Events

Find current and future Slow Food events below and an archive of past events here.  Non Slow Food events and announcements are on the Announcements page, and reference information can be found on the Links page.  

Event fees cover the cost of the event and provide support for our programs, such as Farmers Market cooking demonstrations. In 2010, we sponsored delegates to the international Slow Food event, Terra Madre in Torino, Italy.

Sign up now to do Market Demonstrations

Spend two hours one Sunday this summer sharing your passion for seasonal
local foods from the Farmer Market.   Slow Food members and friends are
providing food demonstrations, talks and tastings at the Olympia Farmers
Market between 11 and 3 most Sundays this summer starting Memorial Day
weekend through September 29.    Check you calendar, then sign up for a time slot that fits your
schedule at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040E4DA9A72EA02-2013.

The idea is to share simple recipes that feature fresh market produce. The
foods you prepare can be hot or cold (raw). The recipes need to be prepared
onsite at the booth or in the Lu kitchen so that you can provide small
portions to the public for tasting.  Your time slot is the place to share
information on what you are cooking and why, and the benefits of cooking
with fresh local products.

Treacy Kreger will be in charge of setting up and taking down the
demonstration area located just outside the market office.  He will be there
throughout the day to help in any way needed.  He can provide the serving
items (paper plates, forks, etc) tabletop cooking burners with braising
pans, frying pans.  Power is available if you want to use a blender or
mixer.  The Lu kitchen, has a modest supply of mixing bowls, utensils, and two ovens (the top one with broiler), a gas stove top, a microwave,
and refrigerator.  Tracey will also be doing taste comparisons at the booth
at the same time.

You can purchase products from the market that day or a couple days ahead
using market dollars.  Contact Tracey to make arrangements -
jtkao123@gmail.com, 360-870-2040

Sign up for as many food demonstration slots as you would like.  You can do a shift from 11:00 to 1:00 or 1:00 to 3:00, or do both shifts if you like. This is a
great way to share your interest in Slow Food with others in the community.

May 28, 2013:  Transplanting Plants

When: Tuesday May 28 -mid-day
What: Help transplant Ark of Taste and other warm season plants into Treacy Kreger’s garden for use in Slow Food dinners this summer.

No gardening experience necessary.  To participate call or email Loretta Seppanen - laurel.lodge@comcast.net

June 20, 2013:  Progressive Dinner of Olympia Restaurants

Slow Food Greater Olympia is hosting a progressive dinner on Thursday, June 20. The dinner will showcase wonderful local foods being grown and raised
around Olympia and interpreted for us by three of Olympia’s premier restaurants – Acqua Via, Swing Wine Bar and Basilico.

You will enjoy an appetizer at one restaurant, move on to a second restaurant for your entrée and to the third restaurant for dessert.  Each course can be accompanied by matching wines, or not, as you choose. This dinner is not a fund raiser. It is intended only to show off our locally sourced food and wine bounty, and all costs are to cover the restaurants’ expenses.

When: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Where: Basilico, Acqua Via, and Swing Wine Bar
Cost for Food Only Option:  $70 per person
Cost for Food and Matching Wines Option: $100 per person

Please RSVP to Liz Douglas at eadouglas@comcast.net or by phone at 360-878-8097. Payment must be received in advance in order to guarantee your place at the table.