happy hour: rain lily farm, 11/17/2011

November 14, 2011

Date: Thursday, November 17th 2011 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Rain Lily Farm, 914 Shady Lane Austin, TX 78702-4152
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Royal Fig Catering will be crafting delicious farm fresh goodies for our November Happy Hour, and beverages will be provided by Balcones Distilling and will be served by Balcones Ambassador, Lara Nixon.  Wine [...]

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slow session: holiday hard cider, 11/14/2011

November 8, 2011

Date: Monday, November 14th 2011, 7pm – 9pm
Location: Habitat Suites, 500 East Highland Mall Boulevard Austin, Texas 78752
RSVP: anneh@slowfoodaustin.org
The holidays are here and what better way to celebrate and spread the cheer than with homemade Texas cider! In this Slow Session we will learn how to make apple cider from Wes [...]

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bycatch dinner, 11/13/2011

November 6, 2011

Date: Sunday, November 13th
Location: Wink 1014 N. Lamar, Austin, Texas
Time: 5:00 pm Reception, 6:00 pm Four Course Seated Dinner
Tickets: $60 per person

In February of this year, food professionals Bryan Caswell of Reef, Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club and P.J. Stoops of Louisiana Food, participated at the Foodways Texas Annual Symposium [...]

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farm tour: urban patchwork farm, 11/13/2011

October 31, 2011

Date: Sunday November 13th, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Crestview neighborhood, Austin
RSVP and tickets

Come with Slow Food Austin to unearth a farm hidden in the backyards of Crestview neighborhood houses! Urban Patchwork (UP) grows vegetables and eggs for its central Austin CSA members, in the process teaching many how to grow food [...]

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farm tour: montesino ranch, 11/5/2011

October 26, 2011

Date: Saturday, November 5th 2011, 5 pm
Location: Montesino Ranch, 300 Little Arkansas Rd. Wimberley, Texas, 78676
RSVP and buy tickets: slowfoodaustinmontesino.eventbee.com.

Just forty-five minutes southwest of Austin, tucked into the charming Hill Country, is Montesino Ranch. The natural beauty of rolling pastures, tree-covered hills, and the limestone-bedded Blanco River crossing the farm will immediately draw you in [...]

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happy hour: urban roots farm, 10/20, 2011

October 14, 2011

Date: Thursday, October 20th 2011, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Urban Roots Farm, 7651 Delwau Lane Austin , TX 78725
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Please join Slow Food Austin for our monthly Third Thursday Happy Hour at Urban Roots Farm.  There will be a suggested $15 donation upon entry.  Jesse Bloom and the Ecstatic Cuisine team [...]

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slow session: friends, farms, and food day, 10/10/2011

October 5, 2011

Date: Monday, October 10th, 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale Road, Austin, Texas 78702

This year on October 24th, cities across the U.S. will be celebrating Food Day, a day in which people from all walks of life come together to voice their support for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane [...]

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$5 meal challenge round-up

September 26, 2011

The $5 Meal Challenge from Slow Food USA took place on September 17th, and the results are in. Stories from all around the country are listed on the Slow Food USA site.
The topic of whether eating fast food or junk food is really more affordable seems to keep appearing. For more information about costs of [...]

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farm tour: richardson farms, 10/2/2011

September 22, 2011

Date: Sunday October 2, 2011 2 pm – 4 pm
Location: Richardson Farms, Rockdale, Texas
Ticket price: $20

If you’ve had a pulled pork burger from Blackstar Brewery, a pork belly taco from Taco Deli or house-made sausage from Dai Due Butcher Shop, you’ve eaten Richardson Farms meats. The family-run farm has established itself as [...]

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happy hour: the lounge at the four seasons hotel, 9/15/2011

September 12, 2011

Date: Thursday September 15th, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: The Lounge at the Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701
RSVP Here
UPDATE: All proceeds from tonight’s Happy Hour will go directly to farmers who have suffered losses related to the recent central Texas fires. We will also be accepting direct donations for farmers.  [...]

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