Day of the Dead - Slow Food Santa Fe Way!

A N O T H E R   W O N D E R F U L   P O T L U C K

 Slow Food Santa FE hosted their annual Day of the Dead feast and

it was a hit! Everyone brought their favorite made-from-scratch

dish - Vegetarian Posole to Lamb Mole Chile. There was a festive Altar, and Santa Fe Chocolate Historian, Mark

Sciscenti, offered tastings of ancient chocolate elixirs.

Photos by C. Whitney-Ward - Chasing Santa Fe

Cauliflower Pilaf

Roasted Red & Green Chiles

Sweet Potato Salad

Horchata - made with ground almonds, rice, cinnamon...

Pork Roast with Pipian Verde Sauce

And desserts, of course...

And wine...

And, everyone had a grand time...

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

DON'T MISS THIS YEAR'S DAY OF THE DEAD EVENT!

Slow Food Santa Fe Community Dinner for Day of the Dead Saturday, October 29, 5 - 7 pm Santa Fe Women's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail (Plenty of parking available.) Potluck this year! Honoring the food traditions of Day of the Dead, please bring a dish to share - a mole dish, a rice dish, tortillas, a salad, a vegetable, agua frescas, desserts. So that we do NOT overlap with 20 desserts or 20 stacks of tortillas, please coordinate with Carol Shriver, Slow Food Chapter Leader. Let Carol know what you will bring, at slowfoodsantafe@gmail.com. Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Mexican Americans living in the U.S. and in Canada. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased, and bringing favorite foods and beverages to the grave sites of the departed. Scholars trace the origins of the modern holiday to indigenous observances dating back thousands of years, and to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. We will have music and children's activities. Our very own professional photographer, Cynthia Whitney-Ward is putting together a beautiful Day of the Dead altar, with photos, candles and flowers. Please bring photos of loved ones who have passed on. Check out Cynthia's photos at www.chasingsantafe.com Tickets: $10 adults, $5 children, children under 7 free Cut-off date for ticket purchase is October 25. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS! To volunteer with set-up, serving and clean-up please phone our Slow Food Santa Fe Chapter Leader at 505-983-0062 Additional information: slowfoodsantafe@gmail.com Slow Food Santa Fe Board Carol Shriver, Chapter Leader Nouf Al-Qasimi, Ardis Burst, Ellen Lampert, Cindy Lux, Michelle Roetzer, Mark Sciscenti, Tanya Story. Find us on FACEBOOK under Slow Food Santa Fe. Read our blog. Slow Food Santa Fe, 129 Lorenzo, Santa Fe 87501 505-983-0062, slowfoodsantafe@gmail.com

SLOW FOOD FUNDRASER AT THE FARMER'S MARKET

SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE & SLOW FOOD SANTA FE

PARTNERED-UP FOR A TASTY FUNDRASIER AT

THE SANTA FE FARMER'S MARKET

Michele Roetzer, SFCC Lead Savory Kitchen Chef & Tanya Story, SFCC Lead Pastry Chef brought their culinary expertise and their gang of culinary students to create a delicious fundraiser for SLOW FOOD SANTA FE.

Soup too...Thanks SFCC for a swell event!



Slow Food Santa Fe & il piatto...did it again with panache!

It was a mighty happy Slow Food crowd at il piatto restaurant the other evening for wine and delicious appetizers. From 5-6 pm, guests sipped and nibbled, laughed and socialized...

Photos by C. Whitney-Ward  - Chasing Santa Fe

 il piatto Chef/Owner Matt Yohalen

A DELICIOUS EVENING!

TALUS WIND RANCH TOUR & LUNCH AT REAL FOOD NATION

Guest Blogger & Photographer Cindy Lux

What a day.  Talus Wind Ranch sits just below the Comanche Gap hogback south of Galisteo with a view of the basin and Sangre de Cristo mountain range that is not to be believed!

Photo courtesy of Talus Wind Ranch

Owner, Tim Willms raises heritage sheep - Navajo-Churro, Southdowns, Miniature Southdowns, Rambouillet, and Finnsheep - on his 460 acre ranch, as well as turkeys, rabbits, ducks, geese, pheasants, and lots and lots of chickens. All Talus Wind Ranch animals are raised within the tenants of sustainable ranching principles,  striving to maintain the highest health and humane standards in raising and preparing the animals for market. 

Slow Food Santa Fe members & guests who took the tour...

The View...

The "residents"

All work and no play...

Healthy & wonderful Talus Wind Ranch dog food...

Rugs...

 Tim Willms & Slow Food Santa Fe Chapter Director Carol Shriver



A harmless, uninvited guest..

After this wonderful tour, the gang wended their way to the newly-opened

Real Food Nation Supper Club, owned by husband and wife team - Blythe Timken and Andrew MacLauchlan.

 Photo by C. Whitney-Ward

Photo by C. Whitney-Ward

Photo by C. Whitney-Ward

Photo by C.Whitney-Ward

Lunch was delicious  - organic greens with a lovely, light vinaigrette, braised Talus Wind Ranch lamb over couscous, and individual tangerine pies with heavenly crust.

Photo by Cindy Lux

Thank you Chef Kim Mueller and thank you Talus Wind Ranch

 for a fabulous tour and lunch!

Another incredible Slow Food Santa Fe event!