Author: slow food austin

the brooklyn brewery mash, 3/4/2013 – 3/10/2013

In an 11-city tour of the US, Brooklyn Brewery is bundling up some of its favorite events into The Brooklyn Brewery Mash. The Mash will kick off in
Austin during SXSW Interactive with parties, a farmers’ market workshop, comedy shows, concerts, pop-up supper clubs, and readings, all featuring
delicious Brooklyn Brewery beer. The Mash will demonstrate characteristics of Brooklyn’s unique culture of art, music and food, bringing people together. Proceeds from the Slow Supper, Beer & Books: An Evening with Marcus Samuelsson & Jesse Griffiths event will benefit Slow Food Austin.


Schedule of Brooklyn Brewery Mash Austin Events:

Chaos Cooking
@ a secret location – go to ChaosCooking.com for details
Wednesday, March 6, 7:00 – 11:30PM
Register for Chaos Cooking and RSVP at ChaosCooking.com

In this dinner party with a twist, an Austin native opens their home kitchen to strangers where the guests are the cooks. Attendees will bring ingredients for everyone to cook together. Dishes will be passed around family style, with plenty of Brooklyn beer to enjoy.


Local 2 Ways @ Swift’s Attic, 315 Congress Ave
Thursday, March 7, 7:00PM
Call Swift’s Attic to purchase tickets at 512.482.8842

This multicourse dinner will celebrate regional cuisine interpreted two ways by Chef Mat Clouser of Swift’s Attic and Brooklyn Brewery House Chef Andrew Gerson.


Slow Supper, Beer & Books: An Evening with Marcus Samuelsson and Jesse Griffiths
@ Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale Rd
Friday, March 8, 5:30 – 11:00PM

Tickets are $100 and can be purchased at http://www.togather.com/event/225/marcussamuelsson-in-austin.html
Food Republic, Togather & Brooklyn Brewery present Beer & Books: An Evening with Marcus Samuelsson and Austin’s own Jesse Griffiths in a conversation about technology’s effect on the world of food. Following is the Slow Supper, an outdoor dinner party benefitting Slow Food Austin, co-created by Samuelsson and Griffiths with a helping hand from Brooklyn Brewery’s House Chef. Proceeds from tickets will benefit SFA.

NY Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off with DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin
@ Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale Rd
Friday, March 8, 9:00 – 11:30PM
Free event

In this popular soul party, folks can get down to the sounds of 1960’s soul and the 45s of world famous Brooklyn DJ Jonathan Toubin. There will be a dance contest at 10:30PM for a $100 cash prize and a trip to New York for the Dance-Off championship at Brooklyn Bowl.


Farmers Market Workshop
Saturday, March 9, 10:00AM – noon
Cedar Park Farmers Market, 11200 Lakeline Mall Dr, Cedar Park
Sunday, March 10, 10:00AM – noon
Mueller Farmers Market, Browning Hangar, 4550 Mueller Blvd
Free event

The Brooklyn Brewery House Chef will be cooking up his favorite local finds from the market, as well as dishing out samples and cooking tips.


The Austin Smoke Experiment
@ Clive Bar, 609 Davis St
Sunday, March 10, 1:00 – 4:00PM
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/331600

Austin’s top chefs challenge each other for the best smoke-themed dish, ranging from savory to sweet. Some chefs go all out in full costume or an elaborate table, but all come to win.


The SXSW Marketing Party
@ Clive Bar, 609 Davis St
Sunday, March 10, 5:00PM
Free event

A party by Brooklyn Brewery, Imgur & Found Footage featuring music by Brooklyn bands Prince Rama, Sinkane and The Dig. Also, odd, rare VHS clips from Found Footage Festival, projection art by Nuit Blanche, and beer from Brooklyn Brewery on the house from 6 – 7PM.

slow session: artisanal chocolate making, 2/27/2013

Date: Wednesday February 27, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Clear Point Wellness, 2001 S. 1st Street, Austin, Texas 78704
RSVP: Please email Chelsea Staires at chelsea@slowfoodaustin.org if you’d like to attend. RSVP not required but ideal.

Since it’s February, this month’s Slow Session is of course about chocolate!

Steve Lawrence comes to Austin by way of San Francisco and Baton Rouge. After years of working and studying under one of the finest chocolatiers in the Bay area and the country and then honing his craft in Louisiana, Steve brought his expertise in and passion for fine, artisanal chocolate making to Austin. Working in small batch quantities with the finest chocolate available from around the world, Steve crafts complex, flavorful, wonderfully delicious chocolate bars, truffles, caramels, and, soon, dessert sauces.

At this slow session, equipped with his fine chocolate-making equipment, Steve will teach us about the art of chocolate making from beginning to end, what is included in his process, how he sources and selects his chocolate, and how he chooses which chocolates to craft. And of course we will have samples! Slow Food Austin will provide appetizers, wine, and beer.

More about The Chocolate Makers Studio:

There is a pleasure that comes from chocolate like no other. It can be as complex or as simple as you please. Often you won’t know how it’s going to hit you until it does, hit you. Sometimes you need just a taste and sometimes you need to taste, and taste, and taste.

At The Chocolate Makers Studio we continually play with chocolate and the flavors that it can magically bring forward and surprise us with–be it a single chocolate all on its own (made from beans from Madagascar alone, for example) or in partnership with other complementary and often surprising flavors, from Rosemary Caramel to Browned Butter with Texas Pecans (where else would we get them?).

We use the finest chocolates available from Europe and the Americas to craft our chocolate offerings–selecting and blending them to bring forward the flavor profiles we think you’ll enjoy.

We’ve built a core, if you will, of chocolates that we can’t seem to go for very long without and we hope you can’t either.  We encourage you take an opportunity to try each and every one.

www.chocolatemakersstudio.com

happy hour: hillside farmacy, 2/21/2013

Date: Thursday February 21st, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Hillside Farmacy, 1209 E 11th St, Austin, TX
Cost: drinks $5 suggested donation and appetizers under $10 (cash or credit card)

Join Slow Food Austin for happy hour at Hillside Farmacy, a deli-style eatery on the eastside that takes “farm fresh” to a whole new level. Chef Sonya Coté’s commitment to supporting local producers and her culinary prowess gained her a spot on Marie Claire’s 2012 list of “Women on Top” as “Top Foodie.”

Come share inventive, seasonal appetizers and a drink or two in this charming space that pays homage to its former life as an actual pharmacy.

thank you to everyone at the texas artisan showcase

One June 26th, 2010 Slow Food Austin hosted a historic educational event.  The Texas Showcase was an opportunity to meet local food artisans, chat with them about their craft, and taste their delicious food.  We envisioned an event where guests could slow down and mingle with food artisans and develop a new appreciation for the local foods of Central Texas.

Many people commented about how “intimate” the event was and raved about the benefits of such a “personal” encounter with food artisans and their products.  I overheard conversations about tastes, textures, and production methods.  There was lively discussion, wonderfully simple foods & drinks, and intriguing demonstrations.

Our mission is to “reconnect people with their food” and we are proud to say that this showcase did exactly that by educating them about food in the context of taste, pleasure, laughter, and community. We hope to continue offering taste education events like this.

We’d like to offer a special thanks to our co-sponsors, supporters, and artisans.  This event couldn’t have happened without their generous contributions.

Co-Sponsors:
Edible Austin
Blair Richardson of Little Mule Studios
Ideal Productions
Richardson Farms

Special Thanks to:
Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Butcher Shop
Peter Remington- Auctioneer
Space 12
Powell Offset
Judy Shulz at Olmsted-Kirk Paper
Greenling
Farmhouse Delivery
Break it Down
Theatre Action Project

Our wonderful producers:
(512) Brewing Company
Tipsy Texan
Fino
Zhi Tea
Summermoon Wood Fired Coffee
Owl Tree Roasting
Texas Olive Ranch
Mary Beth Murphy of The Piche Table
Bona Dea Bread
New Bread Rising
Amity Bakery
Dai Due
Kocurek Family Charcuterie
Pure Luck Farm & Dairy
Antonelli’s Cheese Shop
Brazos Valley Cheese
Texas Wild
Green Gate Farms
Urban Roots
Straight from the Vine
Thunderheart Bison
Homestead Heritage
La Ruche a Miel
Boggy Creek Farm

Silent auction donors:
Antonelli’s Cheese Shop
The Austin Wine Merchant
Bella Salon
Black Orchid Salon- Chenoh Yepa
Body Business
Body Mind Spirit Therapy
Boggy Creek Farm
Carrie Contey
Cipollina
Clayworks Studio/Gallery
CobraHead
Dominican Joe
East End Wines
Farmhouse Delivery
Fino
Green Gate Farms
Greenling
Hannah Casparian
Inner Sun Chiropractic
Jeffrey’s
Natalie Stone at 12th Street Massage
Noah Hawley
Olivia
Onion Creek Kitchens at Juniper Hills Farm
Péché
Peter Leighton
Emily Collins at Sabia
Stanton Clothing Co
Sweetish Hill
Thai Fresh
The Soup Peddler
The Whip In
Uchiko
Wheatsville Co-op
Wink
East Side Show Room

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slow session: the french twist, 7/12

Date: Monday, July 12thHow to Lower Your Cholesterol With French Gourmet Food
Time: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Location: Habitat Suites
500 East Highland Mall Boulevard
Austin, Tx 78752

Join us July 12th at 7 pm for a special session with French chef and Nutritherapist for People’s Pharmacy, Alain Braux.  Alain Braux grew up in Southern France where he learned to cultivate a SLOW FOOD lifestyle that laid the foundation of knowledge shared in his award winning book, How to Lower your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food. We will learn how to choose, prepare, and enjoy foods in ways that preserve their nutrients and healthy benefits as Alain reveals the nourishing qualities of French cuisine and lifestyle.    He will also cover gluten food allergies and the discoveries he has made writing new gluten free cookbook.  Best of all, everyone will get to sample and take home one of Alain’s tres bonne gluten free recipe in time to celebrate Bastille Day with your friends.

happy hour: boggy creek farm, 6/17

Date:           June 17th
Time:          5pm – Sunset
Location:  Boggy Creek Farm, 3414 Lyons Creek Rd.  (map)

Enjoy beautiful wines under the trees and spirited creations from Bill Norris of Fino and David Alan, the Tipsy Texan.  Delicious appetizers made with produce sourced directly from the farm will be served al fresco by Jesse Bloom of Ecstatic Cuisine… Don’t forget it is tomato season!

Suggested $10 donation covers food and beverages.  Lawn chairs and closed-toed shoes encouraged.

RSVP to karlal@slowfoodaustin.org

A special thanks to our audio providers, Ideal Productions. Make your next event an IDEAL event.

farm tour: green gate farms, 6/6

photo courtesy of marshall wright, eatthislens.com

Date: June 6th
Time: 12:30 – 2:30pm
Location: Green Gate Farms
Tickets: $16 (includes farm produce)

Skip Connett and Erin Flynn have become local farming stalwarts in the four short years since they moved into the historic Bergstrom farmstead and launched their CSA (community-supported-agriculture) farm, just off Decker Lane. “We’ve dedicated the farm to healthy food, and community,” explains Erin. The couple hosts a kaleidoscope of community events and kid-friendly activities, and collaborates with other farmers to bring pastured beef, pork and dairy to their Austin customers. And this summer, Green Gate will offer Austin’s first kid’s farm camp!

Slow Food Austin’s tour of Green Gate will be family-focused and kid friendly. Meet 400-lb. pigs, pet baby goats, see this spring’s crops going gang-busters, collect eggs, learn about worm composting, and take home an equal value of farm-grown vegetables in exchange for your ticket. Pastured pork, chicken and beef will also be available to purchase.

Contact Betsy Levy with questions.

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farm tour: coyote creek farm 5/29

Date: Saturday, May 29th
Location: Coyote Creek Farm

Slow Food Austin is supporting a farm tour at Coyote Creek Farm/Texas Best Organic Feed Mill in Elgin.

This tour is a fundraiser for the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (TOFGA) and therefore there are no take-home food items; instead, you’ll take home a wealth of information about the hardworking people who are the infrastructure necessary for our vibrant local agriculture system. Proceeds go to support TOFGA programming.

The tour will be led by mill owner and farmer Jerry Cunningham, and TOFGA President Sue Beckwith. Tickets are $10; proceeds go to TOFGA.

Email levyb@slowfoodaustin.org to RSVP; spaces are limited.

photo courtesy of coyote creek farm.

slow session: the garden screening, 5/13

Date: Thursday, May 13th
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Habitat Suites

Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s politically charged, Oscar-nominated documentary follows a group of low-income families struggling to protect a 14-acre urban farm in the middle of South Central Los Angeles from bureaucratic real estate developers. A lightning rod for controversy in 2004, this cause célèbre drew the attention of numerous activists and politicians, including Dennis Kucinich, Joan Baez and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigoisa.

There will be some light snacks available, bring some along if you’d like to share – and any friends you can bring along with you. See you then!

RSVP

happy hour: green gate farms, 5/20

Date: May 20th
Time: 5:00pm ’til sunset
Location: Green Gate Farms

Slow Food Austin invites you to join us for a special happy hour at Green Gate Farms. We will enjoy wines from family owned Viu Manent Winery and spirited creations from our special guests Bill Norris, the master mixologist at Fino, and David Alan, the (in)famous Tipsy Texan. Delicious appetizers by Cake & Spoon and El Locavore will be served al fresco using farm ingredients so fresh, we don’t even know what they are yet! We request a $10 donation to cover the cost of the gnosh, while all the proceeds from the wine and cocktails will go to Slow Food Austin.

Lawn chairs and closed-toe shoes are encouraged.

You don’t want to miss this fantastic happy hour featuring food, toddies and tunes at Green Gate Farms so put it on your calendar and let us know you’re coming!

RSVP to karlal@slowfoodaustin.org

A special thanks to our audio providers, Ideal Productions. Make your next event an IDEAL event.