events – Page 8

Annual Beer and Cheese Tasting with 512 Brewing and Antonelli’s Cheese, 12/4/2014

Date: Thursday, December 4, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: 512 Brewery, 407 Radam Lane, Austin, TX 78745
Tickets: $55.00 general admission, $45.00 for Slow Food members, Purchase tickets online

Please Join Slow Food Austin, (512) Brewing Company, and Antonelli’s Cheese Shop for our annual Beer and Cheese Tasting.

This has become a mainstay in our annual scheduling. A Beer and Cheese Pairing…an homage to the bi-annual event held in Bra, Italy by Slow Food International, CHEESE.

Proceeds benefit Slow Food Austin Programming including our Scholarship Program.

Ticket price includes a 512 Brewing pint glass.

slow sesion: easy tiger bread pairings, 11/29/2014

Date: Saturday, November 29, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Easy Tiger, 709 East 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701
RSVP: claim a FREE ticket to reserve your spot

“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.” James Beard, Beard on Bread.

Despite Beard’s words, most of the time bread is part of the feast, eaten alongside, wrapped around or placed under other food. Bread is eaten in many different ways in different cuisines around the world. In our Slow Session, we will explore some of the different ways that bread is eaten and the foods that are eaten with it, as I believe that breads have developed along with their respective cuisines and are integral to them.

From the open-faced sandwiches of Scandinavia, to French country breads, to the mysterious salt-free bread of Tuscany, we’ll look at bread integrated into everyday meals. We’ll also examine some traditional and special occasion bread pairings and look at how some breads can enhance or detract from various cheeses. Of course, we’ll have a variety of breads to taste and some food examples to go with them.

Please join us at Easy Tiger for a virtual international tour through bread and food.

David Norman, Head Doughpuncher

Recently selected as one of the Top Ten bread bakers in the country by Dessert Professional Magazine, David Norman is the Head Doughpuncher and a partner at Easy Tiger Bake Shop and Beer Garden. His route there has included stints at some of the countries best bread bakeries from Seattle to New York City and included teaching professional bread courses at the French Culinary Institute and the San Francisco Baking Institute.

David’s interest in baking was born from his encounters with unfamiliar and inspiring breads during a couple years studying abroad. As a high school exchange student in Sweden and later as a student of German Literature at the University of Munich, he discovered a variety of new breads and new ways of eating centered on these breads. When he returned to complete his studies at the University of Florida, he found little choice to satisfy cravings for good bread but to make his own. When he discovered a job opening at a small French-style bakery across town, he took the next step with his hobby and soon discovered a passion deep enough to turn his career focus toward bread baking.

Slow Sessions are educational events that are always free and open to the public. The goal is twofold: (1) to provide opportunities for Austinites to learn more about their food and where it comes from (2) to support local businesses whose values align with the Slow Food mission of good, clean and fair food for all.

happy hour: green gate farms benefit at lenoir, 11/19/2014

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 6-8pm
Location: Lenoir, 1807 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704
Cost: $15 suggested donation, all proceeds go to Green Gate Farms (payable via cash or credit card)

Join us for a night in LENOIR’s wine garden to support our friends in need at Green Gate Farms, a farm that has always been there for the Austin community. For the past three months, Green Gate Farms has gone through events that neither a family nor small business should have to experience in a lifetime, let alone a year. First, Farmer Skip was hit by a reckless driver, totaling their delivery van and resulting in medical issues that prevented him from planting crops for their Community Supported Agriculture distribution. They then received a notice from their landlord that rent will be raised on their city farm. And lastly, Bastrop County denied agricultural valuation for their River Farm, meaning their taxes will be nearly seven times higher than they usually pay. Proceeds from the happy hour will be donated to Green Gate Farms to help alleviate this financial stress.

Your $15 entry donation (via cash or credit card) will go directly to keeping Green Gate Farms so Skip and Erin can continue their passion of farming and food education to benefit all of us in Central Texas! Complimentary drink and specially priced snacks will be available.

You can also help Green Gate Farms by supporting their GoFundMe Campaign.

farm tour: logro farms, 11/2/2014

Date: Sunday, November 2 2014, 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Location: Logro Farms, 13005 Fitzhugh Rd. Bldg. C Austin, TX 78736
Tickets: $20.00 includes farm tour, brewery tour, Logro’s “Sustainable Farming with Mushrooms” class, and a takeaway of fresh oyster mushrooms and herbs. Purchase Online (Children 12 and under may attend with parents for free.)

Mushrooms! Beer! Pie! Oh, my! Venture out to the Texas Hill Country for a tour at Logro Farms, a “full cycle” sustainable farm at Ceres Park Ranch, home of Jester King Brewery and Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza. Logro uses spent grains from Jester King to grow delicious mushrooms, herbs, and an assortment of veggies. In turn, the fruits of Logro’s labor become ingredients in Jester King’s beer and Stanley’s menu items.

Ticket price includes a tour of Logro Farms, Logro’s “Sustainable Farming with Mushrooms” class, and a takeaway of fresh oyster mushrooms and herbs. The tour kicks off by picking-up on Jester King’s free brewery tour. We encourage ticket holders to arrive early for a pint or two at Jester King or stay afterwards for Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza.

ALL ticket revenue goes back to the farm so come on out and support the farmers who are keeping your food good, clean, and fair!

slow session: meridian hive meadery, 10/19/2014

Date: Sunday, October 19, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Draught House, 4112 Medical Parkway, Austin, TX 78756
RSVP: claim a FREE ticket to reserve your spot

Join Slow Food Austin for a Slow Session with Meridian Hive Meadery at the Draught House on Oct 19th. Mead or honey wine is the oldest alcoholic drink known, yet many are still unfamiliar with the brewing process and varied flavors. The guys behind Meridian Hive are truly passionate about their craft and will take us through a journey of side-by-side honey varietal and mead tastings.

Must be 21+ to register.

About Meridian Hive

Meridian Hive was founded in 2012 by three explorer’s with a sense of adventure and a vision… to reinvent the perception of mead. The craft of fermentation is what brought them together. They originally met through local home-brew meetings in 2008 and found a similar passion. As ingredients were explored, characteristics were discovered, and variables minimized, glorious recipes were born. As the three shared their ideas of mead with each other, the journey started to coalesce. A collaboration was inevitable. When the mead started flowing in 2013, Meridian Hive finally got the chance to share their glory of exploration with all who are willing to take the journey.

slow session: chocosutra, 10/5/2014

Date: Sunday, October 5, 2014 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Gallery Black Lagoon, 4301 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78751
RSVP: claim a FREE ticket to reserve your spot

Join us this October for a special session with Richard Kreuzburg, the man behind the magical healing chocolate creations of Chocosutra. Richard cares deeply about his work and it comes through when he speaks about it. His chocolate beans are carefully sourced and lovingly processed to make a deep, satisfying chocolate unlike anything you can find in the supermarket. Come sample some of his chocolate and hear him talk about the different flavor profiles and the aromatics he chooses for each of his chocolates.

About Chocosutra
Artisan handmade chocolates utilizing organic Arriba nacional cacao from Ecuador, sweetened with honey from Central Texas Bee Rescue and Preserve (www.Honeybeekind.com) and enhanced with therapeutic grade essential oils, whole vanilla bean, coconut oil, sea salts, etc.

About Gallery Black Lagoon
Gallery Black Lagoon is a beautiful yoga studio and art gallery that will be graciously donating their space to us. Check out their yoga schedule online or swing by for their next gallery opening!

About Slow Sessions
Slow Sessions are educational events that are always free and open to the public. The goal is twofold: (1) to provide opportunities for Austinites to learn more about their food and where it comes from (2) to support local businesses whose values align with the Slow Food mission of good, clean and fair food for all.

slow session: bee rescue, 9/30/2014

Date: Tuesday, September 30, 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
Location: in.gredients, 2610 Manor Road, Austin, TX 78722
RSVP: claim a FREE ticket to reserve your spot

Come learn how honey bees are safely removed and relocated. Daniel “DJ” Schmalz is a hive and swarm capture service extraordinaire specializing in chemical free bee removals and rescues. He strives to educate each and every individual and business he serves on the importance of the North American Honey Bee. Every hive removed is happily relocated to local farms, beekeepers or, in very rare cases, back to nature.

happy hour: salt and time, 9/18/2014

Date: Thursday, September 18, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Salt & Time 1912 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
Cost: $10 suggested donation (payable with cash or credit card)
RSVP: Join the Facebook Event

Join us this month with Happy Hour at local butcher shop and salumeria Salt & Time! If you were at Grub Trivia, you’ve seen these guys’ butchering skills first hand, but Salt & Time also serves seriously tasty meals using entirely local ingredients. Specially priced happy hour specials will be available.

Your $10 entry donation (via cash or credit card) will benefit Chef Josh Jones for travel expenses as a chosen delegate to the Slow Food International event, Terra Madre, in Turin, Italy!

grub trivia, 8/17/2014

Date: Sunday, August 17, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Saengerrunde Hall, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701 (Free parking is available on Sunday in the state parking buildings across the street from Saengerrunde Hall.)
Tickets: General Admission – $25 Slow Food Members; $30 Non-Members purchase online
Team Registration – up to six members per team $200 register online

Whether you’re a cooking connoisseur, a food-biz wiz, or gastronome novice, Slow Food Austin challenges you to join its second annual Grub Trivia fundraising event on August 17th at Saengerrunde Hall. Up to 30 teams will compete to win the surprise grand prize and the honor of being named the quickest slow foodies in town.

Emceed this year by John Antonelli of Antonelli’s Cheese Shop, the food-focused, pub-style trivia game will also include round prizes; a “grub crawl” of tastings from more than a dozen of Austin’s finest “slow” restaurants and artisans; happy-hour priced local brews, wines, and spirits; raffle prizes from local businesses; and its famous halftime hog butchery by Bryan Butler of Salt and Time Butcher Shop and Salumeria with cuts auctioned by Andy Langer.

Slow Food Austin will also present its Snailblazer Award to a member of the food community who has made a significant impact for the cause of “Good, Clean, and Fair Food.”

COST FOR TEAMS: REGISTER ONLINE
2-6 Person Team* $200

[Team registration includes a reserved table for up to six team members, general admission for team members, and five raffle tickets for each team member. Additional raffle tickets will be available for $1 each. The raffle will include prizes from local favorites and artisans.]
*Ridiculous team names are encouraged.

See the Official Grub Trivia Competition Rules.

COST FOR GENERAL ADMISSION: PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE
Spectator Ticket $25 Slow Food members; $30 non-members

[General admission includes our “Grub Crawl” of tastings from more than a dozen of Austin’s finest restaurants, happy hour-priced drinks at the bar, and the opportunity to see who wins our Grub Trivia competition. Slow Food members will receive five raffle tickets at the door, and raffle tickets will be available for all attendees for $1 each. The raffle will include prizes from local favorites and artisans.]

So, mark your calendars, and get ready to test your nom-nom know-how.

The Grub Crawl tasting to include:
Anjore, Fino, Confituras, Wink, Red Rabbit Bakery, Countryside Farm, Antonelli’s Cheese, Pogue Mahone Pickles, Easy Tiger, Kiskadee Chocolates, Cafe Josie, Black Star Coop, Oh Kimchi, Rockstar Bagels, Greenhouse Craft Food, Blackbird and Henry, Cake and Spoon, Dolce Neve, Thai Fresh, Blackbird Bakery, Kosmic Kombucha, Cuvee Coffee, Juiceland, Zhi Tea!

At the bar, we’ll have:
Real Ale Brewing Company, Austin Beerworks, Banner Natural Vodka, Genius Gin
Cocktails by David Alan, The Tipsy Texan.

If you would like to volunteer to help at Grub Trivia, contact lisa@slowfoodaustin.org.

happy hour: blackbird and henry, 7/31/2014

Date: Thursday, July 31, 6:00 pm – 8:00pm
Location: Blackbird and Henry, 3016 Guadalupe St, Austin, Texas 78705
Cost: $10 entry donation (via cash or credit card)
RSVP: join the Facebook event

Welcome in August with Happy Hour in the cool comfort of neighborhood restaurant Blackbird and Henry! With 35 years as chef and restaurateur, Chef Schmidt designed it as “a place to hang out and unwind after work, gather with friends for curry and pint night, and enjoy quality food.” Join us for Gin and (house-made) Tonics and tasty bites!

Your $10 entry donation (via cash or credit card) includes local drinks and goes to support Slow Food Austin’s educational programming. Specially priced happy hour snacks will also be available.