Event

Flying J Farm-to-Table Dinner

Join us at Terra Madre delegate Dick Jensen's Flying J Farm for our third-annual farm-to-table dinner! Last year's Otter Creek dinner and our inaugural Shake the Hand That Feeds You dinner were our signature events for each year: the teamwork and conviviality at each exemplified the spirit of Slow Food.

This year's incarnation of the event will feature the upscale farm-to-table comfort food that has become the signature style of our chef, Kevin Caskey of Skillet Rustic Urban Food. Grass-fed burgers, brisket and a country bean pot will lead off a menu that promises to be both sustainable and delicious. A dessert of churned ice cream (perhaps with a special guest) will follow. Afterward, in a nod to the origins of the event and to the Ark of Taste, Highland Estates pawpaw liqueur will be available, as we watch the Perseid meteor showers overhead (overnight camping and a wood-fire breakfast are available for an additional $10; RSVP drew@slowfoodcolumbus.org to reserve spots).

As a "thank you" to our loyal members, tickets are available to members only until August 1, and at a jaw-dropping price: $35, all-inclusive ($20 for ages 12 and under; given likely demand we ask that members purchase no more than a pair of tickets each for nonmember guests.) Those who are willing and able to do so may support the farm further by purchasing a ticket at the $45 level instead, to help cover some very substantial losses that Dick has experienced in the past year (in particular, his cow barn, which cost $28,000 above the insured value to replace). Our goal is to make the dinner as accessible as possible to our members while helping to preserve what has become a very special place for Slow Food Columbus. Nonmembers are welcome to attend at the regular price of $60 and are encouraged to support the farm with an additional $10 donation.