Events: Slow Food San Francisco

8th Annual Golden Glass

02/04/12

The Golden Glass is a lively gastronomic and educational event featuring the year's most talked-about international wines complemented by culinary delights from the Bay Area's top restaurants and artisan producers. Golden Glass is the annual fundraiser for Slow Food San Francisco. In 2012, Golden Glass will celebrate the efforts of approx. 100 national and international wine producers who strive to protect, nurture, and revive the indigenous and classic varieties of their regions. Slow Food will select the wineries based on their philosophy and their respect of the environment in collaboration with local wine importers. To participate as a winery or importer, please contact Jeannie Cuan here. The wineries will be clustered in national areas throughout the pavilion to help attendees taste and learn about the regional and terroir nuances directly from the winemakers and proprietors themselves. To showcase the creative culinary talents of so many of our Bay Area chefs, the Slow Food Plaza will pay homage to the open food tasting markets of European origin as well as more local food artisans than ever before. We expect to have more than three-dozen purveyors providing sample-size plates of their signature dishes, charcuterie, cheese, olive oil, seasonal fruit, breads, pastries, and gelato for attendees to savor throughout the afternoon. To participate as a restaurant or food producer please contact Carol Pan here. Join us on Facebook or Twitter as well.

The Butcher Brothers Back in San Francisco for Pork Seminar

02/05/12

Slow Food San Francisco and RISTOBAR are proud to present a special opportunity to sample a traditional Italian porchetta, a whole roast pig skillfully prepared by two master butchers and brothers from Abruzzo, Italy - Ercole and Stefano Fasciocco - better known as The Butcher Brothers. Culinary star Ercole Fasciocco continues decades of family tradition at Antica Macelleria Fasciocco. A "macelleria" is a butcher shop, but the Fasciocco Brothers do much more than Americans would expect of a butcher. Buying animals only from small-scale local farmers, they are also artisan "salumieri", making many types of sausages and cured meats. In addition, they are renowned as the best meat cooks in the region and are famous for their porchetta, a specialty of the Abruzzo region of Italy. The Butcher Brothers, will hold a seminar on how to cut Abruzzese-style prosciutto and make sausages with locally-raised pigs from Stone Valley Farms. $10 from each ticket sold is a contribution to Slow Food San Francisco, a grassroots volunteer-driven non-profit organization dedicated to education and advocacy for good, clean and fair food.

Food From the Heart

02/10/12

A romantic mood will envelop the 1898 Ferry Building Marketplace on Valentine's weekend. Providing a rare opportunity to experience the magic and beauty of the waterfront at night, the 8th annual "Food From the Heart" will kick off on Friday night, February 10th, in the candlelit Grand Nave. Merchants and restaurateurs at the Marketplace will offer chocolate tastings and seasonal hors d'oeuvres, and local Napa Valley Vintners will pour wine. The event is free with nominal charges for food and wine samples. Marketplace shops will all be open from 5:30 to 8:00 PM for Valentine shopping on Friday night. There will be tango dancing, and classical music to serenade visitors. There will be delicious hors d'oeuvres for $2-4 each, and vintners will pour wine for $4 per taste. Proceeds from purchases of wine and hors d'oeuvres will benefit Slow Food San Francisco's programs such as the School Garden Projects. Tickets will be available the night of the event at tables throughout the Marketplace. On Saturday, the romantic revelry will continue with music in the Marketplace, chef demos and special Valentine offerings from merchants.

Slow Sip at Comstock Saloon

02/15/12

Slow Food San Francisco has put together a slow-sippin' series of happy hours. This months Happy Hour will be hosted at Comstock Saloon. Comstock Saloon occupies a historic space that has served as a watering hole for San Franciscans since 1907. Our friends at Comstock will be offering us $6 Derby Cocktails and 2 for 1 snacks. You'll have the opportunity to learn more about our grass-roots organization, sign up to become a member, and meet and mingle with like-minded friends. Happy hours will be held monthly, hosted by local restaurants and bars who support farm-to-fork philosophy and farmers who want to grow the slow food movement.