Slow Food
UPCOMING SUMMER 08 EVENTS
By unanimous decision, Slow Food in the Teton’s Leadership has decided to focus this summer on fun, informative, social events with no fundraising or other agenda other than, well, good food. To this end we have planned a couple of “mixers” open to members and anyone interested in getting to know their neighbors. Please send an informal email rsvp if you plan to attend so we can give an approximate number to the restrauntuers.
Italian Wine and CheeseTasting- Wednesday, June 18, 5:30 pm at Enoteca Wine Bar at Nani’s Pasta House in Jackson. $20 for current Slow Food members, $25 for non-members for an educational evening with their wine professional, Josh, and a tasting of hor d’oeuvres. Includes tip.
Summer Mixer and Menu Sampler at Forage Bistro and Lounge- Tuesday, July 1, 5:30 pm. Join us to celebrate good food in Teton Valley! $15 per person includes a glass of wine/beer and samling of appetizers.
Jackson Hole Fire Festival- June 22-23 (this is not a Slow Food event, but anyone interested in Slow Food is surely going to enjoy). Vista 360 is bringing the Fire Festival of Mt. Fuji to Jackson Hole with drumming, music, food, art and culture. Looks fun!
Farmer’s Markets: Driggs: Weds Nights 4-7 pm, in front of the Community Center.
Jackson: Saturday Mornings 8:30 am, Town Square.
Star Valley: Thursday Evenings 5-7 Haderlie Farms, N. of Thayne
Locavore’s Handbook: For those of you waiting for an electronic copy, I’m waiting for one myself. It will be posted here in the next week.
Grants: A reminder that Slow Food in the Tetons has some grant money available for a sustainable food/agriculture project. We have envisioned awarding this to a 4-H student interested in investigating alternatives to the conventional. If you know someone who is interested, please contact Sue Muncaster
What is Slow Food? 
The aim of the international Slow Food movement is to protect the pleasures of the table from the modern homongenization of fast food and fast life. Through a variety of initiatives Slow Food promotes gastronomic culture, taste education, conserves agricultural biodiversity and protects traditional foods at risk of extinction. The movement began in 1986 with a protest of the first opening of McDonalds on the Spanish Stairs in Rome. Today it is 80,000 members strong representing over 100 countries.
Slow Food members are organized into local chapters or “convivia” and work at the grassroots level to carry out the Slow Food mission at the local, national and international level. Slow Food USA oversees the activities of over 140 convivia in North America. Check out slowfoodusa.org to find a convivia near you. Join Today!
Slow Food in the Tetons
Mission Statement
Slow Food in the Tetons is a local chapter of Slow Food International, a non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization that supports a biodiverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage foods, and rediscovery of the pleasures of the table. Slow Food in the Tetons promotes the diverse food traditions of our community in a fun, dynamic way with an abiding concern for our central focus: a slower, more harmonious rhythm of life.
You can partake in the Slow Food mission every time you enjoy these pleasures:
- Trace your food sources
- Visit a farmers’ market
- Join a CSA
- Share a meal with friends and family
- Visit a farm in your area
- Plant seeds or harvest greens for a meal with your children
- Support restaurants who prepare traditional foods
- Start a kitchen garden
- Cook a traditional family recipe
- Learn your local food history
- Buy local, seasonal foods