Slow Food Tallahassee Events

Taste, Traditions, and the Honest Pleasures of Food

This is your convivia Tallahassee so come out and be an active part of it. Bring your talents and passion to the cause of slowing down to enjoy local sustainable foods in the company of good friends. JOIN Slow Food today. Grow our resources, talents and passions for slowing down to enjoy local, sustainable foods!

SFT will now host monthly events! Most events will take place the third Tuesday of each month at our new meeting location - Lichgate. Lichgate is a beautiful 3-acre property listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and was purchased for the sole purpose of protecting a large live oak tree. We believe the philosophy of protection integral to this location is a perfect match for SFT and the Slow Food mission of preserving a food system that is good, clean, and fair.

Upcoming Events

September Monthly Event

Tuesday, September 16th, 7pm - Rain or Shine

Location: Lichgate, 1401 High Road, Tallahassee
I Scream! You Scream! We all scream for ICE CREAM!!

Bring favorite ice cream toppings and/or sauces and a food dish to share. Since the event theme this month is dessert, the main/side dish theme will be local and in season. Try to showcase or incorporate what's local now. Also please bring your own dinnerware (bowl, plate, napkin, silverware, cup) and a lawn chair or picnic blanket.
Due to limited space at Lichgate, an RSVP is required. Please email Brooke to register: secretary.sft@gmail.com
The cost is $5 for Slow Food members, $7 for non-members includes a donation to Lichgate and a small fee for ice cream supplies.

Past Events

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Monthly Event at Lichgate -- The Joys of Honey

Despite the threat of impending bad weather, we had a great gathering of folks at Lichgate for our August Monthly Event. Bob Livingston from the Apalachee Beekeepers Association brought his bees, some beekeeping gear, and some honeycombs and shared much information about keeping bees, making honey, threats to bee colonies, and how bees impact our food system. Afterwards we tasted a large variety of honeys including tupelo, sourwood, gallberry, saw palmetto, orange blossom, wildflower, fall wildflower, and spring wildflower. Then it was feasting time and again we had a wide variety of delicious dishes and very few desserts believe it or not! We raised $42 to donate to Lichgate as part of our "Giving Back to the Community" program.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Monthly Event at Lichgate -- celebrating the French in you!

We gathered among majestic live oaks and gardens to celebrate the Slow life, French style. About 20 people joined us for a potluck picnic and we enjoyed some wonderful French-inspired dishes. We raised $24 to donate to Lichgate as part of our "Giving Back to the Community" program.
We announced the topics for upcoming monthly events and called for members to volunteer to organize a monthly event of their choice.

Sunday July 13th, 2008

Education Committee Meeting

We discussed goals for the Education Committee in the upcoming year and half. Some projects we will be working on include: working with local restaurants to support locally-grown food, creating a local gardening resource, and a cookbook for eating seasonally in Tallahassee.

Sunday June 15th, 2008

1st Annual Tomato Feastival at Turkey Hill Farm

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Public Meeting

We introduced the new Executive Committee, discussed goals and plans for Slow Food Tallahasse, provided opportunites to get involoved through our new committees. We also had a guest speaker, Beverely of Raw Naturel. She provided samples of her amazing "chocolate pudding", print material, and discussed the myths/facts of Raw Food.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

A Dinner Guest's Eye View of an Edible Landscape