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!

SLOW DRINKS - SPANISH WINES AND BITES AT IL PIATTO

Slow Food Santa Fe partnered with il piatto - Italian Farmhouse Kitchen & Enoteca for a delicious evening of Spanish wines and bites.

 It was a huge success...

       Photos by C. Whitney-Ward - Chasing Santa Fe



Guests were warmly greeted at the door by Slow Food Santa Fe Director, Carol Shriver and il piatto Chef/Owner, Matt Yohalem.

Spanish wines were poured...

Wonderful appetizers were served - paired perfectly with the wines...

A perfect bite...

And everyone seemed to have a delightful time...

Even the bartender....

Yet another terrific Slow Food Event...

And don't forget to R.S.V.P. for the

Slow Food Chocolate Event

Saturday, May 14th @ 4pm

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Guest Speaker - Mark J. Sciscenti -

Chocolate Historian and Artisan Chocolatier 

E- slowfoodsantafe@gmail.com

ANNUAL FEAST - GOES ITALIAN!

Each year Slow Food Santa Fe has an annual dinner. Everyone brings a home- made something and the talking and eating goes on for hours. And this year's get-together was no exception. It truly celebrated the art of slow food. Between courses the Santa Fe delegates to Terra Madre 2010 - held in Torino, Italy - presented a wonderful slide show about their experience, and Slow Food board members hosted tables and lively discussions on what events to plan during the coming year. Everyone had a grand time. The following photos tell the story so much better than words. First the food. It was endless & delicious -

Oh, did I mention the theme was Italian?

And everything was nicely labeled.

And, yes there were desserts.

Decorations were simple...

 Everyone was asked to wear one of these clever buttons for a week to raise awareness about Slow Food Santa Fe.

There was a raffle.

And  lots of happy folks.

And we learned all about the extraordinary gathering at Terra Madre.

                                               Photography by C. Whitney-Ward

This wonderful dinner is just the beginning of a fun year of  Slow Food Santa Fe events. Make sure you're on our mailing list!

VICTORY FOR CHILD NUTRUTION & SCHOOL LUNCHES

Dear Slow Food Santa Fe:

What a day for American children and parents - today Congress signed into law the first significant improvements to child nutrition and school lunches. I wanted to write to you to say thank you and congratulations - this wouldn't have been possible without a movement mobilized to make our food better for all.

Over 160,000 of you stood up for child nutrition. Whether you signed our petition, emailed or called your legislators, attended one of over 300 'Eat Ins' in all 50 states, donated to the Time For Lunch campaign, or even talked to your neighbors about the issue, your actions will mean children across the country get safer, healthier food. At a time when we know that the food we feed our children will cause one in three of them to develop diabetes, and when obesity levels are at an all-time high, this legislation is an important step towards creating a better future for American children.

This is what happens when people come together to take action on the issues they care about. In the end this Bill is far from perfect, and has involved large compromises, but this is a great achievement towards our end goal of making kids healthier.For months, this law hung on a knife's edge as powerful opponents tried to prevent its passage. In the end, the actions of you and people like you meant Congress could no longer ignore the will of the people, and could stand up to the powerful interests pressuring them to kill this bill.

Today, Congress helped make children healthier. Congratulations to you, and to all our partners in our 'Time For Lunch' campaign. Please share your thoughts on our blog.

Thanks for making it happen,

Josh Viertel, President Slow Food USA

PS - If you'd like to donate to help make sure our movement is always mobilized to stand together to defend the values we share, please click here - none of this would be possible without your support: Donate Here!