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SFEE Pot Luck at North Fork Flower Farm

Aug 10, 2022 | Past Events

Aug 18th – Back by popular demand our Pot Luck dinners return. Meet us in the fields at North Fork Flower Farm to enjoy a tour of their new home and a delicious potluck feast, timed to enjoy a sunset view across the blossoming fields.
 
Thursday, August 18th, 6:30 pm until 8:30.
48455 Middle Road (CR, 48), Southold, NY 11971
 
Bring along your favorite dish with at least 8 portions to share for dinner, we’ll sit down together at a long communal table to celebrate our community and this beautiful summer season.
 
The North Fork Flower Farm broke ground on leased farmland in Orient in 2017 adding locally-grown cut flowers to the ever-expanding agricultural offerings on the East End with a goal of providing florals, herbs, and grasses to individuals via CSA programs and to professionals. Earlier this year NFFF bought 25 acres of farmland in Southold and is now establishing permanent roots. You’ll discover the hundreds of varieties grown, including edible florals, and have a chance to connect with the farmers and learn more about their plans for the future.
Less Waste, More Fun – In an effort to reduce a lot of unnecessary waste—plastic cutlery, paper plates, and disposable cups and napkins that tend to be used once then discarded, we are requesting that you each bring your own table setting as well. Pack yourself a real plate, cutlery, and glassware that you can take home and reuse. Please remember to BYO Beverages.
Once you buy your ticket we will send you a link to register your name and the dish you plan to prepare so we can eliminate over duplication of menu items. We look forward to tasting all sorts of recipes using local produce and locally sourced provisions.
 
We’d love to create a source list of recipes to share after the event with our community so if you’d like yours to be included, feel free to bring a written copy of it to the Pot Luck.
 
Thank you for joining us, your ticket purchase ( $30 – discounted to $25 for Slow food members) will help us cover the costs of renting tables/chairs and seed our ongoing Feed the Forks initiatives. We’ll talk more about these efforts when we see you on the 18th!
 
The event is outdoors in a farm field setting so plan attire and shoes accordingly.
Please reserve your place at our table by August 14.
 
We are looking forward to seeing you at our table.
Register On Eventbrite

SAVE THESE DATES!

Jul 26, 2022 | Past Events

Summer continues to unfold and with it so does our calendar of events here on the East End.
Save the date for these upcoming gatherings.

 

August 18th

Back by popular demand, our Pot Luck dinners return. Meet us in the fields at North Fork Flower Farm to enjoy dinner with a sunset view.
 

September 23rd

Walk and wine at Landcraft Garden Foundation. SFEE returns for an evening of delicious nibbles, wine tasting, garden and art tour.
 

October 22nd

Sour Power, a collaboration with Jamesport Farmstead, a no-till organic farm that is growing the cabbage for our educational, hands-on harvest celebration of the mighty cabbage. Join us at their Main Road farm stand where Slow Food board member, Chef Peter Berley (shown below) will demonstrate how to make Sauerkraut using traditional tools. Come learn more about the basics of fermenting, truly a slow food process, using a vegetable that has been farmed on Long Island for over 200 years.
 

November 6th

Annual meeting and open house at Brick Cove Marina.
 
 
We have more events and ways to be involved just around the corner, including our next Flour Power baking session on Monday, Aug 1st. Click here to learn more and join as a baker!

JOIN US: Wednesday July 14th for Walk & Wine, a foraging walking tour and wine tasting from 5-7 pm

Jul 6, 2021 | Past Events, Walk and Wine

We are happy to announce a return to live events!  We look forward to seeing you!
All you need is a ticket and your walking shoes to enjoy a private foraging exploration at lush Peconic River Herb Farm,
with herbalist and Slow Food Eat End master farmer, Melissa Mapes.

Learn to identify edible and medicinal herbs  that are local to East End woods and gardens,  learn more about what can be harvested and how to use beneficial herbs while admiring one of our favorite naturalized  gardens along the Peconic River.

If you haven’t been to the Peconic River Herb Farm you won’t want to miss this introduction to one of the fabulous East End gardens and nursery because you’ll also meet Gabriella Macari and taste delicious wines from Macari Vineyards, an award winning Vineyard on the North Fork of Long Island.

Rain date, Thursday July 15th.
Tickets   $25  Non Members
$20 for Slow Food East End members.

Melissa Mapes, Avid Naturalist, Forest School Leader, SFEE Master Farmer and herbalist, comes from a long line of east end farmers and continues her family passion for agricultural life through education as a Master Farmer with SFEE and schools across Suffolk County.   Through SFEE Melissa is currently working with the Butterfly Effect Project based in Riverhead mentoring young gardeners who plant & maintain BEP’s  Intergenerational Community Garden
Gabriella Macari is the Director of Macari Vineyards  She is a Master of Wine candidate and Certified Sommelier and has worked with her family at Macari Vineyards since its inception in 1995.  The Macari family winemaking tradition dates to the 30s & 40s when Gabriella’s grandparents and great grandparents made wine at home, in the 1960s a 500-acre potato farm was purchased but it would be 30 more years before the family started planting vines.  The winery is committed to ecological and holistic soil care, the biodiversity practiced at the winery has been beneficial to the vineyards and helped it win it many awards for its nationally acclaimed wines.

Chef Series: Ratatouille with Chef Stephan Bogardus

May 14, 2021 | Chef Series, Past Events

Join us as Stephan cooks from his own kitchen and makes Summer Farmstand Ratatouille on Sunday, June 6 from 6 to 7:15 p.m..

New promotion! To get $10 tickets click here

 

All ingredients will be sourced from local farm stands. He will discuss seasonal and local vegetable options, how to determine freshness, his favorite knife techniques for vegetables, prefered cooking tools, the importance of seasoning and much more.

Zoom link and recipe will come with your confirmation email. SCROLL DOWN!

About the Chef

Stephan Bogardus is a graduate of the world-renowned Culinary Institute of America. His career has brought him full circle to his native Long Island, where he attended Mattituck High School.

After having graduating in 2009, Bogardus studied and worked under the late Gerry Hayden of The North Fork Table & Inn. His next job took him to Palm Beach to work under Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group. He also studied at Thomas Keller’s French Laundry.

He returned to home to the North Fork Table & Inn and under his direction, the highly regarded restaurant earned positive reviews from The New York Times.

Now he’s back home and the chef at the Halyard in Greenport, the next incarnation of the Soundview, a North Fork institution, which sits right on the water of the Long Island Sound.

What Is Flour Power?

May 5, 2021 | Flour Power, In The News

Flour Power is a way members of the community can provide home baked loaves of bread to local food pantries. The idea is to bake four loaves of bread. Keep one for yourself, the other three are donated to the food insecure. The goal is to nourish and bring joy to people through a personal touch.

How Does It Work?

Anyone can register to bake. Simply sign up and we will send the recipe and ingredients list to you. The recipes will make 4 loaves and the plan is for each baker to keep one loaf and donate the remaining 3. There are designated drop off points on the North and South Forks and when you register you will receive dates and locations for drop offs. Loaves will be picked up, packaged and dropped off to participating pantries. Register for this great program here.

I‘d Like to Help But I’m Not a Baker

David Chaffin, board member, is an experienced baker most recently from Amy’s Bread, a renowned bakery. He has worked hard to develop a simple, healthy recipe that everyone can bake, regardless of experience. And it’s fun!!

How Can I Learn More?

A short video has been created with David demonstrating how to bake the bread. He demonstrates each phase of the bread baking process. This is a perfect preparation for your own baking and it can be rewatched at any time. Watch Demo

A Final Thought

This program can only continue with the helping hands of our community. Won’t you please give it a try? Also, if you have friends or contacts that might be interested please forward this information to them. Imagine a network of people showing care and connection through food? That is truly Slow Food!!

Many thanks for your continued support.