The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat, by Jonathan Kauffman (William Morrow, 2018) on Thursday, April 5, 7-9 pm. The Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month, 7 – 9pm, usually in Sebastopol, but...

The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America, by Wenonah Hauter (William Morrow, 2018) on Thursday, May 3, 7-9 pm. The Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month, 7 – 9pm, usually in Sebastopol....

The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing What We Eat When We Eat Alone: Stories and 100 Recipes, by Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin (Gibbs Smith, 2009) on Thursday, June 7, 7-9 pm. Deborah Madison writes on her website: Not all meals are shared, recipes don’t always matter, nor...

The Slow Food Book Group is on summer break but we'd love for you to join us for a picnic and storytelling afternoon at Sparrow and Crow Farm. We'll share a meal together under Natalie's redwood trees and informally exchange stories of food, farming, and our relationship to the land. Then,...

For this Book Group meeting, we will commemorate Anthony Bourdain, 1956–2018, by discussing some of his writings, and a few obituaries. At our Book Group session, we will watch some of the work he did for television. Please prepare a dish using a Bourdain recipe or otherwise inspired by him. Reading suggestions (thank you...

The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing The New Food Activism: Opposition, Cooperation, and Collective Action, by Alison Alkon and Julie Guthman (eds.) (University of California Press, 2017). The Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month, 7 – 9pm, usually in Sebastopol. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring...