Dear members and friends of Slow Food Philadelphia,
For our dinner on Tuesday, March 17 (7:00 pm), Chef Chu of Four Rivers has put together a special ten-course menu of Sichuan specialties. Please send me a quick e-mail if you would like to join us for this delicious event (or give me a quick call at 610 543-6649) since seats are limited. For those of you who already called the restaurant, please let me know about your reservation since I need to keep track of the number of persons coming (sorry for the inconvenience). The price of the dinner is $45 – tax and tip included (cash only!).
Four Rivers Menu
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Double Trio of Cold Appetizers
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“Sizzling Ingredients” Soup with Seafood Steamed Dumplings
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Dragon and Phoenix Chicken with two Sauces (spicy red chili and basil)
Lobster Salad
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Seafood in Bird’s Nest
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Chili Prawns with White Noodles
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Smoked Peking Duck in Tea Leaves with Pocket Steamed Buns
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Crisp Fish Fillets in Chef’s Hot Bean Sauce
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Vegetarian Stuffed Crepes with Assortment of Vegetables
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Sweet Osmanthus with Lotus Root in Longan Sauce
You can bring wine and beer with you, the restaurant sells the usual Chinese beers. Please send me your reservation request as soon as possible. I look forward to a convivial time at Four Rivers.
For those of you who love a Saturday morning outing into the countryside, please remember that Thomas and Barbara Schaer extended an invitation to visit their beautiful farm for the annual Sheep Shearing event on Saturday, March 14, at 11:00 a.m. There will be fiber demonstrations with Artists from StillWater Fibers weaving and spinning farm products. As in previous years, Barbara’s amazing Lamb chili and the farm’s sheep cheeses will be available for tasting. Meadowset Farm also produces honey and grass-fed lamb. This free event is especially fun for children and will take place rain or shine. Please, do not bring any pets with you to the farm. The address is 210 North Creek Rd, Landenberg, PA 19350 , 610-274-8320. For more information on Meadowset Farm, please see
http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M8042
This coming Friday, March 13, at 7:30 pm, the Crum Creek Sustainable Community will show Deborah Koons Garcia’s excellent film The Future of Food at the Swarthmore Brorough Hall. The film examines issues like genetically modified foods, the globalization of the market place, and the consequences of industrialized food production. All are welcome.
I am very pleased that the Future of Lake Tanganyika conference in Kalemie, Democratic Republic of Congo, sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of Slow Food, was a big success. Organized by our sister chapter in Kelemie under the leadership of Jean –Pierre Kapalay, the conference was attended by representatives of the various fishing organizations, the local university, as well as United Nations experts. The main topics of the meeting were sustainable fishing models and the protection of biodiversity for this immensely important resource. The event was reported by many local media outlets. (brief description with photographs)
Cheers,
Hansjakob
