Slow Food Columbus Inaugural Dinner “Local and Loving It”
Cafe del Mondo March 20, 2008
Antipasto ---------Bruschetta with organic tomatoes and basil NV Bortolotti Prosecco Valdobbiadene, Veneto Insalata --------Blue Jacket Farms mozzarella, Green Edge organic spring mix and microgreens 2006 Cantina del Taburno Falaghina, Campania Piatti Principali ------------------Organic pasta Bolognese with Spectrum Farm beef and organic vegetables Rosemary garlic Mount Victory pork loin Farfalle all’olio (vegetarian) Sauteed organic Green Edge greens Artisanal bread 2004 Tenuta de Terre Nere Etna Rosso “Calderara Sottana”, Sicily Dolci -----Baked organic apples, spiced and caramelized Jeni’s Ohio Spicebush Berry ice cream 2004 Lenotti Recioto Della Valpolicella Classico, Veneto Danesi espresso, coffee
If you would like to join Slow Food, you’d be most welcome! You will receive subscriptions to two of Slow Food’s official publications (they’re good ones), discounts on future events, the abiding satisfaction of having supported an organization that is making the world a better place, and a membership card. It even has a cool snail on it. The national organization handles all membership issues. There are pamphlets with more information at the door, or you can visit slowfoodusa.org or call (7l8) 26O-8OOO. (Tell them Columbus says hi.)
Our thanks to Jeni Britton for donating the ice cream for tonight’s event, to Bill, Bruna, Alex, and the crew for all their hard work, and to Bob Hicks, Craig Powell and John Wozny for coming out to talk to us this evening.