The Paris Novel  by Ruth Reichl
Mar
20
to May 14

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

  • Google Calendar ICS

When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual a one-way plane ticket and a note reading Go to Paris . But Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a childhood trauma has kept her confined to the strict routines of her comfort zone. When her boss encourages her to take time off, Stella resigns herself to honoring her mother’s last wishes.

View Event →
Slow Food Sacramento Cooks' Alliance Meet-Up.  Midtown.
Apr
7
7:00 PM19:00

Slow Food Sacramento Cooks' Alliance Meet-Up. Midtown.

Professional cooks and allies are welcomed. Come meet up and help us set up shop, plan some meet ups around the culinary professional’s schedule, and be a part of Slow Food Sacramento’s vision for Good, Clean, and Fair Food for All. Our Sacramento chapter is in a diverse and growing urban space. Cooks are a big part of our story.

LOCATION TBD

View Event →
Terra Madre Americas 2025- Slow Food International and Visit Sacramento
Sep
26
to Sep 28

Terra Madre Americas 2025- Slow Food International and Visit Sacramento

Sacramento will be the home of Terra Madre Americas. As the local chapter, Slow Food Sacramento couldn’t be more excited.

Terra Madre Americas Terra Madre Americas, the American iteration of the world-renowned Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, is making its debut in Sacramento, California. This first-of-its-kind event will bring together some of the best producers, chefs, vintners, and artisans from across the Americas to celebrate the Slow Food movement in California’s capital.

View Event →

Slow Food Sac meet-up at Magpie
Mar
24
7:00 PM19:00

Slow Food Sac meet-up at Magpie

An all hands meet up. Meet members, hear some updates, share some thoughts. Bring friends. There will be iced tea and aqua frescas for all. Other beverages will be available at the bar.

Meet and greet! Please bring friends and fellow Slow Foodies. Spread the word- Slow Food Sacramento is back in action!

Board members will have chance to share some of the vision for the chapter for 2025, including the calendar for Slow Food Sacramento’s local events, and some updates on Slow Food International’s Terra Madre of the Americas.

View Event →
Yu Sheng Dinner at Food Literacy
Feb
6
6:00 PM18:00

Yu Sheng Dinner at Food Literacy

Support Sacramento’s Food literacy program. Buy a table at this year’s You Sheng Dinner. Food Literacy’s mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. BOOK A TABLE for Thursday 6th here.

View Event →
SLOW NOODLES A CAMBODIAN MEMOIR of LOVE, LOSS, and FAMILY RECIPES by Chantha Nguon (with Kim Green)
Jan
16
to Mar 7

SLOW NOODLES A CAMBODIAN MEMOIR of LOVE, LOSS, and FAMILY RECIPES by Chantha Nguon (with Kim Green)

  • Google Calendar ICS

Nguon’s irrepressible spirit and determination come through in this lyrical and inspirational memoir that includes more than twenty family recipes for dishes like chicken lime soup, green papaya pickles, and pâté de foie, as well as Khmer curries, stir-fries, and handmade bánh canh noodles. Through it all, recreating the dishes from her childhood becomes an act of resistance, of reclaiming her place in the world, of upholding the values the Khmer Rouge sought to destroy, and of honoring the memory of her beloved mother, whose “slow noodles” approach to healing and to cooking prioritized time and care over expediency.

View Event →
Book Club: Tastemakers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen, Tovah Ott, et al.
Nov
21
9:00 AM09:00

Book Club: Tastemakers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen, Tovah Ott, et al.

Who’s really behind America’s appetite for foods from around the globe? This group biography from an electric new voice in food writing honors seven extraordinary women, all immigrants, who left an indelible mark on the way Americans eat today. Taste Makers stretches from World War II to the present, with absorbing and deeply researched portraits of figures including Mexican-born Elena Zelayeta, a blind chef; Marcella Hazan, the deity of Italian cuisine; and Norma Shirley, a champion of Jamaican dishes.

View Event →
Sep
19
to Nov 19

Book Club: One More Croissant for the Road

  • 95818 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

One More Croissant for the Road sees ‘the nation’s taster in chief’ Felicity Cloake embark on the trip of a lifetime, cycling 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes. Felicity has long established herself as an absolute authority on everything that is important about food. This lively and charming account of her search for the ultimate Quiche Lorraine, la meilleure Tarte Tatin and a Cassoulet par excellence culminates in a triumphant two-wheeled tour of Paris’ boulangeries in pursuit of France’s finest croissant. Accompanied by charming line illustrations, each chapter concludes with Felicity putting this newfound knowledge to good use in a new ‘perfect’ recipe for each dish, the conclusion of her rigorous and thorough investigative work on behalf of all our taste buds.

View Event →
Extending the Table: A Conversation with Local Women Leaders in the Food Industry
Feb
24
6:00 PM18:00

Extending the Table: A Conversation with Local Women Leaders in the Food Industry

Slow Food Sacramento and the WomenUp Network present:

Extending the Table: A conversation with local women leaders in the food industry

Hosted by Uptown Studios

Join WomenUp Network and Slow Food Sacramento for an evening with local women leaders in the farm-to-fork movement. Hear these inspiring women speak on the exciting developments in the local food scene, and how women can create collaborations and support systems.

Welcome:

  • Charmaine Magale, co-owner, Legado Spirits

  • Judith Yisrael, co-founder and educator, Yisrael Family Urban Farm

  • Gerine Williams, community impact specialist, Neighborworks/Oak Park Farmers Market

  • Jodie Chavious, chef and Slow Food Sacramento board member

  • Rachel Wallace, chef de cuisine, Echo & Rig

Enjoy small bites, KC Kombucha, wine from Goldline brands and other food options available for purchase.

Slow Food Sacramento is a local chapter of the international Slow Food nonprofit organization that advocates for good, clean, and fair food for all. Our volunteer-run chapter hosts a wide range of educational and convivial events throughout the year to champion the producers and creators of some of the region’s outstanding foods, farms, and restaurants.

Join us as we share stories, build connections, and uplift our local Sacramento community.

Get tickets here

View Event →
Terra Madre Day
Dec
10
6:00 PM18:00

Terra Madre Day

Join us for our annual celebration of Terra Madre Day!

Location TBD.

Terra Madre Day is a major Slow Food event, celebrating local food on a global scale. Every December 10th, thousands of people around the world organize parties and gatherings to celebrate good, clean and fair food: good quality and flavorsome; clean for our bodies, animals, and the planet; fair for producers and consumers alike. Terra Madre Day brings together all who share the vision of a food system that supports local economies, that respects the environment, biodiversity, taste, and tradition. A better alternative is possible!

Please bring a potluck dish to share.

Free with registration, register here!

View Event →
Sake in the Summer
Jun
24
5:30 PM17:30

Sake in the Summer

Sake tastes like. . .  You serve it hot or cold?  It's wine or maybe beer?  Why is it cloudy, shouldn't it be clear?  Bubbles, in sake????  If you don't know this class is for you!  

Join Slow Food Sacramento as we welcome our newest SOA restaurant, Binchoyaki, and learn about sake - from how it's made, to how to serve it, to what it pairs with.  And why you should be drinking (more) sake.

We will sample several types of sake and enjoy some nibbles.  Learn how to make sake part of your summer fun!

Get tickets here!

View Event →
SOAs: St Rey at Masullo
May
15
5:30 PM17:30

SOAs: St Rey at Masullo

Join Slow Food Sacramento in welcoming Craig and the team at Haarmeyer Wine Cellars as one of our newest Snail of Approval businesses! And just in time Spring where better to sample his Chenin Blancs or Zinfandels than the patio at another popular SOA Masullo Pizza.

If you don't know about Chenin Blanc you are missing out! It will be your go-to wine as the evenings get warm and you need a light, refreshing beverage!

Wine tasting and light snacks included.

Register Now!

View Event →
Slow Food Book Club: Hippie Food
May
9
6:30 PM18:30

Slow Food Book Club: Hippie Food

Join us for our next book club meeting to discuss the book Hippie Food: How Back to the Landers and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman. Please bring a dish to share for dinner.  To find out more information, please contact Kathleen Albani at katonthyme@gmail.com. 

Hippie Food: How Back to the Landers and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman: Traces the origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic gurus, and counterculture elements that brought them to the mainstream. Food writer Jonathan Kauffman (San Francisco Chronicle) goes back to the 1960s and 1970s to tell the story of how a coterie of unusual men and women embraced an alternative lifestyle that would ultimately change how modern Americans eat. From the mystical rock-and-roll cult known as the Source Family and its legendary vegetarian restaurant in Hollywood to the Diggers’ brown bread in the Summer of Love to the rise of the co-op and the origins of the organic food craze, Kauffman reveals how today’s whole-foods staples—including sprouts, tofu, yogurt, brown rice, and whole-grain bread—were introduced and eventually became part of our diets.

View Event →
Spring Community Gathering
Apr
30
6:00 PM18:00

Spring Community Gathering

Slow Food Community Gathering and Memorial Tree Planting for Our Friend, Coral Henning

Gather with us to celebrate slow food, and to plant a fruit tree in honor of Coral Henning. Coral was a longtime Slow Food Sacramento board member and devoted advocate for good, clean and fair food.

This event is a potluck, please bring a dish to share! We will provide drinks.

This event is free. Please register here.

Location:

Yisrael Family Farm Garden at Fruitridge Community Collaborative
4505 Roosevelt Ave, Sacramento CA 95820

View Event →
Terra Madre Day Pot Luck
Dec
10
6:00 PM18:00

Terra Madre Day Pot Luck

  • Sacramento Natural Foods Coop (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Slow Food Sacramento board members and members for Terra Madre Day! Terra Madre Day is an international hoilday where Slow Food chapters around the world come together to share a meal and celebrate food traditions and agirucltural diversity. Come to the table and bring your favorite traditional dish.

View Event →
Slow Food Book Club: The Food Explorer
Nov
8
6:30 PM18:30

Slow Food Book Club: The Food Explorer

Join us for our next book club meeting to discuss the book The Food Explorer: The Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Daniel Stone. Please bring a dish to share for dinner.  To find out more information, please contact Kathleen Albani at katonthyme@gmail.com. 

The Food Explorer: The Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Daniel Stone: The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes–and thousands more–to the American plate.

View Event →
STREET & SLOW
Nov
4
12:00 PM12:00

STREET & SLOW

A street food inspired mini festival benefiting Slow Food Sacramento.

Join Slow Food Sacramento and Canon for an afternoon food festival featuring the slow side of street food with Ark of Taste ingredients, live music, kids area, craft cocktails and informative lectures and demos.

EARLY BIRD DEAL: Buy your tickets in advance and you'll receive one extra food ticket AND be entered to win a $100 gift card to Canon. Need not be present to win.

  • Music, lectures, and festival are all free to attend

Participating Restaurants:
Canon East Sacramento, Nixtaco Mexican Kitchen, Pizza Supreme Being, VEG/Thai Basil, Binchoyaki Izakaya Dining, Savory Cafe

Guest Lectures and Demos:
12:30 pm - Niche Bread Co.
1:00 pm - Grabishfarm
1:30 pm - Naturally Ella
2:00 pm - V. Miller Meats

Live Entertainment:
3:00 pm - Pressure Lounge

Slow Food means Good, Clean, Fair Food for ALL!

Buy Tickets Now!

! Fianl Canon Slow Food poster.jpg
View Event →
Fish, Field and Fowl--A Slow Food Sacramento Meal
Oct
13
6:00 PM18:00

Fish, Field and Fowl--A Slow Food Sacramento Meal

Come to the table for an intimate evening celebrating our season in food. Chef Brenda Ruiz will serve a multi-course meal built on the Sacramento region's authentic fall food products--fish, field and fowl. Of course, we'll also share plenty of Slow Food-approved wine and beer to wash it down.

Named a Slow Food USA 2018 Snailblazer for her work in Policy Advocacy, Chef Ruiz has worked in some of Sacramento's top restaurants--The Waterboy, Freeport Bakery, The Kitchen, and Biba Ristorante. Highly regarded among her peers for her skill and work ethic, she's known for combining her love of the culinary arts with her passion for supporting the work of charitable organizations. Ms. Ruiz serves on the Executive Advisory Committee of Slow Food Sacramento, as Director of the School Garden Coalition and Chair of Youth and School Projects.

Buy your $125 tickets through Eventbrite

View Event →
Mulefood Hog "Meat" Up
Oct
8
5:30 PM17:30

Mulefood Hog "Meat" Up

Join local butcher Eric Miller as he demonstrates how to break down a mulefoot hog.  Mulefoots are a heritage breed of hogs, with the distinction of having an uncloven hoof, similar to that of a mule.  It is believed that they were brought to the Gulf Coast by the Spanish in the 1500s.  They are considered a critically endangered breed.

Local breeder Amy Grabish of Grabishfarm will be on hand to talk about raising Mulefoots.

V Miller Meats focuses on whole animal butchery and narrowing the gap between consumers and their food source.  Pork cuts will be available for purchase at the end of class!  

Get your ticket here!

View Event →
Slow Art / Slow Food Dinner at the Crocker
Sep
20
6:30 PM18:30

Slow Art / Slow Food Dinner at the Crocker

Digest art and food at a snail's pace at the Crocker Museum. Begin with an in-depth look at select works of art in the museum’s permanent collection, exploring each piece through close examination and discussion. Then sit for a family-style, farm-to-fork meal prepared by Chef Matt Woolston of Supper Club, recipient of Slow Food Sacramento’s Snail of Approval award. Chat about our region's good, clean and fair food with honored guest, Ed Roehr, Slow Food Sacramento board member, chef/owner of Magpie Cafe, and one of five lead chefs of the 2018 Tower Bridge Dinner. With-wine option includes two pairings. Space is limited. Purchase tickets through the Crocker Museum, lead host of this event.

Purchase your ticket here

View Event →
Slow Food Book Club
Sep
13
6:30 PM18:30

Slow Food Book Club

Join us for our next book club meeting to discuss the book Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agricultur by Gabriel Thompson. Please bring a dish to share for dinner.  To find out more information, please contact Kathy Albani at kathy@slowfoodsacramento.com. 

View Event →
Slow Food Book Club
May
10
6:30 PM18:30

Slow Food Book Club

Join us for the May meeting of the Slow Food Book Club.  Please bring a dish to share for dinner. We will be discussing the book Jambusters by Julie Summers. I hope you can join us! To find out more information, please contact Kathy Albani at kathy@slowfoodsacramento.com. 

View Event →
Quarterly Gathering: Common Ground--Connected at our Roots
Mar
28
5:30 PM17:30

Quarterly Gathering: Common Ground--Connected at our Roots

Join Slow Food Sacramento and Sacramento State's One World Initiative--Community for a friendly gathering and casual discussion of our common ground, led by UC Davis soil scientist, Jessica Chiartis. 

Enjoy the evening in the Community Garden at Capitol Public Radio with drinks and pizza provided by The Sacramento Chef's Alliance.

Free of charge with RSVP.

View Event →