Slow Food is a non-profit member supported International movement, founded in 1989 to counter the rise of fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. |
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Greetings!
We are meeting with the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College who has graciously extended their offer to donate classroom space to Slow Food Philly. We will be posting our fall lineup so stay tuned. We truly want to thank them for their continued support in everything we do and want to congratulate this year's graduates who we hope have benefited from our Slow Food education.
We want to also welcome Temple University as our new local school chapter organized by Alexa Zerkow.
Mark your calendars for another "Good Food, Good Beer, and the Rest is History" food and beer event in partnership with Farm to City at the Shambles in New Market on Saturday, July 21st.
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Our last seminar for the season is this coming Wednesday and we are going out with a bang!
The Art of Making Chocolate
from Bean to Bar
By LoveBar
PLUS Matching Chocolate and Wine/Scotch
Date & Time: May 16, 7-9pm
Location: The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College, 4100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Free Parking: Campus lot at 4207 Walnut St
 LoveBar Chocolate is a unique local business that hand crafts direct trade and organic bean to bar chocolate and supports the arts community by wrapping every bar with original art designed and printed by Philly artists. Tegan Hagy owner and confectionary creator will lead this informative seminar discussing the process of how they take cacao beans and process them into chocolate bars. The tasting portion is a recreation of an event we did at Spring Mill Café recently where we matched Bruichladdich Islay lightly peated Scotch with LoveBar chocolates and it was a match made in heaven.
You must be 21 to be admitted to this seminar.
50% of the proceeds from this seminar will be donated to The Coalition Against Hunger.
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Fighting hunger in our city and in our region is a challenge that is being met by many great organizations in our region and we thought that we would take a minute to point to a few projects that you could actually participate in as a volunteer or donate and make a difference. Our Slow Food movement mission statement plainly states fair, good and clean food access for everyone. We take for granted many things; proper food access in our neighborhoods, having a kitchen in your home to prepare foods, knowing how to cook simple recipes, fast food alternatives with too easy access and affordability, and information on proper nutrition. Here are a few programs that you can support!
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St. Christopher's Foundation for Children
Farm to Families Program
Host a dinner at your home and pledge your guests to contribute to fight hunger right here in our own community. Go to their website where they have put together a full set of planning resources - sample invitations and theme ideas, information to share with your guests, healthy shopping tips, guide to your local farmers market to shop, special menus and recipes, or create an optional Pledge Page.
dineinhelpout.org
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They want to make you aware that effective May 1, 2012, Pennsylvania will impose an asset test for food stamps (now called SNAP) which will disqualify more than 4,000 Pennsylvania households-disproportionately seniors and people with disabilities-from food assistance. 1 in 4 people in Philadelphia struggles to put food on their table. Your support can make a difference. Your tax-deductible contribution to the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger will support our work to feed more people in need and find sustainable solutions to end hunger in our region.
hungercoalition.org
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Even if you can't donate, here are two great opportunities for you to volunteer and donate your time or your money.
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The Federation of Neighborhood Centers is a youth entrepreneurial produce and nutrition business that transforms vacant lots into urban gardens/farms, improving access to healthy food for communities, creating meaningful jobs for at-risk youth and empowering youth to become healthy responsible young adults and leaders who give back to their communities. In 2011, Teens 4 Good Farms: employed 35 youth, grew over 4,000 pounds of produce, donated over 1,000 pounds of produce to food pantries and community centers, and engaged over 200 volunteers.
www.federationnc.org
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In partnership with West Kensington Ministry, Sunday Suppers provides healthy shared dinners, increased access to fresh local food, and other food related support to families in the Norris Square area of Philadelphia. This collaboration insures that our program is created with input from the community and that it is tailored to their specific needs. Our mission is to strengthen the health and wellbeing of families through the transformative power of family meals. They are always looking for volunteers and funds so go to their website to see how you can help.
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Buon Appetito!
Joseph Brandolo, President
Slow Food Philadelphia |
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