Slow Food In A Nutshell
Slow Food Springfield is a chapter of the Slow Food movement founded in Italy in 1986 by Carlo Petrini . Created to protest the encroachment on the traditional Mediterranean lifestyle, this movement, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment, is now worldwide with more than 250,000 members in 150 countries. Please go the the page “About Us” for more information about our Slow Food Springfield Chapter.
Announcements
The Illinois Products Farmers’ Market opens May 10th from 4pm-7pm.
The first 100 customers will receive reusable totes courtesy of Springfield Clinic.
This week we will have…
Asparagus, strawberries, radishes, green onions, bok choy, arugula, spinach, mustard greens, lettuce, turnips, garlic, onions, rhubarb, hydroponic tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, leeks, carrots, black walnuts, eggs, brats, ice cream, pasta, fudge, breads, baked goods, vegetable plants, annuals and perennials, hanging baskets, soy candles and melts, bath products, chili mix, wine, craft beer, and much more!!
Entertainment (5-7 pm): Thistle and Thyme
Winery of the Week: Spirit Knob, Ursa
Recipe of the Week: Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms with Rosemary
Slow Food Springfield Highlights
On this page, Slow Food Springfield will be highlighting different activities and topics.
Potluck,-Springfield Art Association’s Edwards Place
On Saturday, April 14, Slow Food Springfield hosted a potluck at the Springfield Art Association’s Edwards Place located on 4th Street. The Edwards House is a beautifully preserved Italianate mansion that was a center for social activity in Springfield where prominent citizens and politicians such as Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were entertained at lavish dinner parties. Benjamin and Helen Edwards lived in this home from 1843 to 1909.
Slow Food Springfield hosted this potluck for 26 people where everyone brought a variety of delicious homemade dishes. SFS provided a sampling of locally made cheeses from Prairie Fruits Farm (Champaign), Ropp Cheeses (Normal), and Marcoot Jersey Creamery (Greenville), as well as, Rolling Meadows beers.
Ashley (Glatz) Meyer, RealCuisine Caterers, was the featured speaker. She talked about her career as a caterer and why she returned to Springfield. RealCuisine has opened a restaurant serving brunch on Sundays in The Bakery, formerly operated by the owners of Humphrey’s Market. It is open from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm on Sundays only and is located at 2028 South 15th Street. RealCuisine also caters for all occasions, and offers events on their farm on Spaulding Orchard Road.
Slow Food Springfield would like to thank the Springfield Art Association for giving us such a beautiful space for our potluck. Special thanks to Betsy Dollar, Executive Director, for assisting with the event in so many ways. Take a look at their website, Edwards Place.
Midwest Leadership Conference held in Springfield
Slow Food Springfield team hosted the Slow Food Midwest Leaders’ Conference March 30-April 1. Nearly 20 leaders from chapters around the Midwest, including Urbana, City’s Edge (west of Chicago), Katy Trail (Columbia, Missouri), Bloomington, Indiana, and Chicago gathered at the University of Illinois Extension Office to meet with Midwest Governor Joel Smith and Slow Food USA President Josh Viertel. It was a weekend of thought-provoking discussion of everything from big-picture philosophy of the Slow Food movement to the details of how to organize a successful event.
Our Midwest guests got several tastes of local flavors, with a breakfast catered by Cafe Moxo, a lunch catered by Ashley Glatz of Real Cuisine, and dinners at DiPiero’s Sicilian Restaurant and Maldaner’s.
Thanks to Josh and Joel, and the Midwest chapter leaders, for making the trek to Springfield.
Slow Food Springfield is one of hundreds of local chapters, of Slow Food USA, which itself is part of a global, grassroots organization with supporters in over 150 countries. Slow Food members and supporters believe that food and farming should be sources of health and well being for everyone. Through international and national advocacy, local projects and bringing people together through the common language of food, Slow Food members and supporters are making it easier to access real food that is good for us, good for those who produce it and good for the planet. take a look at our Photo galllery for pictures of this event.