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SUNNY POINT AND APPALACHIAN VINTNER HOST A SLOW FOOD BEER DINNER FEATURING OLDE HICKORY BREWERY BEERS

Sunny Point Cafe will host its 10th beer dinner Tuesday, August 24. Presented in partnership with local, beer and wine retailer Appalachian Vintner, the dinner will feature a Slow Food menu that extensively utilizes Sunny Point's garden. Local suppliers and farmers will be featured as well. With such local luminaries as: Trout from Sunburst Mountain Farms, ice cream from Ultimate Ice Cream, and pork from Hickory Nut Gap Farms.

Olde Hickory Brewery from Hickory North Carolina will provide the beer. Though Olde Hickory is not as well known in the Asheville area, its beers are some of the best in the region. Founded in 1994 by Steven Lyerly and JasonYates, Olde Hickory is committed to small batch beer and the quality that comes from using only select grains, robust hops, and cultured yeasts with no additives or preservatives. At the Los Angeles International Beer competition Olde Hickory's Irish Walker Barley Wine, Dopplebock, and Imperial Stout won Gold Medals. The Irish Walker and the Piedmont Pilsner took silvers in the North American Brewer's Association competition, and at the World Beer Cup. Olde Hickory's commitment to quality is one reason that Asheville and the Western counties are becoming known as a beer lover's paradise.

Presenting the beers to attending guests will be the Olde Hickory's brewmaster and local beer and wine expert Charles Alexander from the Appalachian Vintner. A newcomer to the beer and wine retail scene, Appalachian Vintner is the only wine and beer store to offer four local beer taps with on premise consumption and an expansive tasting room.

The dinner will have two seatings the first at 6:30 and the second at 8:30. Tickets are $40 per person and include five beers and a four course meal. Reservations can be made at 828-252-0055 or at the Appalachian Vintner at 2B Huntsman Place off Biltmore Avenue.

Wine Tasting Fundraiser for FEAST
Saturday August 28th 5pm at the Weinhaus

 Come drink some wine enjoy some food, and support the sustainable cooking classes that FEAST provides. FEAST stands for Fresh Easy Affordable Sustainable and Tasty. It is a hands on group cooking experience using fresh seasonal ingredients with a focus on childhood and family nutrition. We will be providing delicious hors d’ouvres made with seasonal local produce and the Weinhaus will provide wine for tasting. The cost of this event is $10. For more information email cathycleary@gmail.com.

GOURMET DINNER & SILENT AUCTION TO SUPPORT WNC DELEGATES ATTENDING INTERNATIONAL SLOW FOOD CONFERENCE

Saturday September 18th
3:00 - 8:00

Eight WNC food producers have been accepted as delegates to the international Slow Food conference being held this October in Turin, Italy. Attending the Terra Madre conference will give these small business people an opportunity to learn from other sustainable food producers from around the world and bring this knowledge home to WNC. The September 18 event will help local delegates with travel expenses to the conference.

Fundraiser guest chef, Mark Rosenstein (founder of The Market Place restaurant), has a medieval fantasy of flame-kissed offerings planned. All will be scratch-made with organic, local ingredients. The "Mountain Fire" menu will include Slow-Roasted Porcetta, Chargrilled Chili-Rubbed Chicken, Woodfired Breads, Riot of Fall Salad, Woodfire-Baked Ratatouille, Sicilian Cannoli, Rustic Apple Tarts, and Fresh-Pressed Apple Cider.

Sunswept Farm Conservancy will be hosting this farm-to-table event in beautiful Spring Creek, Madison County, near Max Patch and Pisgah National Forest.

Arrive early to tour Sunswept -– a small family farm at its heart, predominantly powered by water and sun, and surrounded by 68 acres of Forever Wild forest land. Try your hand at the antique cider press, preview the crafts and services offered for silent auction, or just relax dangling your feet off the pond dock while enjoying the mountain views.

Silent auction preview will start at 3pm and dinner will begin at 5:30pm. Bring warm clothes as the high-elevation evenings can be cool. Event tickets are $45.

Donations for the auction are still being solicited and volunteers will be needed September 16-18 for food preparations, service, and clean-up. Please inquire about reduced ticket prices in exchange for volunteering.

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Slow Food on Campus at UNCA!!!!

Slow Food UNCA will launch it’s very own chapter on September 22nd as part of the Asheville Food and Environmental Film Festival (AFEFF). This chapter will work with various community organizations to implement hands on service learning projects for UNCA students, and further develop initiatives assisting in getting more local  food into the UNCA cafeteria. Please come and join the celebration! There will be a farm dinner at Eyes of Blue Farm with fabulous local food from area restaurants. Watch the opening films of the AFEFF. Sundance Power and Fresh Asheville present Asheville’s first and only Solar Cinema! Films shown will be “YERT Your.Environmental.Road.Trip.” and “Carbon Nation.” The cost of this event is $35.  If you buy your tickets before August 31st there is a 20% early bird discount. Go to http://freshasheville.blogspot.com/p/buy-tickets.html and enter in the discount code EARLYBIRDWORM

For more information about AFEFF and to see a complete schedule go to http://freshasheville.blogspot.com/p/afeff-schedule_5826.html

Slow Food USA’s National Day of Work Saturday September 25th

Part of working to change things is being informed and educated. Please join us in educating ourselves at the Asheville Food and Environmental Film Festival on September 25th.  FEAST will be doing cooking demonstrations and tastings at the West Asheville Earth Fare in the community room as part of the Family Series part of the AFEFF. The films that will be shown are “Lunch” and “What’s on your Plate?” Both films are about kids and childhood nutrition. They are fun films that will keep kids engaged and promote discussion about healthy food. Go to http://freshasheville.blogspot.com/p/buy-tickets.html  for more information or to buy tickets.

If you want to do more than educate yourself – if you want to volunteer to help with the AFEFF please go to http://freshasheville.blogspot.com/p/volunteer.html

The VERY First  Asheville Food and Environmental Film Festival  - AFEFF

September 22nd -25th

Slow Food Asheville is one of the sponsors of this great undertaking. Celeste Gray and her organization Fresh Asheville have managed to put together an impressive line-up of films. Films are only $10 and students tickets are $5. Students enter the discount code STUDENT when purchasing tickets. For a complete schedule and to buy tickets go to http://freshasheville.blogspot.com/p/afeff-schedule_5826.html

Slow Food Harvest Potluck!

Monday October 18th 6:30pm at Sunnypoint Cafe in West Asheville.

Come and join the Slow Food Asheville Board of Directors to enjoy a meal and learn more about how you can get involved with Slow Food in our area. Bring a dish to share -  featuring a local seasonal ingredient. We will do a short presentation highlighting the various projects that we are working on. You can sign up to volunteer to help with programs and committees, or just  enjoy the company and the great food! This is a free event.  More info at  slowfoodasheville.org

IS SIX CENTS ENOUGH TO IMPROVE KIDS' SCHOOL LUNCHES?
Earlier this month, House Rep. George Miller unveiled a Child Nutrition bill that will strengthen nutrition standards and help schools buy local food, both of which are great steps forward.  Unfortunately, like the Senate bill, it will only raise the school lunch rate by six cents.  Right now, schools have roughly $1 to spend on ingredients -- so six cents, while welcome, isn't nearly enough to give every student access to a healthy school lunch.  What do you think - is six cents is enough?

If you can't make it to this event please consider donating - by clicking the donate button Click & Pledge

Want to see the  Eat-In Pictures? Over 160 people of all ages enjoyed each others company as they discussed ways to make sure all children enjoy a healthy lunch at their schools. http://www.slowfoodasheville.org/images/index.htm

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