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April 14 – SFSR Dinner at Fifty South

Dear Members and Friends of Slow food Saratoga,

April and spring are just around the corner or least in sight.
When I think of Spring I think of, longer days, warmer weather,
the beginning of a more active growing season and foods I haven’t had since last year.
What products do you associate with Spring? Asparagus? Shell peas?
Spinach? How about [...]

October SFSR Dinner

The October edition of our popular dinner gatherings will be held at Brown’s Brewing Co.  in Troy, NY on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 6:30 pm http://www.brownsbrewing.com/

To make reservations please call: 518.273.BEER(2337).

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Menu for Brown’s Brewing Co. Slow Food Dinner    October 14, 2009

Ale & Lager Reception 6:30-7:30
Appetizer Table
Best of the Wurst Bites on [...]

Saratoga Farmers Market Gains National Recognition

Congratulations to the Saratoga Farmers Market, the only Farmers market in eastern N.Y., to be elected amongst the top 20 medium sized Farmers Markets in the country in a contest sponsored by The American Farmland Trust! In addition, the Saratoga Farmers Market is one of only three in the Northeast to be selected for Toyota’s Farm [...]

Time for Lunch 2009 Slow Food Saratoga Region Style

Held yesterday at Sheldon Farms in Salem, N.Y., approximately 50 people got together for a Slow Food USA call-to-action to return real food to school cafeterias, both locally and nationally. Our “Eat-In” was a pot-luck featuring dishes built around food that was grown and raised in a “good, clean & fair” manner. Speakers included Carolyn Wells, [...]

Labor Day Eat-In Supporting Slow Food’s Time for Lunch Campaign

Dear SFSR members and friends,

On Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2009, people in communities all over the country will sit down to share a meal with their neighbors and kids. This National Eat-In will send a clear message to Congress: It’s time to provide America’s children with real food at school.

Slow Food Saratoga Region will be a [...]

Photos from The Slow Food Breakfast at Sheldon Farms – July 26, 2009

Chef Christopher Tanner whipped up a fabulous breakfast again for this second annual event. Chef Tanner featured pork that he cured himself from a pig raised at Sheldon Farms. Amongst the house cured items, he included sausage, bacon, pancetta, prosciutto and lardo, all outstanding and the epitome of Slow Food! The breakfast also included the wonderful [...]

August Restaurant Dinner-August 5, 2009

Dear Members and Friends of Slow Food Saratoga Region,

We would like to announce the return of our monthly restaurant dinners. As planned, we will be venturing out from the Saratoga area in order to serve some of our more southerly members as well as spreading the word of Saratoga Slow Food to our neighbors.

The dinner [...]

Save Sunday morning, July 26 for Breakfast at the Farm!

Oh, don’t miss this one!  People’s eyes still glitter and glaze  when recalling last year’s Slow Food breakfast in Salem…… Fresh sweet corn fritters with hot maple syrup, house-made charcuterie, and a magnificent tasting menu are in the works for you…..  Chef Chris Tanner again joins Sheldon Farms in hosting this mid-summer Slow Food farm adventure [...]

June Dinner – Farmhouse at Top of the World

by Rocco Verrigni

It was a beautiful late spring night for our monthly dinner gathering. And there couldn’t have been a better place to commune with members and friends than the Farm House Restaurant at the Top of the World overlooking Lake George. A full evening commenced with a caravan of golf carts [...]