Get ready for the bounty of summer.Clean out your freezer.Make a dish for this month’sSlow Food Charlotte PotluckIf you’re squeamish about a little freezer burnthen embrace the pagan rituals of summerand join us for the first solstice potluck of 2010.If you’re painfully well adjusted,and can roll with life’s entropy dance then think this as:The Clean-Out-Your-Freezer Solstice Potluck.Let the rhythm of the moon fire your kitchen muse.Melt that hunk a something you iceberged last winterand make…See More

Slow Food Charlotte is proud to announce a Pollen-Free PotluckThe rules of engagement are as follows:No pollen muffins, no pollen saffron paella, no pollen encrusted tuna with Benadryl aoili, no braised beef & chanterelle mushroom stuffed pollen agnolotti in a port wine & shallot Zyrtec reduction or anything that appears to be made of an incidious fine yellow green dusty substance, wasabi excluded. Beyond that you are free to experiment and make whole the experience of gathering for…See More

Biodiversity and Conservation Activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, will deliver a public lecture entitled "Sustainability and the Global Food Crisis" at 7:00pm on Thursday, April 1, 2010.Free and open to the public. DirectionsDr. Vandana Shiva, 1993 recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the "Alternative Nobel Peace Prize"), can be described as an eco-feminist and environmental activist. Hailing from the Dehradun Valley…See More

The last potluck of 2009 inspired by Terra Madre DayBring a dish, as local as can be, or just come join us for some fine camaraderie and gathering of good times.No excuses that you are intimidated, just bring a smile, we don't bite, well some of us do, but they will be tethered and muzzled in a corner with little reindeer antlers so you can easily avoid them. The rest of us welcome you and hope you can make it to this profoundly casual affair.See More

"FRESH" screening & panel discussionA film that celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.This event is free to the public.Join Central Piedmont Community College's Center for Sustainability & Slow Food Charlotte for a screening of the movie “FRESH” along with a food forum/discussionNovember 5, 7:30 p.m.Tate Hall, CPCC Central Campus.See More