, 2013 / Barry Estabrook \nBaconomics 101\, Chapter from The Tastemakers/ David Sax \nThe right to eat\, Alimentum. The Literature of Food/ JT Torres \nA TABLE FOR EVERYONE\nAmerica\, your food is so gay\, Lucky Peach / John Birdsall \nDebts of pleasure\, Oxford American / John T. Edge \nThe dignity of chocolate\, Edible Vancouver / Eagranie Yuh \nThe indulgence of pickled baloney\, Gravy\, Southern Foodways Alliance/ Silas House \nAusterity measures\, SF Weekly / Anna Roth \nWaiting for the 8th\, Washington Post/ Eli Saslow \nBACK TO BASICS\nA sorta of chicken that we call fish / Elissa Altman \nForget the clock\, remember your food\, from Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook / Joe Yonan \nMeals from a hunter / Steve Hoffman \nThe man machine\, Fool #5 / Oliver Strand \nCooking as the cornerstone of a sustainable food system\, Civil Eats 2013 / Kim O’Donnel \nHow to boil water\, Eat the Love 2014 / Irvin Lin \nThe lions of Bangkok street food\,  Roads and Kingdoms\, 2013/ Matt Goulding \nHow to cook a turkey\, The Dinner Files\, Nov 24\, 2013 / Molly Watson \nHOME COOKING\nAnd baby makes free-for-all\, bon appétit/ Adam Sachs (The Obsessivore) \nSense of self\, Food Thinkers by Breville / Erin Byers Murray \nThe ghosts of cakes past\, Monica Bhide | Recipes\, Stories\, Inspiration/ Monica Bhide \nBread and women\, The New Yorker / Adam Gopnik \nThe science of the best chocolate chip cookies\, The Food Lab / J. Kenji López-Alt \nHow to cook chicken cutlets\, and give yourself a reason to keep living\, Deadspin / Albert Burneko \nSmelted\, Full Grown People / Sara Bir \nSTOCKING THE PANTRY\nA green movement\, Dark Rye Magazine / Jane Black \nThe 16.9 carrot\, excerpt from his book The Third Plate / Dan Barber \nMonsanto is going organic in a quest for the perfect veggie\, Wired Mag / Ben Paynter \nKevin Scheuring. The Flavor Man\, Edible Cleveland / Laura Taxel \nYellow Dutch / Rich Nichols \nThe forgotten harvest\, Garden & Gun / Jack Hitt \nSOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN\nThe leading light of pastry\, Food & Wine / Alex Halberstadt \nCheapskates\, Edible San Francisco / Sarah Henry \nSherry Yard’s sweet independence\, LA Weekly / Besha Rodell \nA day on Long Island with Alex Lee\, Lucky Peach / Francis Lam \nSavoring the now\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / John Kessler \nThe tao of Bianco\, Edible Baja Arizona Magazine / Dave Mondy \nPERSONAL TASTES\nFamiliarity breeds content\, NY Times / Frank Bruni \nEveryman’s fish\, Saveur / Tom Carson \nThe cheese toast incident\, Food for the Thoughtless / Michael Procopio \nBecause I Can: Homemade Ketchup\, Leite’s Culinaria / David Leite \nSolitary man\, Saveur / Josh Ozersky \nTomato pie\, Tin House / Ann Hood \nEXTREME EATING\nThe Invasivore’s dilemma\, Outside Online / Rowan Jacobsen \nLearning how to taste\, Chapter 6 from Edible: An Adventure Into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet / Daniella Martin \nSeven bald men and a kumquat tree\, Gastronomica / Amy Gentry \nFixed menu\, Lucky Peach / Kevin Pang \nLast meals\, Lapham’s Quarterly / Brent Cunningham \n  \nAbout the Editor of Best Food Writing 2014\n“Are you the same Holly Hughes who –– ?” \n“Well\, there are many Holly Hugheses around . . . I am only some of them. Click the links to the left to learn about the various things I do.”   The true Holly Hughes\, food writer. \nMore by Holly Hughes\nBesides the Best Food Writing series we discovered this essay by Holly Hughes\, Luxury\, in: Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant‚ Riverhead Books‚ 2008\, edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler. \n  \n  \nBook Group at the May 5 session on The End of Overeating \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-best-food-writing-2014/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160910T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160910T140000
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Life on a Slow Day in Apple Country
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]\nCelebrate Life on a Slow Day in Apple Country\nSlow Food Russian River invites you to a slow day in apple country. Enjoy our Apple Country lifestyle. \nSeptember 10\, 10am – 2pm\nLuther Burbank Experiment Farm & Devoto Orchards\nSebastopol\, CA \nProceeds of this event will fund trips for low-income school children to our Community Apple Press. \n \n• Press your own apple juice. Savor the luxurious smell of fresh apples as you press your own juice at the Slow Food Community Apple Press at the historic Luther Burbank Experiment Farm. \n• Taste artisan hard ciders and learn from the cider makers. Travel a short distance from Luther Burbank Experiment Farm to Devoto Orchards\, one of the most beautiful and biodiverse apple farms in Sonoma County. Learn about hard cider with Jolie Devoto-Wade of Golden State Cider Co. and Ellen Cavalli of Tilted Shed Ciderworks. \n• Savor a locally-sourced Farm-to-Table Lunch made with the bounty of local farms prepared by one of Sonoma County’s favorite chefs\, Matt Fidler (gluten free and vegetarian options at checkout). \nRemember Lucy’s on the plaza? Remember how good the food was? Matt Fidler was one of the chefs at the heart of Lucy’s. \nThe menu includes: \n• Mesquite and Applewood Roasted Porchetta featuring pork grown in Sonoma County\n• Roasted apples and spiced pears\n• Mixed grilled vegetables\, including the great thrill of life – torpedo onions\n• Fresh herbed corn spoon bread\n• Heirloom tomato\, cuke\, and bean Panzanella\n• The truly fabulous and amazing apple crisp by Dominique’s Sweets\, with ice cream \n• Take a walking tour of the farm in the dappled shade of Devoto Orchards led by farmer\, Jolie Devoto-Wade.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\nOur Cidermakers\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]\nEllen Cavalli and Scott Heath\nWe started Tilted Shed Ciderworks in 2011 out of an obsessive love for cider. \nAll of our apples are organically grown within 35 miles of our cidery\, primarily in west Sonoma County.  At our Sebastopol farm\, we have planted 100 varieties of traditional cider apples and perry pears—a pomological research station on the edge of the Pacific. \nAs cider evangelists\, we are devoted to making ciders of individuality\, integrity\, artistry\, and elegance. It’s thrilling to explore our unique terroir and the transformative powers of fermentation\, and experience how our ciders shapeshift over time. We hope you’ll find our ciders to be a beautiful revelation of what the apple can do.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]\nJolie Devoto-Wade and Hunter Wade\nOur story begins in 2012 on a small organic apple farm in Northern CA. We moved back to the family farm and started fermenting small batches of cider. These small batches soon became a full time job and Devoto Orchard’s Estate Cider was born. \nTwo short years later\, the farm could no longer supply enough apples to sustain the growing demand for their cider\, so we scoured the entire west coast for top quality fruit. \nOur deep love for crisp apples\, craft beverages\, and the outdoors\, inspired them to create a new canned craft cider born from the ideals and lifestyle of the pacific coast. And so\, Golden State Cider was born.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]\nOur Funded Project\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJjeCVNyQE”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]\nSlow Food Russian River brings school classes to the Community Apple Press at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in Sebastopol. Many of these school children have never visited a farm or worked together to create an edible product. \nThe cost of bringing one class of 30-35 children to the press is about $400. \nIncluded in the ticket price for this event is a donation with which we pay \n• for busses so school classes can come juice at the press\n• for the apples supplied by local farmers\n• for containers so they can bring juice home for their family \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-day-in-apple-country/
LOCATION:Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\, 7777 Bodega Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160901T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160901T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Poor Man's Feast\, by Elissa Altman
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book Poor Man’s Feast: A Love Story of Comfort\, Desire\, and the Art of Simple Cooking (Chronicle Books\, 2013) by Elissa Altman. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The Slow Food Russian River Book Group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t need to be a member of Slow Food\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \n*** \nPoor Man’s Feast on Goodreads\nFrom James Beard Award-winning writer Elissa Altman comes a story that marries wit to warmth\, and flavor to passion. Born and raised in New York to a food-phobic mother and food-fanatical father\, Elissa was trained early on that fancy is always best. After a childhood spent dining everywhere from Le Pavillion to La Grenouille\, she devoted her life to all things gastronomical\, from the rare game birds she served at elaborate dinner parties in an apartment so tiny that guests couldn’t turn around to the eight timbale molds she bought while working at Dean & DeLuca\, just so she could make tall food. \nWhen Elissa met Susan…\nBut love does strange things to people\, and when Elissa met Susan — a small-town Connecticut Yankee with parsimonious tendencies and a devotion to simple living — it would change Elissa’s relationship with food\, and the people who taught her about it\, forever. With tender and often hilarious honesty (and 27 delicious recipes)\, Poor Man’s Feast is a universal tale of finding sustenance and peace in a world of excess and inauthenticity\, and shows us how all our stories are inextricably bound up with what\, and how\, we feed ourselves and those we love. (less) \n(Goodreads\, with 1500+ readers reflections) \nTable of Contents of Poor Man’s Feast\nPrologue p. 8 \nPart I\nChapter 1 Bread and Cheese p. 13\nChapter 2 Executed Chicken p. 29\nChapter 3 Tall Food p. 40\nChapter 4 Sing Along with Mitch p. 47\nChapter 5 Brunch with Mrs. Eisenberg p. 52\nChapter 6 Mornay p. 60\nChapter 7 Mother Sauces p. 67\nChapter 8 Calling p. 75\nChapter 9 The Family Baby p. 83\nChapter 10 Arnaud p. 90\nChapter 11 Cast-Iron Stomach p. 100\nChapter 12 In Susan’s Kitchen p. 108\nChapter 13 The Tree p. 120\nChapter 14 Christmas Dinner p. 133 \nPart II\nChapter 15 Famous p. 142\nChapter 16 Diet White p. 148\nChapter 17 Fish p. 156\nChapter 18 The Guy on the Cross p. 164\nChapter 19 Party p. 173\nChapter 20 Cheese Food p. 181\nChapter 21 Farmers’ Market p. 187\nChapter 22 Foraging p. 197 \nPart III\nChapter 23 Bitten in the Garden p. 206\nChapter 24 The Land of Lost Contentment p. 218\nChapter 25 Craving p. 225\nChapter 26 The Heat p. 235\nChapter 27 Summer Birthdays p. 246\nChapter 28 Merging p. 259\nChapter 29 Italy p. 267\nChapter 30 After the Storm p. 279 \nRecipe Index p. 285\nAcknowledgments p. 286 \nAbout the Author of Poor Man’s Feast\nElissa Altman writes Poor Man’s Feast\, winner of the 2012 James Beard Award for Individual Food Blog. A food and cookbook editor as well as writer\, her work has appeared in Saveur\, the New York Times\, Gilt Taste\, the Huffington Post\, and has twice been selected for inclusion in Best Food Writing. She lives in Conneticut with Susan Turner and a small herd of animals. \nInterview with the Author of Poor Man’s Feast\nAn Interview with Elissa Altman\, Food Blogger and Author of Poor Man’s Feast by Claire Stanford\, Posted in Books & Media\, Out & About on Wed\, 03/20/2013. \n“[W]hen I started Poor Man’s Feast in 2008\, it was my goal to create a narrative about the way we feed ourselves and others in our homes\, in our lives\, in our collective past. I wanted to talk about simple food as the thing that brings us together as people\, rather than divides us.” \n\nMore by Elissa Altman\nPoor Man’s Feast\, a blog. \nBig food : amazing ways to cook\, store\, freeze\, and serve everything you buy in bulk. (Emmaus\, PA : Rodale\, 2005) \nContents Taking stock: big food shopping advice — The basics: how to make everyday essentials go the distance — Big food stocks and soups — Big food salads — In the beginning: big food on appetizers and other small dishes — Brain food: big food on fish — Into the henhouse: big food on poultry — The big beef: big food on beef (and lamb) — In a pig’s eye: big food on pork — Big food on wine — How long will it last? Maximum freezer life chart.\nNote Includes index. \nSummary Explains how shoppers can make the most of the cost-saving benefits of buying foods in bulk by offering taste-tempting tips on food storage\, meal planning\, shopping\, and 125 recipes for cooking creatively. \nInfrequent potatoes. In: Best food writing 2015 / edited by Holly Hughes (Boston\, MA : Da Capo Life Long\, 2015) \nA sort of chicken that we call fish. In: Best food writing 2014 / edited by Holly Hughes (Boston\, MA : Da Capo Life Long\, 2014) \nIn Susan’s Kitchen. In: Best food writing 2013 / edited by Holly Hughes (Boston\, MA : Da Capo Life Long\, 2013) \nAngry breakfast eggs. In: Best food writing 2012 / edited by Holly Hughes. (Boston\, MA : Da Capo Life Long\, 2012) \nCraving the food of depravity\, from PoorMansFeast.com In: Best food writing 2011 / edited by Holly Hughes (Boston\, MA : Da Capo Life Long\, 2011) \nElissa Altman on Huffington Post \n  \nReviews \nFood Chronicle ‘Poor Man’s Feast\,’ by Elissa Altman\, and More\, by Dawn Drzalmay. New York Times\, May 29\, 2013 \nThe Last Word: Poor Man’s Feast by Elissa Altman\, by Kurt Michael Friese. Civileats on February 25\, 2013 \nLove the One You’re (Eating) With: a Review of ‘Poor Man’s Feast’. March 4 2013\, by Amanda Bloom. \nReview by Sally D. Ketchum in New York Journal of Books \nReview from thebookselfblog \n  \n  \n  \nBook Group at the May 5 session on The End of Overeating
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-poor-mans-feast/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160807T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160807T143000
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SUMMARY:Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market
DESCRIPTION:The Apple Press is coming to the Sebastopol Farmers Market\nSlow Food Russian River will bring the Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market and serve free samples of Gravenstein Apple juice. Yea! \nWe invite you to taste freshly pressed\, luscious apple juice. Drop by and say hi! \nSebastopol Farmers Market’s Honor the Gravenstein Apple Celebration\nDominique Cortara\nSlow Food Russian River’s own Dominique Cortara will be making her famous Gravenstein Apple Pies for this Sunday’s Market.    \nHave a piece and if you want to take home an entire pie for yourself you can order one by emailing dominique@dominiquesweets.com. \nDominique is the owner of Dominique’s Sweets. She says that her 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. \nDominique’s Sweets supports our community\, our local farmers and our local producers so we can become economically independent as we follow our dreams. Her apple pies fit our Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market beautifully. \nDon’t miss Paula Downing’s interview with Dominique. Paula is the semi-retired market manager at the Sebastopol Farmers Market. We recommend you like the market on Facebook. \n*Why do we call her “our own”? As a local chef with deep roots in the farming community\, Dominique is super supportive of the Slow Food vision. She has been on the Board of Slow Food Russian River and lent her cooking genius to numerous events of Slow Food Russian River\, such as the two strawberry events\, Strawberry Feast Forever and Strawberry Feasts at Glen Oak Ranch. \nMichele Anna Jordan\nMichele Anna Jordan is our guest chef. Taste something delectable made from our beloved Gravensteins. \nWe love Michele. She is a wealth of knowledge about cooking which she shares generously. Come and enjoy this day of food pleasure. \nMichele is a writer\, a chef\, and a radio personality. She has written more than twenty books and contributed to more than a dozen others\, including anthologies\, collections\, and colleagues’ books. \nMichele’s radio show is Mouthful – Smart Talk About Food\, Wine & Farming in the North Bay and Beyond – KRCB 90.9 & 91.1 FM \nMouthful launched on November 2\, 1995\, as a one-hour talk show on KRCB FM\, then in its infancy. The program is now in its 21st year and has received four James Beard Nominations for Electronic Journalism. \nCyrelle McDonald\nKids LOVE Cyrelle McDonald.  She will teach your kids how to make something very good with apples.   This is a free class. \nCyrelle is the owner of Wholesome Creations. A graduate from Bauman Holistic Nutrition & Natural Chef College\, she has been a Personal Chef for over 5 years. It is her passion to provide adults and children with healthy ways to eat and prepare foods. \n\n \n\nFor the kids\nIn addition\, there is balloon twisting\, face painting\, a petting zoo and pony rides galore. \nApple Raffle in honor of the Apple Press at the Sebastopol Farmers Market\nYou can also enter to win special prizes donated by vendors at the market\, such as lunch with Green Grocer. Also\, tomatoes from The Patch from Sonoma\,operated by Lazaro Calderon\, and peaches from Twin Peaks Orchards. \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/apple-press-sebastopol-farmers-market/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Farmers Market
CATEGORIES:Apple Core Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160806T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160806T150000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:Sebastopol Community Apple Press 2016 Season
DESCRIPTION:Reserve the Sebastopol Community Apple Press for the 2016 Season\nSign up to use the Sebastopol Community Apple Press for the 2016 season to press your apples into great tasting juice. \nAt the Sebastopol Community Apple Press\, Slow Food volunteers create a safe and fun environment where you can press your apples and drink the juice at the source or bottle it to take home.  \nFor the 2016 season the Community Apple Press is open on most weekends from August till October. If you wish to volunteer at the Press please sign up here. Volunteering is the way to go to participate in the local food movement. \nSome folks bring apples from their own backyard trees\, while others buy apples from one of our local apple growers. \nWhat Locally Grown Apples are Good for Juicing?\nThe Sonoma County Apple Season starts mid to late July with the Gravenstein Apple. This is a versatile apple that is eaten fresh\, or used in baking and cooking. Or\, as you will do at the Community Apple Press\, it is pressed into delicious apple juice\, to be enjoyed fresh or fermented into hard cider. \nThe Gravenstein has a short growing season and does not keep well. It is is a triploid (has 3 sets of chromosomes in the nucleus):it requires pollination from other trees\, and is a poor pollinator of other apples.  Apples in general do not breed true when planted as seeds and grafting is generally used to produce new apple trees. \nOther local apples fit for juicing include Baldwin (also known as ‘Calville Butter’\, ‘Felch’\, ‘Late Baldwin’\, ‘Pecker’\, ‘Red Baldwin’s Pippin’\, ‘Steele’s Red Winter’\, and ‘Woodpecker’) \nAlso the Blacktwig\, Golden Supreme\, Honeycrisp\, Jonagold\, Jonathan\, McIntosh (the official apple of Canada)\, Northern Spy\, Cripps Pink \nThen there are the Pink Pearl (developed in 1944 by Albert Etter\, a Garberville breeder)\, Rhode Island Greening (an old\, historic American apple variety and the official fruit of the state of Rhode Island). \nOr Rome Beauty\, Stayman Winesap (like the Gravenstein a triploid apple cultivar)\, and Winesap. \nAsk for these apples at grower stands and on our farmers market. Some grocery stores may also carry local apples\, including Oliver’s Markets\, Community Market\, Andy’s Market\, Whole Foods. \nOr check out these local stores: Bill’s Farm Basket\, and Fiesta (Pacific Market).
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/sebastopol-community-apple-press-2016-season/
LOCATION:Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\, 7777 Bodega Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Apple Core Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160805T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160805T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:Open House — Slow Salon\, Friday\, August 5\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:Our Open House\, the SFRR August 2016 Slow Salon\, is a convivial get-together for members\, recent members who are considering joining again and prospective members. Please bring a beverage and appetizer or dessert. The event is sliding scale. \n \nHear from Slow Food Leaders about upcoming events and ongoing projects and see how you can plug in. Hear from other leaders in the local food system.  Ask your questions and provide your ideas for projects and events the chapter may take on. \nBut above all\, enjoy a lazy\, sunny afternoon with other Slow Food members who are passionate about food and about our movement for good\, clean\, and fair food\, from the local to the global\, and back again. \nThe theme for the gathering is the upcoming Terra Madre Salone del Gusto and the Ark of Taste including our beloved Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/august-2016-slow-salon/
LOCATION:Lavine’s\, 1610 Watertrough Road\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open House—Slow Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160804T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160804T190000
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SUMMARY:Sebastopol Community Apple Press Kick-Off Party
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Have a Apple Press Kick-Off Party\, You Apple Press Lovers!\nJoin people of the City of Sebastopol\, of the Western Sonoma County Historical Society\, members of the Press Corps\, Slow Food folks and other Apple Lovers for a festive opening of the 2016 Slow Food Russian River Apple Pressing Season. It’s the Sebastopol Community Apple Press Kick-Off Party! \nEmail us at SFRR Volunteerism <sfrrvolunteerism@gmail.com> to get an invitation. \nWhen: Thursday\, August 4th from 5-7pm. \nWhere: Luther Burbank Experiment Farm in Sebastopol. The Farm is accessed by car through its neighbor\, Burbank Heights & Orchards at 7777 Bodega Ave. \nWhy: To celebrate the opening of the free Community Apple Press. \nHow: Light food and beverages (including some delicious local hard cider) will be served. We welcome your donation of appetizers or desserts to share but most important is your presence\, so please join us! \nThe Community Apple Press at the Luther Burbank Experiment Farm will run on Saturdays and Sundays of most weekends from 9am to 3pm till the end of October. \nTo reserve the CAPs to press your apples with the help of Slow Food volunteers sign up at https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/applepress/ \nTo volunteer go to https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/volunteering-join-apple-core/ \nBackground\nOur  “Apple Core” team operates Community Apple Press every season from August through October at the Farm. \nResidents and visitors can bring apples and make juice using our press for free. \nBased on a thorough Google search\, this is the only community apple press in the United States!  Sebastopol is a special place and we think the CAP makes it even more special. \nWe wouldn’t be able to have the CAP and its unique location at Luther Burbank Farm without the support of the City of Sebastopol and the Historical Society\, so this party allows us to express our appreciation. \nThe apple press will be operating during the party\, so feel free to bring your backyard or locally purchased apples and make your own juice! \nOf course\, our beloved Gravenstein makes the very best juice\, but any fresh apples will work. Bring plastic containers with lids to take the juice home with you or enjoy sharing it at the party. \nParking at the Farm at 7777 Bodega Avenue is limited but there is ample parking a short walk away at St. Stephens on Robinson Road. \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/2016-apple-press-kick-off-party/
LOCATION:Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\, 7777 Bodega Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160714T203000
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SUMMARY:Film Night: Open Sesame – The Story of Seeds
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]\nSlow Food Russian River Summer Film Night: Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds\nJoin us and our partner the Community Seed Exchange for an evening of film and fun—and meet one of the movie stars. That’s right\, Sara McCamant\, founder and director of Community Seed Exchange\, is one of the stars of the film and will share with us more about the film\, Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds\, and the important mission of her Sebastopol-based organization. (She says she has lots of seeds to share from their seed library of over 200 varieties of locally grown seeds!) \nIn addition\, you’ll get to enjoy pizza and salad (with seeds\, of course) plus complimentary tastings of MacPhail Family Wines and The Kefiry’s delicious probiotic beverages. Both companies will be selling full glasses for your enjoyment. \nWhen: July 14\, 2016   6:00pm to 8:30pm\nWhere: Fireside Room\, Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 S High St\, Sebastopol\, CA 95472 Map\nWhat: Film + seeds + pizza + salad +MacPhail wine and Kefiry tastings – for only $12 per ticket. (All profits split between Slow Food Russian River and Community Seed Exchange.)\nWho: You! And tell your friends\, but don’t delay. We have a limited number of tickets available. \n \nThe Film: Open Sesame – The Story of Seeds\n“I really loved this film. It unlocks the door to the magical\, powerful\, and perilous world of seeds. It will open hearts and minds …” – Claire Hope Cummings\, award winning author of: Uncertain Peril\, Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds. \n“A touching and spiritual film that will no doubt encourage discussion about the future of agriculture…” –Yes! Magazine \nOne of the world’s most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving film illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric\, to food to fuels. Seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe or water we drink…but given far less attention. \nAccording to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN)\, approximately 90 percent of the fruit and vegetable varieties that existed 100 years ago no longer exist today. Heritage grain is near extinction. Seeds that were lovingly nurtured over decades or even hundreds of years have been lost forever. Maintaining seed biodiversity allows us to breed new varieties that are resistant to pests or thrive in temperature extremes. This is essential in a changing climate. \nMeanwhile\, corporations are co-opting seed genetics using patent law. In the past\, seeds were communal. They were a shared resource not unlike the water we drink or the air we breathe. One hundred years ago things started to change. Today\, corporate-owned seed accounts for 82% of the world-wide market. \nIn this film you will meet a diverse range of individuals whose lives center around seeds. Farmers. Renegade gardeners. Passionate seed savers. Artists. Seed activists. 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URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/film-night-open-sesame-the-story-of-seeds/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160602T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160602T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Four Fish\, by Paul Greenberg
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (The Penguin Press\, 2010)\, by Paul Greenberg. \nTo RSVP email the Book Group at sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com.  The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \n*** \nAbout the Author \nPaul Greenberg is the James Beard award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller and Notable Book Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food and American Catch: The Fight for our Local Seafood. A regular contributor to the New York Times’ Opinion Page\, Magazine\, Dining section\, and Book Review\, Greenberg lectures widely on seafood and ocean sustainability. His lecture venues include Google\, the United States Senate\, the United States Supreme Court\, the Monterey Bay Aquarium\, the New England Aquarium\, The Culinary Institute of America\, Harvard University\, Brown University\, Williams College\, Yale University’s Peabody Museum\, Chefs Collaborative National Summit\, SeaWeb’s Seafood Summit\, and Paine & Partners annual shareholders meeting. \nA guest and commentator on public radio programs including Fresh Air\, All Things Considered\, and The Leonard Lopate Show\, Greenberg is also a fiction writer. His 2002 novel\, Leaving Katya\, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. In the last five years\, he has been a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow\, a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Food and Society Policy Fellow\, and a writer-in-residence at the Bogliasco Foundation’s Liguria Study Center near Genoa\, Italy. \nIn addition to his fiction and nonfiction writing in the United States\, Greenberg has worked extensively overseas with long-term assignments in Russia\, Ukraine\, France\, the Caucasus\, Bosnia-Herzegovina\, Serbia\, the West Bank/Gaza\, and many other locations around the world. His essays have been published internationally in The Times of London\, The Observer (UK)\, The Age (Australia)\, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) and The Globe and Mail (Canada). Four Fish is forthcoming in Korea\, Taiwan\, Russia\, Greece\, Italy\, Spain\, and Germany. \n  \nGoodreads\nOur relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Whereas just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild\, rampant overfishing combined with an unprecedented bio-tech revolution has brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex and confusing marketplace. We stand at the edge of a cataclysm; there is a distinct possibility that our children’s children will never eat a wild fish that has swam freely in the sea. In Four Fish\, award-winning writer and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a culinary journey\, exploring the history of the fish that dominate our menus—salmon\, sea bass\, cod and tuna-and examining where each stands at this critical moment in time. He visits Norwegian mega farms that use genetic techniques once pioneered on sheep to grow millions of pounds of salmon a year. He travels to the ancestral river of the Yupik Eskimos to see the only Fair Trade certified fishing company in the world. He investigates the way PCBs and mercury find their way into seafood; discovers how Mediterranean sea bass went global; Challenges the author of Cod to taste the difference between a farmed and a wild cod; and almost sinks to the bottom of the South Pacific while searching for an alternative to endangered bluefin tuna. Fish\, Greenberg reveals\, are the last truly wild food – for now. By examining the forces that get fish to our dinner tables\, he shows how we can start to heal the oceans and fight for a world where healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.  (Goodreads\, with many great readers reflections) \n More by Paul Greenberg\nThe four fish we’re overeating — and what to eat instead. TED Talk\, Oct 2015. \nGenetically Engineered Fish and the Strangeness of American Salmon. New Yorker\, Dec 2\, 2015 \nArticles in the New York Times. \nReviews \n• Book review of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. July 18\, 2010|By Richard Eder\, Special to the Los Angeles Times\n“A serious study\, written with wit\, of such matters as the tension between the need to feed our world and to preserve it.” \n• Four Fish by David Helvarg\, Special to The SF Chronicle Published 4:00 am\, Sunday\, July 11\, 2010 \n• Catch of the Day\, by Sam Sifton\, New York Times July 29\, 2010 \n• Book Review: Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food\, by Barry Estabrook Posted on July 20\, 2010 \n• Four Fish\, but for How Long? DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY : Biodiversity\, Fisheries\, Food Security\, Oceans\, by Mark Notaras United Nations University \n• Face Book Page Four Fish by Paul Greenberg. \n  \nBook Group at the May 5 session on The End of Overeating
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-four-fish/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160521T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160521T190000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:Strawberry Feasts at Glen Oak Ranch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]\nStrawberry Feasts at Glen Oak Ranch\nNothing provides the taste of early summer better than strawberries. Kick-off this summer\, before the official start of summer\, at the Slow Food Russian River Strawberry Feasts. \nThere are 100+ varietals of strawberries\, but only a few are commercially available. The worldwide Slow Food movement aims to preserve the biodiversity of foodstuffs and to support local farmers. And Slow Food Russian River aims to to do this for our regional treasure\, the Gravenstein apple\, for Heritage Turkeys\, and\, now\, for varietals of strawberries. \nTaste the difference between a number of lesser known\, locally grown varietals and enjoy Sonoma County beverages and delicious strawberry treats\, while learning about the what? and how? of strawberries while relaxing at beautiful Glen Oaks Ranch. \n \nConfirmed chefs include Susan Obuchowski\, Dominique Cortara of Dominique’s Sweets\, Rick Ferrari\, and Amy Thyr. \nConfirmed presenters include Elissa Rubin-Mahon of Artisan Preserves\, and Roanne Kaplow of Wild Garden Farm. \nConfirmed winemakers are Marc Krafft and Rachel Friedman of Orpheus Wines. \nConfirmed poets include Jonah Raskin. \nMore details as this event firms up. But tickets are limited for this popular event. \nGates open: 2pm\nWildlife corridor slideshow: 2:30pm\nHouse tour: 3pm\nStrawberry Feasts Tasting and Presentations: 4pm to 5:30pm\nGuided Hike: 5:30pm\nGates close: 7pm \nThese open days are an opportunity to enjoy a park-like preserve with established hiking trails and picnic areas for visitors. Join in the nature activities\, learn about Sonoma Valley’s Wildlife Corridor\, enjoy local foods\, or picnic and walk the trails on your own\, in addition to enjoying our featured events of the day.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Glen Oaks Ranch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160505T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:Book Group: The End of Overeating\, by David Kessler
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (Rodale Books\, 2009)\, by David Kessler. \nTo RSVP email 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 need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \n*** \nPublisher’s Blurb \nDr. David A. Kessler\, the dynamic and controversial former FDA commissioner (1990-1997) known for his crusade against the tobacco industry\, is taking on another business that’s making Americans sick: the food industry. \nIn The End of Overeating\, Dr. Kessler shows us how our brain chemistry has been hijacked by the foods we most love to eat: those that contain stimulating combinations of fat\, sugar\, and salt.\nDrawn from the latest brain science as well as interviews with top physicians and food industry insiders\, \nThe End of Overeating exposes the food industry’s aggressive marketing tactics and reveals shocking facts about how we lost control over food and what we can do to get it back. \nFor the millions of people struggling with their weight as well as those of us who simply can’t seem to eat our favorite foods in moderation\, Dr. Kessler’s cutting-edge investigation offers valuable insights and practical answers for America’s largest-ever public health crisis. There has never been a more thorough\, compelling\, or in-depth analysis of why we eat the way we do. \nGoodreads\nMost of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food—when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie\, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it’s harder to understand why we can’t seem to stop eating—even when we know better. When we want so badly to say “no\,” why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler\, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and tackled the tobacco industry\, now reveals how the food industry has hijacked the brains of millions of Americans. The result? America’s number-one public health issue. \nDr. Kessler cracks the code of overeating by explaining how our bodies and minds are changed when we consume foods that contain sugar\, fat\, and salt. Food manufacturers create products by manipulating these ingredients to stimulate our appetites\, setting in motion a cycle of desire and consumption that ends with a nation of overeaters. The End of Overeating explains for the first time why it is exceptionally difficult to resist certain foods and why it’s so easy to overindulge. \nDr. Kessler met with top scientists\, physicians\, and food industry insiders. The End of Overeating uncovers the shocking facts about how we lost control over our eating habits—and how we can get it back. Dr. Kessler presents groundbreaking research\, along with what is sure to be a controversial view inside the industry that continues to feed a nation of overeaters—from popular brand manufacturers to advertisers\, chain restaurants\, and fast food franchises.  For the millions of people struggling with weight as well as for those of us who simply don’t understand why we can’t seem to stop eating our favorite foods\, Dr. Kessler’s cutting-edge investigation offers new insights and helpful tools to help us find a solution. \nThere has never been a more thorough\, compelling\, or in-depth analysis of why we eat the way we do. (Goodreads) \nIndigo Books\nIn The End of Overeating\, Dr. David A. Kessler\, former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\, takes an in-depth look at the ways in which we have been conditioned to overeat. Dr. Kessler presents a combination of fascinating anecdotes and newsworthy research – including interviews with physicians\, psychologists\, and neurologists – to understand how we became a culture addicted to the over-consumption of unhealthy foods. He also provides a controversial view inside the food industry\, from popular processed food manufacturers to advertisers\, chain restaurants\, and fast food franchises. Kessler deconstructs the endless cycle of craving and consumption that the industry has created\, and breaks down how our minds and bodies join in the conspiracy to make it all work. He concludes by offering us a common sense prescription for change\, both in our selves and in our culture. (Indigo Books) \n*** \n• Talk by David Kessler at the Harvard Bookstore (video) on October 5\, 2010. David A\, Kessler\, former commissioner of the US Food & Drug Administration\, discusses his book\, “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite\,” presented by Harvard Book Store. Kessler explains how the food industry manipulates the way we eat\, why it is exceptionally difficult to resist certain foods\, and why its so easy to overindulge. He also provides facts about how to better control eating habits. \n• Interview with David Kessler by Louise McCready Hart. Huffington Post\, June 6\, 2009. \n• Review of The End of Overeating by Teresa Britton. FoodAnthropology\, the blog of the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. \n• Review in EatRightPRO\, of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. \n• How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains\, by Tara Parker-Pope. New York Times\, June 22\, 2009. \n• The Peril of Palatability. A former FDA chief sounds the alarm about dangerously delicious food\, by Jacob Sullum. Reason\, November 2009 issue. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-the-end-of-overeating/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160424T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160424T170000
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SUMMARY:Earth Day 2016 Disco Soup
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Earth Day 2016 Disco Soup | Let’s Turn Food Waste into a Dance Party! \nIn conjunction with the Sebastopol Village Building Convergence we are inviting you to participate a Disco Soup where we turn food waste into a party and a meal! \nWhat a better way to celebrate earth day than going to a free all-ages dance party\, where you can help cook soup for everyone\, with ugly unsold vegetables gleaned from local farms… when this dance party is also the last day of a ten day community building festival (Village Building Convergence Sebastopol)? \nBring your apron\, knife and groove as well as your children\, neighbors\, parents\, cousins\, friends… Come as early as ten days ahead as there is a lot going on in VBC 🙂 (http://sebastopolvbc.weebly.com/) \nWe’d love to see you there…and check out the list of remaining needs to see if you might be able to contribute: \n\nWhat: Make and enjoy soup and dance music! Bring a chopping board\, knife\, bowl\, spoon\, apron\, water cup and dancing shoes!\nWhy: We will use food that would have gone to waste and share it freely with everyone while we enjoy some great dance music!\nWhere: Outside the front of the Sebastopol Community Center.\nWhen: April 24th\, starting at 3pm. Clean-up ending at 5pm\nWho: Sponsored by Slow Food Russian River and the Grange Credit Union.\nRSVP on the Facebook Event page\n\n  \nWhat is A Disco Soup Event? \nThe event invites participants to join in cooking delicious meals with food waste that has been collected before it is thrown away. A great way to learn something new and grow the food waste prevention movement while having fun and enjoying Disco music! \n  \nVolunteers\, Food & Chef(s) Wanted \n\nChef(s): We are hoping to inspire a great chef or two who can transform food that would have gone to waste into yummy soups!\nFood: We are accepting donations of food that would have gone to waste ranging for local veggies to bone broth makings\nVolunteers: Looking for volunteers willing to help with logistics on the evening of the event.\nSpreading the Word: Having your help advertising and spreading the word would be wonderful!\n\nContact the organizer Zeynep Brockett Yildirim[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Sebastopol Community Cultural Center\, 390 Morris Street\, Zebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160422T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160422T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:Open House — Slow Salon\, Friday\, April 22\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:Our Open House\, the SFRR Slow Salon\, is a convivial get-together for members\, recent members who are considering joining again and prospective members. Please bring a beverage and appetizer or dessert. FREE or make a small donation. \n \nHear from Slow Food Leaders about upcoming events and ongoing projects and see how you can plug in. Hear from other leaders in the local food system.  Ask your questions and provide your ideas for projects and events the chapter may take on. \n• Anna Chotzen\, the new manager of the Bodega Bay Community Fishing Association. \n• Pamela Letourneau about the  Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Presidium\, and how to become active in the Apple Core and with the Community Apple Press. \n• Angie Corwin-Laskey\, North Coast Regional Manager of CAFF (Community Alliance with Family Farmers) about the Harvest of the Month program. \n• Announcement of more details of Strawberry Feast at Glen Oak Ranch\, an event in partnership with the Sonoma Land Trust\, May 21\, 2016 and of other events in preparation. \n• Tony Cohen summarizes his work to make a local native food\, California Bay Laurel nuts\, a commercially viable food source. \n• Karen Hudson of Citizens for Healthy Farms and Families about the GMO-Free Sonoma County Initiative that will be on the ballot in November. \n****\nAnna Chotzen’s Presentation\n[docconversionapi-viewer pdf_width=100% pdf_height=500px]https://api.docconversionapi.com/view/pdf/?file=https://api.docconversionapi.com/api/file/display/479/Anna_Chotzen_April_2016_SFRR_Open_House?showLogo=true&thumbnails=true&properties=true&navbar=true&skipbtns=true&skippage=true&search=true&zoom=true&psmode=true&rotate=true&download=true&currviewpos=true&enableHandTool=true[/docconversionapi-viewer]\nAngie Corwin’s Presentation\n[docconversionapi-viewer pdf_width=100% pdf_height=500px]https://api.docconversionapi.com/view/pdf/?file=https://api.docconversionapi.com/api/file/display/479/HOTM_CAFF_Photo_Slide_Show?showLogo=true&thumbnails=true&properties=true&navbar=true&skipbtns=true&skippage=true&search=true&zoom=true&psmode=true&rotate=true&download=true&currviewpos=true&enableHandTool=true[/docconversionapi-viewer]
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CATEGORIES:Open House—Slow Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160416T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160416T120000
DTSTAMP:20260513T093344
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SUMMARY:March with Other Grav Lovers in the 2016 Apple Blossom Parade
DESCRIPTION:Walk with Us and other Grav Lovers in the 2016 Apple Blossom Parade\nSlow Food Russian River invites you to walk with other Grav Lovers in the 2016 Apple Blossom Parade. \nOur goal is to keep the Gravenstein Apple and all of our Farmers in the spotlight. As we celebrate our beautiful apple blossoms and anticipate a bountiful\, healthy harvest\, let’s come together in proclaiming “THE GRAVENSTEINS ARE COMING”! \n \nThe Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple is on Slow Food’s Ark of Taste. The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of delicious and distinctive foods facing extinction. By identifying and championing these foods we keep them in production and on our plates. \nGravensteins are in danger of becoming broadly extinct because of many reasons\, the most observable of which are their difficulty to harvest and the alarming loss of land\, as many orchards are being converted to vineyards or rural estates. \nContact person to join the parade Doug Conover\nPhone # during the parade: 707-217-7221 \nHere are the details\n1. We are group 1\, number 28. That is VERY different from previous years. We are literally moving up. Group one means we will begin marching soon after the 10:00 start so meet around 9:00 to 9:30 down High School Rd. \n2. Our staging location is different. We will gather in the 28th position down High School Rd. from Analy High School. The best drop off will be via E. Hurlbut. \n3. The group in front of us in position 27 is Sebastopol Historical Society pulling a trailer with a statue of Luther Burbank. Very cool. \n4. If you have any\, wear SLOW Food clothes\, shirts\, aprons\, hats and comfortable shoes.  If possible\, wear GREEN t-shirts and bring blooming apple branches.  If you wear a baseball type hat\, we will try to staple one of our Save the Gravensteins bumper stickers to your hat. \n5. Best of all\, since we are early in the parade\, we will be able to enjoy watching most of it when we are done. Parade ends at Calder.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/march-with-other-grav-lovers-in-the-2016-apple-blossom-parade/
LOCATION:Launching Grounds Parade of the Annual Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival\, Wallace Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160407T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Food and Freedom\, A Free Network\, by Carlo Petrini
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Food & Freedom (Cibo e libertà). How the Slow Food Movement Is Changing the World through Gastronomy\, by Carlo Petrini\, Translated by John Irving (Rizzoli\, New York\, 2015)\, especially part III (pp. 128–177) and part IV (pp. 178–239)\, A Free Network and The Gastronomy of Liberation. \nCarlo Petrini is the author of Slow Food Nation and the founder of the Slow Food organization\, which counts 100\,000 members in 150 countries. Petrini was named a “Champion of the Earth” by the United Nations. and received the Sicco Mansholt Price for Slow Food’s contribution to sustainable agriculture. Sicco Mansholt was a farmer\, a member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War\, a national politician and the first European Commissioner responsible for Agriculture.\nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \n*** \nPublisher’s Blurb \nInspiring the global fight to revolutionize the way food is grown\, distributed\, and eaten. In the almost thirty years since Carlo Petrini began the Slow Food organization\, he has been constantly engaged in the fight for food justice. Beginning first in his native Italy and then expanding all over the world\, the movement has created a powerful force for change.\nThe essential argument of this book is that food is an avenue towards freedom. This uplifting and humanistic message is straightforward: if people can feed themselves\, they can be free. In other words\, if people can regain control over access to their food—how it is produced\, by whom\, and how it is distributed—then that can lead to a greater empowerment in all channels of life. Whether in the Amazon jungle talking with tribal elders or on rice paddies in rural Indonesia\, the author engages the reader through the excitement of his journeys and the passion of his mission.\nHere\, Petrini reports upon some of the success stories that he has observed firsthand. From Chiapas to Puglia\, Morocco to North Carolina\, he has witnessed the many ways different peoples have dealt with food problems. This book allows us to learn from these case studies and lays out models for the future. \n*** \n• Review by Jonah Raskin\, on this Slow Food Russian River website.\n• Review by Rachel Jagareski\, August 27\, 2015\, on Foreword Reviews.\n• A Preview of Carlo Petrini’s Latest Book: Cibo e libertà (Food and Freedom)\, May. 21\, 2014\, by John Irving\, Slow Food Editore and translator of the book\, on the Slow Food USA blog.\n• Reviewed by Gretchen Wagner for San Francisco Book Review.\n• Featured as one of 10 new books that celebrate the beauty of freedom now\, on Beautiful Now. \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-food-and-freedom-a-free-network-by-carlo-petrini/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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