Date: Saturday June 7th, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Art Science Gallery, 916 Springdale Rd, Building 2, #102, Austin, Texas 78702
RSVP: get a FREE ticket to reserve your spot

Intrigued by the idea of edible insects? Join Slow Food Austin to learn about (and even taste!) entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs. Robert Nathan Allen, founder of Little Herds, will share the history and international culture of edible insects and why they could be our future to sustainable food. Get a FREE ticket to reserve your spot.

Co-sponsored by Art.Science.Gallery, the Slow Session will conclude with assorted samples, recipes and the opportunity to buy your own ingredients to make one of the world’s most plentiful and sustainable sources of protein a staple in your own home!

Robert Nathan Allen has been chosen as a Slow Food USA delegate to attend Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto 2014.

“This year, the theme of Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto is food diversity as an alternative to industrial agriculture, especially as expressed through Slow Food’s Ark of Taste and Presidia projects.”

“Salone del Gusto is a global showcase for traditional and innovative food producers. SFUSA will be working in close collaboration with Slow Food International to bring exhibitors from the U.S. to take part in this vibrant market place.”

Date: Wednesday May 21, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Springdale Farm, 755 Springdale Road, Austin, TX 78702
RSVP: get a FREE ticket to reserve your spot

Join Slow Food Austin at Springdale Farm to see Kate Payne introduce her new book The Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen. Kate Payne’s new book will hit the shelves on May 20th and we will have one of the first opportunities to hear her story. Come find out about what inspired Kate to write her new book and get a peak at it’s contents. Kate will also be demonstrating a recipe from the book and providing us with samples. Afterwards Kate will be signing copies of her book. We hope you come spend a lovely May evening on Springdale Farm with Kate Payne and Slow Food Austin!

Date: Saturday, April 19, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Sustainable Food Center, 2921 East 17th Street, Building C, Austin, Texas 78702
RSVP: This is a FREE event, but please reserve your spot by getting a ticket online.

Join us at the Sustainable Food Center‘s teaching kitchen to learn from Krystal Craig of Crave Artisan Chocolate. Krystal will demonstrate tempering chocolate while explaining the unique processes that each of her distinct treats has to go through before it lands on every pillow at the Four Seasons in Austin or arrives in your cupboard. We can’t wait to see Krystal demonstrate the passion she has for her craft, and we are even more excited to get to sample her freshly made treats! RSVP by getting a free ticket.

Date: Saturday, March 29th, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Josephine House, 1601 Waterston Ave, Austin, TX 78703
RSVP: this a FREE event, but please RSVP by getting a ticket

Join us March 29^th for an information session and Q&A with Liz Baloutine of Seedlings Gardening as she offers tips for spring gardeners and walks us through the newly planted gardens at Josephine House.

About Liz Baloutine & Seedlings Gardening

Seedlings Gardening has helped restaurant and homeowners create beautiful landscapes and vegetable gardens since 2009. Native Austinite Liz Baloutine started Seedlings because of her passion for local, sustainably grown, healthy food. Her past and present clients also include Elizabeth Street Café, Jeffrey’s, Olivia, and Spoon & Co.

About Slow Food Austin

Slow Food Austin is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 organization that reconnects people with the food they eat. One of more than 200 chapters across 150 countries, Slow Food Austin motivates people to make responsible choices within our food system through educational initiatives, social activities, fundraising events and community volunteer projects that inspire respect for where food comes from and awakens true pleasure in eating. For more info, visit www.slowfoodaustin.org.

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.

Date: Saturday, February 1, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: In.gredients at 2610 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722
RSVP: Seating is limited so please RSVP by getting a ticket to guarantee yourself a tea cup and a seat
Fee: $0 – Slow Sessions are always FREE and open to the public.

Chinese New Year is just around the corner and to welcome in the Year of the Horse, Slow Food Austin will host Sohan Fan of the West China Tea Company to tell us about Chinese teas and about the farms from where they come. He’ll share one of his favorite aged black pu-erh teas to warm our bodies this winter as well as a white tea to elevate our spirits. Sohan will walk through the proper way to taste and steep Chinese tea while amusing us with the anecdotes of his trips to China and his efforts to responsibly source each product he imports.

Please join us for this complimentary event where you’ll sample some of the finest teas in the world, learn about the culture that produced them, and leave with your own Chinese teacup.

About Sohan Fan and the West China Tea Company
Sohan Fan is a native Texan who discovered his love for tea while an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz. After becoming thoroughly steeped in the Bay area tea culture, Sohan moved to Austin and worked for Jade Leaves Tea House. There he honed his skills and helped to give form to a budding tea culture in Austin. In 2010, Sohan relocated to China to work for the Chengdu Urban Rivers Association (CURA). His work with CURA led him to meet and work with many farmers in both Sichuan province and the neighboring Yunnan province where he grew to know and love many hard-working families that are making a traditional living using the same techniques their families have used for generations.

While in China, Sohan spent the majority of his free time exploring teahouses, shops and farms, allowing him to meet and learn about the people who grow, process, distribute, and sell tea and tea-wares. Sohan decided to brave the wilds of the importing business to bring his much loved tea to us from across China as a means to help support those farmers and further grow the tea culture in the United States and especially in his hometown of Austin, Texas. For more info, visit the West China Tea Company online and on Facebook.