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

Join us for the first Potluck of 2010.This is a no excuses potluck! Make something you've never made before. Take a chance. Mistakes are the portals of discovery and occasionally taste great too! At the very least you will have a story to tell and what's better to share over dinner. If you've been hemming and hawing on the periphery of the Slow Food world, roll up your sleeves and get cooking. And remember local is good.If you've wanted to join in this is your chance. Stop robbing us of the…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

Free beer and brats!What more could you ask for?Well, I guess there are a few other things we could have, so lets make it a potluck. I will supply the beer and brats and you guys bring the Kartoffelsalat, Wurstsalat, Radisalat, Allgäuer Kässpätzle, Knödel, Apfelstrudel, Möhrensalat, Krautsalat, Bohnensalat aus grünen Bohnen (oder Wachsbohnen), Gurkensalat, Rote Bete, Laugengebäck, Obatzter, Bayerischer Jungfernbraten (geschmorte, gespickte Schweinelende), Bierfleisch (Rindfleisch in Bier…See More

I am the Charlotte Sustainable Foods Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/x-16563-Charlotte-Sustainable-Foods-ExaminerPlease submit any story ideas that you have about sustainable food in Charlotte so we can spread the word! Events, farm news, policy, chefs, restaurants, recipes...Email or message me, or reply to this discussion! Thanks,TaylorSee More

Dessert Only PotluckStressed is desserts spelled backwards.Coincidence?I don’t think so.Don’t forget the most important food group of your meal. Vitamin S. In the spirit of “Life is uncertain, eat dessert first” Slow Food Charlotte is having a Dessert Only Potluck on Thursday, May 14. Make something fun, frivolous, fattening, mischievous, delicious, daring or down-right decadent.R.S.V.P to thom@slowfoodcharlotte.orgThursday, May 14, 20097:00 – 10:00 PM1800 Thomas AvenueCharlotte, NC 28205See More