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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.
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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!

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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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.

March 20 Chef Series: In the Kitchen with Jack Bishop and Lauren Chattman

Mar 9, 2022 | Chef Series, Past Events

Pasta and Pesto Cooking demo with Chefs Jack Bishop and Lauren Chattman.

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.

On Sunday March 20 live via zoom, Lauren and Jack will demonstrate the preparation of a delicious slow food style menu. Lauren will take us through the steps of making fresh pasta using local eggs. Jack will share his kale pesto recipe that will be made from freshly-harvested local kale. To finish the meal Lauren & Jack will 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). Autographed copies of this book will be available for a few lucky registrants to win.

All ticket proceeds from this Chef Series will be donated and matched by SFEE to benefit, World Central Kitchen who are feeding Ukraine refugees in Europe.

#ChefsForUkraine

Feel free to share the event link with friends and family (near and afar), virtual events allow us all to remain connected and share in the joys of learning together.

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