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July 12: Walk & Wine at Peconic Land Trust with Saltbird Cellars

Jul 1, 2022 | In The News, Past Events

We are back with another Walk & Wine to celebrate and explore the edible garden at Peconic Land Trust and to sip local wine from Saltbird Cellars. Please join us on July 12, from 5 pm – 7:30 pm as we enjoy a guided tour with Peconic Garden Director Rick Bogusch, who will teach us about the work they do and their edible garden!

Tickets are $50 each, or $40 for Slow Food East End members or Bridge Gardens members. They can be purchased from Peconic Land Trust by phone (631-283-3195) or email (events@peconiclandtrust.org).

Space is limited, so we request you reserve your tickets in advance! Rain date is July 13.

Salt Bird Cellars is located on the North Fork. Saltbird Cellars’ winemaker Robin Epperson-McCarthy grew up sailing the Peconic waters and has been inspired by the cooler micro climate of the East End and other cool climate regions where she has worked and trained to focus on making unique wines that honor the distinctive maritime terrier where Saltbird vines are grown. Come taste her new releases, plus enjoy freshly made bread provided by Flour Power and Truly Grass Fed.

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June 29: Slow Hour at Peconic Bay Vineyards

Jun 24, 2022 | Past Events, Slow Hour

Summer is back! We are in a mood to celebrate and we invite you to our very first Slow Hour, Slow Food East End’s version of Happy Hour.

When: Wednesday,  June 29, 2022 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

Where: Peconic Bay Vineyards, 31320 Main Road, Cutchogue, NY 11935

How: Its easy! No tickets needed, just let us know you are coming.

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization committed to promoting local food cultures and celebrating our local food sources and providers who believe in a food web that is locally sourced and environmentally sustainable. Slow Hour is a delicious opportunity to learn more about what Slow Food East End does and to help support our local businesses.

Peconic Bay Vineyards, located on Main Road in Cutchogue, has a handsome tasting room nestled among acres of vineyards with a large outdoor patio and garden with covered seating too. The tasting room also has a newly hung art installation featuring barn studies by Jamesport artist Carol C Young that you won’t want to miss.

Rain or shine come and slow down with us we’d love to meet you, we’d love to tell you what we’ve been up to this past year and our plans for the future.

Yes, food & wine will be available for purchase! The menu includes lobster rolls, charcuterie platters and the Hampton Oyster Co will be shucking fresh oysters for Slow Hour.

To thank you for joining us, please enjoy a 15% discount off your bill (oysters excluded).

The event is free to attend – but please do register to help us plan properly.

Want to know where and when the next Slow Hour will be? Sign up for Slow Food East End’s newsletters to receive news about all our upcoming events.

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Earth Day on the East End

May 5, 2022 | In The News, Uncategorized

On a sunny Saturday afternoon the Slow Food East End community celebrated Earth Day. Educators, farmers, wine makers, and chefs gathered to feed and educate us about our local food systems and ecosystems. Enjoy these photos from the event – use of the left and right arrows to view them all! Thanks to our board members Jessica Easton and Maria McBride for the photos.

Celebrate Earth Day on the East End

Apr 6, 2022 | In The News, Past Events

Slow Food East End invites you to celebrate Mother Earth and all she provides for us on Saturday April 23, from 1-4pm (rain date is April 24). Join us for an afternoon of fun education for the whole family, it’s free to attend!

Passionate or curious about local farming practices?  Ready to up your gardening game? Concerned about heathy lands and waters? Join Slow Food East End and our community of farmers, food producers, gardeners, educators at Saint Joseph Villa for a day of food and learning.  The Villa is located on the scenic Shinnecock Bay waterfront in Hampton Bays and is also home to the Ecological Cultural Initiative and Shinnecock Nation Kelp Farmers.

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Come meet local farmers, growers, and business owners to learn directly from them. Talks and demonstrations will cover composting, kelp farming, raised beds, no-till practices, hügelkultur, biodiversity, food production, seed sharing, clean water practices and so much more

There are also activities for the whole family! Join a garden tour by the Ecological Cultural Initiative and an introduction to kelp farming. Hands-on projects and displays from guest farmers and growers will also be set up on the Villa lawns. Enjoy food and drinks from Mattitaco’s On the Road Food Truck and Macari Vineyards. There will be an indoor screening of the documentary Farming Long Island, a film about the challenges that Long Island farmers face today and the importance of land conservation and local farming.

Plus there will be a seed swap – bring some, take some!

Vendors and Participants include:

Butterfly Effect Project
Early Girl Farm
East End Food Institute
Ecological Cultural Initiative
Founders Oyster Farm
Green Door Woodworks
Landcraft Garden Foundation
Living Wild on Long Island
Macari Vineyards
Mattituck Mushrooms
On the Road Mattitaco Food Truck
Relic Design
Shinnecock Kelp Farmers
Slow Food East End
Sweet Woodland Farm
The Granola Plant
Violet Cove Oyster Company

The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, was a student protest to raise public awareness about the impact of pollution that presented real and disastrous challenges for the healthy future of our world. The protest sparked a movement that initiated the Environmental Protection Agency and ongoing substantive legislative efforts that have helped clean our lands and waters. Earth Day is now celebrated internationally by folks seeking solutions to combat climate change and to sustain a healthy earth.

Slow Food East End supports healthy farming practices which are essential to a sustainable future, join us on Earth Day to meet folks in our own community who are leading the way, and learn more about what is happening on the East End.

Chef Series: Lauren Chattman and Jack Bishop Cook Pesto Pasta

Mar 28, 2022 | Chef Series, In The News

Lauren Chattman and Jack Bishop demonstrate the preparation of a delicious slow food style menu in this Chef Series. Lauren takes through the steps of making fresh pasta using local eggs. Jack shares his kale pesto recipe that will be made from freshly-harvested local kale. To finish the meal Lauren & Jack demonstrate yummy chocolate pots de crème, one of their favorite desert recipes. All demo recipes are from America’s Test Kitchen: The New Cooking School Cook Book (2021).

The kale for the pesto was graciously donated by Sang Lee Farms, a Snail of Approval farm!

All proceeds from this event were matched by Slow Food East End, and donated to support World Central Kitchen and their efforts to feed Ukrainians fleeing the war. We grateful for everyone who attended the event and made our donation of $3700 possible.

When a chef is married to a chef, their kitchen is always the heart of the home. We invite you to join us in Jack and Lauren’s kitchen. The couple lives on the North Fork and are educators, passionate foodies and members of our Slow Food East End community: Lauren is one of our Flour Power volunteer bread bakers and Jack is an avid home gardener.

Many of you will recognize Jack Bishop as a leading food authority who is a host of the popular PBS show America’s Test Kitchen. Jack is also the Chief Creative Officer at both America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country; this multimedia publishing company is a foodie think tank which has published recipes and tips across many platforms including print, broadcast and digital products. The company also produces Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazines as well as America’s Test Kitchen books, three subscription-based websites, and an online cooking school as well as America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country television shows. Whew!

Lauren Chattman, a former pastry chef, is also a well recognized expert in the kitchen. Lauren is a prolific author & co-author with 12 cookbooks published to date including Mom’s Big Book of Baking, The Gingerbread Architect, Cookie Swap! and Dessert University with former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier.