REAP’s Pie Palooza

It’s Pie Palooza Time!

The fifth annual Pie Palooza – a celebration of sweet and savory local concoctions – will be held 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8th, 2009, at Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St. The event has more than doubled in size since its inception, and at least 20 local businesses will donate pies.

A ticket to this delicious and unconventional Sunday brunch covers a choice of two slices of pie (sweet and savory), a farm-fresh salad and beverage. Previous Pie Paloozas have attracted sell-out crowds, and this year is expected to be no different. Tickets sell for $16 in advance and $18 at the door.  (Visit our Pie Palooza web page to order online, or call the REAP office to purchase in person.  608/310-7836.)

New this year: Prepare for Thanksgiving by pre-purchasing an entire, ready-to-freeze pumpkin or apple pie for $15. Online orders for these two kinds of pies will be taken before Pie Palooza, click here to order.

Expect selections for the brunch to again be wide-ranging. Savory pie choices will appeal to vegetarians and meat lovers. Sweet pies will include traditional favorites and innovative creations. Examples include Savory Root Vegetable Pie from Sophia’s Bakery & Cafe, Poached Pear Pie from Fresco, Napoli Cheese Prosciutto Pie from Lombardino’s and Apple Crisp Cheesecake from Grace’s Cheesecakes. Keep an eye on the Pie Palooza page of our website for the most up-to-date list of pie donors.

Admission to Pie Palooza will be by timed entry (during three one-hour slots; walk-ups welcome from 12:30-1 p.m.).

All proceeds from Pie Palooza support REAP Food Group programs.

What: 5th Annual Pie Palooza
When: Sunday, November 8th, 2009 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa St. in Madison.

Click here for your tickets and/or to order pies online.

Penn Park Halloween Harvest Festival

Hello Slow Foodies,

Next Saturday, the 24th of October, Penn Park Partners of South Madison is hosting a Halloween and Harvest party.  Aly Miller and I have been working to get Slow Food students involved and we need YOU!  The party will be from noon-4 on at the Quaker Housing Community Room in South Madison (right on the edge of Penn Park, map attached).  Kids and families in the area, and hopefully from other areas in Madison as well, will at the party ready to have some fun.  Our job as Slow Food UW members is to…

1. Make Caramel before the event for homemade caramel apples (will happen a day or two before event);

2. Run a caramel apple stand, to help kids get messy while making tasty and local treats–the apples will be provided by a local South Madison Farmer Robert Pierce;

3. Partner up with kids to help them carve pumpkins safely–the pumpkins will also be provided by South Madison’s very own Robert Pierce;

4. Apple prep an hour or so before the party;

5. Possibly clean and roast pumpkin seeds as another fall treat.

There will also be drumming as music throughout the party, face painting, and Hula-hoop making.  Outside in the park, there will be a South Madison Raiders game (the youth South Madison Football team) too.

This should be a great day, and a great way to introduce Slow Food UW to South Madison.  It is very important that we begin to show our faces in all communities of Madison.

To be involved in the event, attendance for the full 4+ hours is not required–we just want to see you there!

Please contact interns Aly Miller or Ellie Thomas to let us know what if you are interested in one or more of the above categories.

Let us know if anyone needs help with transportation!

Here’s the map and directions.

Hope to hear from many of you soon.

FDN – Soupe du Jour!

The air is getting colder and the wind is getting bitter! Come warm up and join Slow Food UW with a family dinner featuring soup!  We will be serving Oneida white corn soup and squash soup with Genya’s famous biscuits! For dessert there will be strawberry (local, but frozen earlier this summer, of course) cake. Yum!

* We have space for twelve (12) people to come early for the cooking lesson/workshop. Please let me know if you are interested! You must rsvp for this spot, (and if you do rsvp, please make sure you come)!  The cooking workshop will begin at 4:00.

* Everyone else, please come at 6:30 for a family style dinner.

When?

Monday, October 19, 2009
Dinner is served ~6:30.

Where?

In the dining room at the Crossing (in the basement).
1127 University Ave. at Charter St. (Map)

How much?

$5 will cover the cost of ingredients and supplies.

***We are looking for 3 volunteers to stay late to make sure all of the cleaning is finished. Dinner will be free for volunteers! Please let us know if you are interested.

Please RSVP by October 19th so we know how much to purchase!! RSVP by clicking http://doodle.com/e4tutbaxd4guq5pd. The doodle will close Monday morning, so be sure to RSVP by then!

Local Food Event for the International Day of Climate Action: October 24th

Fair Trade Family Dinner Night

At the next family dinner night, guest chef Josie Pradella will share with us the delicious fair traded delights. The main dish will be a salad and rice casserole, followed by banana creme pie and or vegan chocolates.

* We have space for twelve (12) people to come early for the cooking lesson/workshop. Please let me know if you are interested! You must rsvp for this spot, (and if you do rsvp, please make sure you come)! The cooking workshop will begin at 4:00.

* Everyone else, please come at 6:30 for a family style dinner.

When?

Monday, October 12, 2009

Dinner is served ~6:30.

Where?

In the kitchen at the Crossing (in the basement).

1127 University Ave. at Charter St. (Map)

How much?

$5 will cover the cost of ingredients and supplies.

***We are looking for 3 volunteers to stay late to make sure all of the cleaning is finished. Dinner will be free for volunteers! Please let us know if you are interested.

Please RSVP by October 11th so we know how much to purchase!! RSVP by clicking http://doodle.com/dun7wx95n924g6ya.

African Food Sovereignty Panel

Thurs. Oct. 15th  7:00 pm  UW-Madison, Rm. 1121 Humanities Bldg.

The Grassroots Struggle to Defend Africa’s Food Sovereignty from the Gene Revolution and Corporate Agribusiness!

Panelists include:

• Josphat Ngonyo, Africa Network for Animal Welfare in Kenya;  2003 recipient of the Eastern Africa Environmental Leadership Award
• Seremos Kamuturaki, Uganda Fisheries and Fish Conservation Association (UFFCA) and vice president of the Agricultural Council of Uganda
• John Kinsman, President of Family Farm Defenders who recently attended the Via Campesina international conference in Matola, Mozambique.

The speakers will outline the failures of the ‘Green Revolution’ in Africa and the problems with the latest ‘Gene Revolution’ being promoted by USAID, Gates Foundation, and the World Bank, among others.   They will then offer an alternative grassroots development model based upon food sovereignty model that benefits the land and the farmers themselves.  Hosted by Family Farm Defenders.

Info?  #260-0900

What to Eat Speaker Series

This Tuesday, Oct. 6th, 4pm, the What to Eat speaker series continues the campus discussion over Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food with a panel discussion by CALS faculty.  The panelists include:

Brent McCown, Gottschalk Distinguished Professor of Horticulture

Franco Milani, Assistant Professor of Food Science

Susan Nitzke, Professor and Chair of Nutritional Sciences

–introduction by Irwin Goldman, Vice Dean, CALS

Nota bene:  A slight room change.  The event will be held in Room 2241 Chamberlin Hall, 1150 University Avenue, not 2103 Chamberlin Hall.

A Google map can be found here.

Metered parking is across the street and east two blocks at the ramp underneath Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.   The ramp entrance is on N. Brooke St.

For information on the full What to Eat series, go to http://gobigread.cias.wisc.edu and click on the What to Eat link.

Ferment Happy Hour

Please join us monthly for FERMENT! – A local/sustainable food and agriculture happy hour in Madison, WI.

Welcome to Ferment for the fall of 2009!

We will resume the happy hour starting on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 5:30pm-7:30pm at the Orpheum Lobby Restaurant, 216 State St.

October 2009: Forgotten & Unique Fruits

• Quince and Apple Company – Heirloom Fruits

• Carandale Farm – Aronia, Sea Berry and other Less Familiar (but still fantastic) Fruits

Join Us for the first FERMENT meeting of the season. We will taste a selection of artisan fruit preserves by Matt and Clare from Quince and Apple Company. Their company has a deliberate commitment to working directly with small farmers who grow heirloom and high quality fruits. Matt and Clare transform Midwest fruits into high quality, small batch preserves.

Come try their special varieties and see how they pair with local artisan cheeses and Potter’s crackers. Some of their farmer-partners will also attend this social hour and bring their fresh fruits to sample as well, so you can really explore the different between a Black Twig and a Macoun.

Cindy and Dale Secher of Carandale Farm will also be in attendance to discuss their unique fruits – and how to grow, process, and use them. They will also have samples – Aronia and Sea Berry!

We are excited that Ferment has found a new home: The Orpheum Theater Lobby Restaurant is a Madison classic and this beautiful landmark is about to get even better. Since the new chef Seth Erling has taken over late this summer, the restaurant has been moving towards sourcing more food locally and highlighting seasonal Wisconsin flavors. Come out and support their efforts!

What is Ferment? This informal (and free) happy hour started in 2006 with the hope of providing a place for Madison and Dane County’s farmers, activists, cooks, government and university staff, students, food connoisseurs and others who care about sustainable agriculture and local food issues to come together. We hope you can join us!

Comfort Food of Italy Family Dinner Night

At the next family dinner night, our kitchen manager and chef Bryan Weinstein will share with us a traditional dish of Northern Italy.

To ease us all into the brisk autumn weather, a warm bowl of polenta, boiled corn meal, with either braised lamb or mushrooms (if you’re vegetarian) in a marinara sauce- one of the greatest comforts to come from Italy- will be the main course. Along with the main dish will be a side salad with a sprinkle of Parmesan and for desert homemade biscotti with a hot cup of JUST coffee.

* We have space for twelve (12) people to come early for the cooking lesson/workshop. Please let me know if you are interested! You must rsvp for this spot, (and if you do rsvp, please make sure you come)! The cooking workshop will begin at 4:00.

* Everyone else, please come at 6:30 for a family style dinner.

When?

Monday, October 5, 2009

Dinner is served ~6:30.

Where?

In the kitchen at the Crossing (in the basement).

1127 University Ave. at Charter St. (Map)

How much?

$5 will cover the cost of ingredients and supplies.

***We are looking for 3 volunteers to stay late to make sure all of the cleaning is finished. Dinner will be free for volunteers! Please let us know if you are interested.

Please RSVP by October 4th so we know how much to purchase!!  RSVP by clicking:  http://doodle.com/vy72p2ihhp27hafz.

For more information on the group, go to slowfooduw.org!

FH King Harvest Fest

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 is FH KING DAY.
Here’s the line up:

10:00 a.m.- Solar Food Dehydrator demonstration/workshop
12:30 p.m.- Honey extraction from the FH King beehives
4:30   p.m.- Potluck and Harvest Fest (rain or shine)

Come to one or all of the above. If interested, see below for more info:

10:00a.m.-Solar Food Dehydrator demonstration/workshop will be held in Sarah Shatz’s backyard garden on the east side of Madison where we’ll find her hand-made food drying contraption. The class will go ’til noon.  Sarah is an experienced gardener, beekeeper and woodworker and will demonstrate how the dehydrator works, share some of her dried bounty, and give instructions on how to build one yourself.  To sign up for the class and to get specific transportation and location information visit the calendar at: www.fhkingstudentfarm.com

12:30p.m.-Honey Extraction. On-going throughout the early afternoon. The honey from F.H. King’s beehives will be harvested from the honey combs. People are welcome to bring a small container (or a piece of toast) to take home a taste. No barrels please. Visit the website calendar for location information (likely in a greenhouse on campus but yet to be determined) at: www.fhkingstudentfarm.com

4:30p.m.-F.H. King’s 30th Anniversary Fall Harvest Fest and Potluck. To be held at the F.H. King student garden (unless it is raining, then location will be published on our website). Festivities will begin at 4:30, but feel free to show up when you can. There will be a chef demonstration, games, good food, and live music.  There will be two grills firing. Rain or shine. For directions to the garden and rain location (if needed) - see the website: www.fhkingstudentfarm.com
What to bring – food, dish, and utensil (we’ll have some plates but presumably not enough for everyone) -warm clothes as it might be chilly when the sun sets – and some friends.

Contact Mark with any questions, etc.- mdsandberg@wisc.edu