Slow Food Nation 2008

Labor Day weekend in SF we joined the festivities at Slow Food Nation, a whirlwind four-day event celebrating slow food and the people who produce it.  Brian’s honey was featured in the Tasting Hall, where we divided our time between Honey & Preserves and Cocktails (best bang for the buck, definitely), decorated with hundreds of paper umbrellas.  Too clever.

Also made it to a dinner at Greens which benefitted MALT, Marin Agricultural Land Trust.  Fabulous ladies, fabulous organization that has saved acres and acres of farmland in Marin County.  We took in a lecture with Alice Waters, among others, as well as a too-quick trip through the market—although we did manage to snap up some elephant heart plum jam from the “I Love Jam” guys.  And one well-chosen workshop—a coffee and chocolate tasting with the owners of Blue Bottle and Bittersweet.  (Yes, it was that good.)

Interested to see what shape this inaugural Slow Food event takes in coming years…