Slow food community service days are an opportunity for us to get involved and give back to our different food communities. Join us in taking a break from the table and getting our hands dirty. The Alameda County Food Bank (http://www.accfb.org) needs our help. Join us in helping to organize and pack food for those who need it most. After we will move across the way to the Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline Park (http://www.ebparks.org/parks/mlk) for a potluck picnic in the sun. Please bring a dish to share. Coolers and drinks will be provided. Please congregate …

Another great event. Slow Food Berkeley and Finlandia Vodka brought famed Finnish/American Chef Sara La Fountain to the table for a culinary experience focused on sustainability and the principles of Slow Food. The Cooking with Finlandia Vodka events were held from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, July 19 at Fairmont San Francisco, located at 950 Mason Street. 100 percent of ticket sales will be donated directly to the Slow Food Berkeley.
Guests experienced four dishes created by Chef La Fountain made with local ingredients as well as a dash …

Another great workshop! Thanks to all our guests.
Last June, a couple dozen of us gathered for a grandfather workshop led by Arrigo Benedetti, who demonstrated how people from his home region of Emilia-Romagna use green walnuts to make a liqueur known as nocino (the name comes from noce, the Italian word for walnut). Arrigo is back to reprise his demonstration on two separate occasions, this time with some examples of nocino made commercially in Italy, as well as the homemade version he made last year.
This year’s nocino workshops will …