A Whole Lot of Activities with Whole Foods
Chef-of-the-Month Cooking Classes
Lynn Gowdy, Slow Food member and the new supervisor of Whole Food’s Salud! Cooking and Lifestyle School, is introducing a series of cooking classes featuring prominent local chefs who are affiliated with Slow Food. Gowdy’s goal is to use as much locally grown ingredients as possible and to introduce great things artisan food producers are creating without additives and hormones in Sacramento and Northern California.
The first session is with one of our favorite chefs, Matt Woolston from the Supper Club (if you haven’t had the great pleasure of dining with Matt, check out a review on a recent visit.)
Tuesday, February 19th
Chef of the Month: Summer Down Under Food and Wine with Guest Chef Matt Woolston of The Supper Club
HANDS-ON STYLE CLASS; Wine will be served; Must be 21 to attend.
6:00 p.m.
$70 general public; $65 for Slow Food members
Space is limited, call 916-488-2800 to sign up
It is currently summer in Australia… If you’ve ever visited, you know there are world-class cafes and restaurants on every corner. The infinite variety of foods reflects the diversity of its land and its people.
Menu
Picadillo Black Bean Empanadas with Key Lime Crèma and Tomato Salsa
Uruguayan Skirt steak Pinwheels stuffed with Red Chili Pesto
New Zealand Green Lip Mussel Soup Billi Bi Style
Baby Spinach Salad, Hibiscus infused Citrus vinaigrette, Papaya, spiced Pepita
Main #1: Short Ribs braised in Guajillo Chili, Negra Modelo beer & acacia honey on Marbled Mashed Potatoes and braised dinosaur kale
Main #2: Pink Peppercorn and Cumin Crusted Escolar with Tomatillo Avocado Salsa on Sweet Corn Pudding and Tomato Broth
Dessert:
Caramelized Mango in Pate Brisee with Lime Zabaglione on coconut caramel with Reed’s Ginger Ice Cream
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Monday, March 17th
Chef of the Month: A Dinner Party with Guest Chef and Owner, Dennis Kercher of The Hidden Kitchen
DEMO-STYLE CLASS; Wine will be served; Must be 21 to attend.
6:00 p.m. $70 general public; $65 Slow Food membersSpace is limited, call 916-488-2800 to sign upJoin Chef Kercher, proprietor of The Hidden Kitchen and Slow Food member, for an amazing savory, simple and seasonal spring dinner party. The Hidden Kitchen is about culinary adventure, engaging in conversation about food, wine, and life. Come by yourself, bring a friend, or two, learn, enjoy and eat!
Menu
Olive tapanade rustica on crispy flatbread
Spring Birds nest of mixed greens in Meyer lemon vinaigrette with goat cheese eggs
Hidden Kitchen bistro onion soup with cave aged gruyere
Leg of Lamb in a dry rub of Herbs de Provence, cauliflower puree, asparagus tips
Meyer lemon souffle with strawberry jus
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Whole Foods Presents a Special Screening of “King Corn“
Thursday, February 28th
5:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.
Tickets are available in advance at the Crest (limited seating) $10 general admission; $8 Slow Food members (must present card)
All attendees will receive Whole Food’s “the better bag” made from recycled materials. Proceeds will benefit Soil Born Farms.
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm.
For more information contact Lynn Gowdy with Whole Foods, 916-488-2800 lynn.gowdy@wholefoods.com or Melinda McRae with Slow Food Sacramento, melindadmcrae@yahoo.com or 916.717.1621.
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