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“Meet The Sweets” Tickets Now On Sale On The Web–Come Enjoy An Evening Of Food, Fun And Music Sunday, June 28, 2009
Having trouble scheduling a trip to buy your Meet The Sweets tickets. Your life just got simpler. You can buy tickets on the web at Brown Paper Tickets. It’s fast, convenient, and a portion of the modest service charge goes to support charitable organizations. There is no excuse now for missing a fabulous summer Sunday evening meeting the sweets.
How sweet will this evening be?
- Sweet Cheeks Winery hosts our evening on their lovely terrace overlooking the lovely Briggs Hill Valley. They are featuring their superb Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and other fine wines.
- Sweet Briar Farms will be offering sausage and filing sandwiches with pulled pork cooked at their farm.
- Sweet Creek Foods is plating a selection of preserved foods, including a fine salad nicoise made with their succulent tuna.
- Sweet Water Farm And Nursery–Oh, those vegetables, salads, and breads. This is the time of year when the veggies emerge from the fields and land on our plates in a matter of hours.
- Sweet Life Patisserie–Is there a better end to a summer evening than strawberry shortcake and chocolate?
We’ve also lined up Ken Luker, a local guitarist who has shared stages with Steppenwolf, Eric Burdon, The Drifters, Ray Stephens, and the Coasters. You can learn more about Ken and hear samples of his music on his web site, kenluker.com.
This event is brought to you by Slow Food Eugene and the Willamette Valley Sustainable Food Alliance. A portion of the proceeds will help support the School Garden Project Of Lane County and the Farm To School Program.
Here Are The Details:
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Sweet Cheeks Winery, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd
Eugene, OR 97405, (541) 349-9463. Get directions.
Bring: Your smiling self, friends, and family and your own plates and flatware. If you have a hankering to picnic, bring a blanket for sitting on the grass.
Cost: $25 per person, includes dinner and a glass of Sweet Cheeks wine or another beverage. Slow Food members will receive a ticket for an additional glass of wine or serving of your choice.
Tickets are available at Newman’s Fish Company, 1545 Willamette St., 541-344-2371, Long’s Meat Market, 81 E 28th Ave., 541-344-3172 and Brown Paper Tickets.
Featured this month
- Meet the Sweets event June 28. Download the poster (PDF) and help spread the word!
- Saturday Market Information Table near the Sweet Briar Truck on Park Street. Contact Bev Mazzola if you would like to help out. orebevie@comcast.net or 484-5689.
- HB2800 (Farm to School and School Garden Bill)
Coming Up…
- Run for Sustainable Schools, June 14
- Sunday, June 28, visit Slow Food Eugene’s booth at the KLCC Garden Tour. We will be in the Audel Ave cul-de-sac near Garden #2.
- Sunday, August 30, One Field Meal at the Deck Family Farm.
Want more? Download the full issue (PDF)
Slow Food Eugene and the Willamette Valley Sustainable Food Alliance invite you to an summer evening with Lane County’s sweetest providers. The proceeds of the event will help support the School Garden Project Of Lane County and the Farm To School Program.
How sweet will this evening be?
- Sweet Cheeks Winery hosts our evening on their lovely terrace overlooking the lovely Briggs Hill Valley. They are featuring their superb Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and other fine wines.
- Sweet Briar Farms will be offering sausage and filling sandwiches with pulled pork cooked at their farm.
- Sweet Creek Foods is plating a selection of preserved foods, including a fine Salade Nicoise made with their succulent tuna.
- Sweet Water Farm And Nursery–Oh, those vegetables, salads, and breads. This is the time of year when the veggies emerge from the fields and land on our plates in a matter of hours.
- Sweet Life Patisserie–Is there a better end to a summer evening than strawberry shortcake and chocolate?
We’ve also lined up Ken Luker, a local guitarist who has shared stages with Steppenwolf, Eric Burdon, The Drifters, Ray Stephens, and the Coasters. We’ll tell you more about our evening entertainment as we get closer to the 28th.
Here Are The Details:
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Sweet Cheeks Winery, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd
Eugene, OR 97405, (541) 349-9463. Get directions.
Bring: Your smiling self, friends, and family and your own plates and flatware. If you have a hankering to picnic, bring a blanket for sitting on the grass.
Cost: $25 per person, includes a glass of Sweet Creek wine or another beverage. Slow Food members will receive a ticket for an additional glass of wine or serving of your choice.
Tickets are available at Newman’s Fish Company, 1545 Willamette St., 541-344-2371, and Long’s Meat Market, 81 E 28th Ave., 541-344-3172.
Slow Food Eugene’s Line Up Of Events Is Rounding Into Shape
There’s been a lot of planning going on behind the scenes. This year’s schedule of events is looking outstanding. We’ll have potlucks, showcase events, and our annual One Field Meal. All of these events will highlight the work of the farmers, providers, and chefs that provide us with good, clean, and fair food. We are partnering with several other community groups to strength our efforts.
The tough economic times make it imperative that we redouble our efforts to support local farmers, ranchers, and fishermen producing those high quality vegetables, fruits, meats, and eggs that we have come to enjoy.
Here is a summary of the events already on the schedule.
Saturday, May 2, 2pm-10pm–Eat Here Now, Helios Resource Network potluck, workshops, and entertainment at the Lost Valley Educational Center.
Thursday, May 21, 6:30 pm– Back To Your Roots Potluck at Bev Mazzola’s and John Simoni’s. Bring a dish you learned from one of your ancestors.
Sunday, June 28, KLCC Garden Walk Booth, all day. Visit Slow Food Eugene’s booth.
Sunday, June 28, 6:30 pm, Meet The Sweets, at Sweet Cheeks winery. A joint event with the Willamette Valley Sustainable Food Alliance. This is an evening with our sweet friends, Sweet Water Farm, Sweet Cheeks Winery, Sweet Creek Foods, Sweet Briar Meats, and Sweet Life Patisserie.
Sunday, August 30, around 4:30 pm, One Field Meal at the Deck Family Farm.
Still to be scheduled is a special RAFT Garden showcase. RAFT means Restoring America’s Food Traditions. There’s more information about our RAFT Garden project below.
VERY IMPORTANT: To make these events successful. We need your help. If you are interested in volunteering to work at an event, joining the membership team or have ideas for events, please send us an email.
Remember, there is strength in numbers. Bring friends who are interested in joining Slow Food Eugene or who just want to find out what this “Slow” thing is all about.
For more details, check out the May Newsletter. (PDF format)
The Oregon Truffle Festival returns for another great year in Eugene. This should be the best ever.
Join the celebration of truffles, from their hidden source in the forest to their glory on the table. For three extraordinary days in January, you are invited to an experience unique in North America.
Only at the Oregon Truffle Festival can you:
- Experience multiple course truffle dinners prepared by some of this region’s most renowned chefs
- Drink Oregon’s finest wines paired with our magnificent native truffles
- Chase truffle dogs on the hunt
- Savor a Truffle Marketplace with its wealth of local artisan foods, truffle tastings and truffle cooking demonstrations
- Meet people from all over the world who share a passion for all things truffle
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One of Slow Food Eugene’s dearest friends and fervent supporters needs our help. Mark Zolun is co-owner of Iraila Restaurant along with his partner, Kenne Glen. Mark and Kenne are long time supporters of local farmers. Mark was lead chef at our Pig Roast last summer and a contributing chef at our Slow Food Dinner in 2006. Mark and Kenne hosted a benefit dinner for Kenyan Slow Food members in 2007.
Just recently, Mark was diagnosed with bladder cancer. And, he doesn’t have health insurance, like so many of his fellow Americans. His friends and supporters are organizing a series of benefits to raise money for Mark’s treatment.
“When Life Gives You Cancer, Give A Variety Show and Flea Market,” will be held January 9, 2009, at Cozmic Pizza, 8th and Charnelton, 7-11 pm. (Click on the link to see how you can help.) The cover charge is $10. The variety show will feature music, dance, juggling, and other entertainment to rouse the spirit.
You can be part of the flea market. Clean out the closet and donate that priceless white elephant that you have wanted to get rid of for years. The items will be priced and sold at the event. Help with an additional contribution, if you can. All proceeds go to help Mark out.
Coming up on February 14 is the Valentine’s Day Benefit atSecret Garden Bed & Breakfast, 1910 University St
Eugene, OR. Mark and some Iraila cooks will be making a yummy meal for Valentine’s Day. There will some scenes from Shakespeare, a contemporary scene with Kim Donnehey and Dan Pagoda, and music from the Cascade Harps. There will be seatings at 5:30 and 7:30. Each table holds 6-8 people, so be ready to enjoy some company and spread the love on this special day. The menu and price will be available shortly. Email info@iraila.com for more information.
Mark has a long road ahead of him with radiation and surgery on the horizon. Let’s help him out.
Featured in this month’s issue:
Membership Meeting and Potluck:
DATE: Sunday, February 22, 2009
TIME: 6:00 pm
PLACE: Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High Street, Eugene
Parking is available across the street at the Planned Parenthood office building
also in this issue:
Benefit For Iraila’s Mark Zolun
New Beginnings For Andhi Reyna
Healthy Advice From Marianna Beres
Join Slow Food
Oregon Truffle Festival Returns
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In This Issue:
Annual Fundraiser September 28: A Slow Arabian Night Of Intrigue, Mystery, and Pleasure
DATE: Sunday, September 28, 2008
TIME: 6 pm
PLACE: Adam’s Place Restaurant, 30 E. Broadway, Eugene, Oregon
Executive Chef Adam Bernstein welcomes us to a wonderful evening of great food and entertainment. He promises belly dancers and, perhaps, another surprise, insurance carrier permitting. The unique seven course meal that will delight the eye as well as the tongue.
The proceeds from this dinner will support our Slow Food Eugene delegates to Terra Madre and the School Garden Project.
Tickets are $100 per person, wine and gratuity included. $60 of which is a charitable donation to Slow Food Eugene. Tickets are available at Long’s Meat Market and Newman’s Seafood.
More Details here >>
Many, many thanks to all who helped put on a terrific event Sunday (August 17). The pig, vegetables, pig roasting station, food preparation and cooking, table settings, welcome table, entertainment, and graciousness of our hosts were really remarkable. I hope that all who contributed to the event had as much fun as the people who came out to enjoy the dinner. I certainly did. The event really showcased the wonderful food and people that we have available to us in Lane County. We are fortunate to live in such a wonderful place and be around such great people.
Special thanks to Ed Durkee who inspired and organized us all. Great job, Ed.
Attached are pictures of the event. My apologies if I missed taking your picture. There were too many right places to be at the right times for me to catch everyone.
See you all again soon.
Tom Barkin
 It’s time for the Slow Food Eugene One-Field-Meal pig roast. This year will be better than ever with fabulous foods right from Winter Green Farm’s fields. The pig comes from our friends David and Lori Hoyle whose Creative Growers farm is across the road.
Mark Zolun and Kenne Glenn of Iraila Restaurant are our guest chefs. Their menu will feature what ever foods are ready to pick from the fields. As we get closer to the event, we will give you a better idea of what to expect.
As we did last year, we are keeping the price of this event as close to cost as possible. Tickets will be $30 per adult and $5 for children 10 and under.
We need lots of volunteers to help pull this off. The best part of the event is getting to the farm before all the guests arrive to help set up, cook, and chat.
Here are the details:
DATE: August 17, 2008
TIME: 4 pm to 8 pm
PLACE: Winter Green Farm 89762 Poodle Creek Road, Noti, Oregon 97461
Click here for a map to Winter Green Farm.
PRICE: $30 per adult, $5 for children 10 and under.
Tickets will go on sale at Newman’s Fish Market and Long’s Meat Market on Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
 
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