IN THE NEWS
Cheers to Our First Chef Series of 2022!
Our first virtual event of 2022 brought together over 80 people from across the Slow Food East End community to learn tips and tricks from two of our favorite East Ends bread bakers. David Chaffin, our very own board member and the creator of the Flour Power bread...
Reflecting on 2021
Slow Food East End started 2021 off strong, and kept on going through the whole year with gatherings, educational programming, fundraising, community support, baking and more! We initiated new programs, and kept others going despite the global pandemic and its...
SFEE and the Butterfly Effect Project
Over the past year, as part of our mission to support community-led initiatives, we have had the opportunity to partner with the incredible Butterfly Effect Project (BEP) – a community-oriented non-profit with the mission to create safe spaces for girls to dream and...
Ongoing: Bake Along with Flour Power
Whether you're a seasoned baker or new to bread, we invite you to join our effort to help feed our community delicious and nutritious food through our Flower Power initiative. Flour Power is a way members of the community can provide home-baked loaves of bread to...
Thank You to Our Feed the Forks Silent Auction Donors
Our Feed the Forks silent auction was open to bidding between November 7 - 14 and overall we raised $18,750 for Feed the Forks! The proceeds will go directly to fund school garden programs; providing resiliency grants for food providers in times of need; maintaining...
Baking Bread and Feeding the Community with Members Nancy and Ralph Reinertsen
For Nancy DePas Reinertsen and Ralph Reinertsen, baking with Flour Power, Slow Food East End’s community powered baking co-operative, has been their way to connect to their community through food. They've been baking bread loaves every other week since the program...
Phase Two Resilience Grants Awarded
Last year Slow Food initiated our Resilience Grant Program to support the long term success of the food growers and makers on the East End of Long Island during the extremely challenging times of Covid. Phase One of the program was implemented last summer, and we completed Phase Two earlier this year. We are proud to be able to offer this program which is funded by our generous and supportive members.
What Is Flour Power?
Flour Power is a way members of the community can provide home baked loaves of bread to local food pantries.
St. Pat’s on the East End Goes Better with Local Porter
You may have heard our next live Chef Series on March 7 will feature local chef Peter Berley and local beer. Which kind? Read on.
WATCH: Roll Out the Red Carpet! We Dropped a New Video
We are so proud of the people on the East End who grow, fish, harvest, process and cook the delicious food our end of the island provides. And we’re proud of the work we do with them. So we made a video!