Going Down Slow

Heard lots about slow food but dunno
Carlo Petrini from Chef Boyardee?
If you enjoy
cooking food, eating food,
the people who grow your food
or the history of food;
you'll find something they do you'll enjoy.
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From their site:
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.

To do that, Slow Food brings together pleasure and responsibility, and makes them inseparable.
Today, we have over 100,000 members in 132 countries.
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Slow Food Org Site - Click here
Slow Food Overview - Click here
Slow Food History - Click here
Central NJ Chapter - Click here
Slow Food Events - Click here

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Old Timey Turkey Days of Yore

From NPR:
For many of us, Thanksgiving evokes memories of turkey and cranberry dressing. But a culinary review of the "other" American holiday finds that a rich variety of desserts have shared the table with sweet potatoes and stuffing. Chris Kimball of America's Test Kitchen talks with NPR's Renee Montagne about Thanksgiving favorites from days gone by -- and how to make them.
Click here for more.

Shopsins

Definitely worth checking out: Shopsins Menu

For those of you that don't haven't heard of Kenny Shopsin,

here's a bit from NY Magazine:

"Plump, grouchy, and with his gray bouffant bursting out from beneath his Mets cap, looking a bit like a dyspeptic Shelley Winters, the inimitable Kenny Shopsin is back in business. 'Fuck!” he says one afternoon as the orders roll in. “I was getting used to not working—give me the ticket, asshole.'”

Read more: Shopsin's - Lower East Side - New York Magazine Restaurant Guide http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/shopsins/#ixzz0XLx3W0RD

Winter Farmer's Market

Slow Food Central NJ Eat Slow Winter Farmers Market

Stockton, New Jersey
Sat, November 21, 2009
through Sun, November 29, 2009
10:00AM - 3:00PM

These indoor winter farmers markets bring out the best of Central NJ and easter PA producers to highlight the season’s bounty for Thanksgiving. Open both weekends before and after Thanksgiving, this winter market highlights an 80 acre llama and alpaca farm in Hunterdon County, NJ. Dates are as follows: November 21, 22 and Nov 27, 28, 29

A $2 donation is suggested. Call 609 397-2212 for more information or visit http://www.woodsedge.com

Have a Slow Turkey Day

Great info from the folks over at Slow Food NJ on
sourcing locally grown, organic and all natural turkeys.

Vote with your fork this Thanksgiving--have a locally sourced Thanksgiving Dinner

Here are some of the sources for local Turkey & Chicken.
And don't forget some Farmer's Markets are open until Thanksgiving--pick up some delicious fall vegetables and fruit!

Consider a CSA share for next year, for a weekly supply of delicious NJ vegetables and fruit--click here for resources!

TURKEY SOURCES THE HEALTH SHOPPE Please call Brant or Jim at 973.538.9131 With a limited supply of Turkeys this year, please place your orders as soon as possible. Pickups are available Mon, Tues & Wed before Thanksgiving in Chester or Morristown Organic Turkey (Eberly Farm/Dartagnan) $4.49/lb (8-12lb, 12-16lb, 16-20lb, 20-24lb) Turkey Traditional (Griggstown) $3.99/lb (12-14lb, 15-17lb, 18-20lb, 21-23lb, 24-30lb) Heritage Red Bourbon (Griggstown) $8.99/lb(7-10lb) OG Breast Bone In (Eberly/Dartagnan) $9.99/lb(4-12lb) Boneless Turkey Breasts (Griggstown) $8.99 (3-4lb) Also capon, duck, venison, goose & guinea hen. For side dish menu go to: http://www.thehealthshoppes.com GRIGGSTOWN QUAIL FARM 986 Canal Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 (Enter on Bunker Hill Rd) Call: 908 359-5218 All-natural, free-range White Broad-Breasted or Heritage Red Bourbon Turkeys. http://www.griggstownquailfarm.com/thanksgiving Orders may be placed on-line, over the phone, or in-person at Griggstown Farm Market location. Please remember to place all orders for our delicious side dishes by November 18th. Turkeys are available for pick-up in Bernardsville NJ, Headhouse Market in Philadelphia, Flemington NJ, and of course, our very-own Griggstown Farm Market in Princeton NJ. PLAID PIPER FARM 19 Wykertown Road Branchville, NJ 07826 Paul Dalrymple 973-875-4535 www.plaidpiperfarm.com paul@plaidpiperfarm.com TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING ARE SOLD OUT. Email or call for availability of chicken, eggs, turkey, beef, and pork They currently offer pastured chicken, beef, eggs, pork and turkeys. All of there products are raised naturally without the use of added antibiotics, hormones or pesticides. HAVENWOOD FARM 67 Henry Street Newton, NJ 07860 Ken & Nancy Hoffman 973-383-3630 havenwood@earthlink.net Turkeys sold out, chicken and eggs are available! A pasture based operation that currently is producing pastured chicken and eggs. All feeds are non-certified organic. No Genetically Modified grains/grasses are used. Email for availability and you will be sent an order form.

Increase the peace of your feast.
Everything but the Bird.
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