Slow Food Russian River is grateful to all who work in the food web of Sonoma County and together make this place, from what we have seen, the chosen spot of all this earth as far as food is concerned.* Happy Thanksgiving! With a bow to Luther Burbank
Edie Mukiibi Brings Good Food News from Africa to California After attending the Slow Food Sacramento Mixer last Monday night, November 17th, I felt inadequate. I realized I am so small in the scheme of what is happening around us, especially the ‘us’ in the United States. I felt I should be…
Order your Holiday Bird from these Sonoma County Geese & Turkey Producers The Slow Food Russian River/4-H turkeys are sold out but we can still recommend these local geese & turkey producers for your holiday table: Green Goose Farm Geese & Turkeys Petaluma Happy Hens Farm Turkeys Petaluma Olufs Ranches…
Thanksgiving fast approaches and eleven Sonoma County youth from the 4-H/Slow Food Heritage Turkey project have been working hard all year to make sure that you will be able to have the best possible turkey for your Thanksgiving celebration. Over the next few weeks we’d like to introduce you to…
Jonah Raskin with butcher, John Richter, at Thistle Meats in Petaluma (Photo Credit: Karen Preuss) Butchers come in all shapes and sizes. They’re not all big and beefy, though they have often been depicted that way in art. They are, however, mostly male and while some have a lot to…
How to Cook a Heritage Breed Thanksgiving Turkey We asked some members of Slow Food Russian River how they’re going to cook their Heritage Breed Thanksgiving Turkey for this coming national festival. Everybody loves Thanksgiving and everybody loves to be part of some sumptuous dinner party with good company and…
The Lifestyle of Simplicity in Food and Human Nature – Autumn As autumn rolls around, and the summer leaves flutter to the ground, stores stock up on Halloween decorations, and ice cream shops start making pumpkin flavored ice cream, the weather in Sonoma County and the rest of the Russian…
The photos on this page show the students of Ashley Radzat’s third grade class from the Sebastopol Charter School, pressing apple juice at the Sebastopol Community Apple Press at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm, completely in the moment and engaged. Could your students profit from pressing apple juice at the Sebastopol Community Apple Press…
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