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SLOW: Life

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:13:23 +0000

Douglas Gayeton’s SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town is a magical and utterly unique portrayal of rural Italian life, and a tribute to the region’s kaleidoscope of charming local characters whose livelihoods and culture center around the everyday pleasures of growing, preparing, and eating food.
Imaginative and interactive portraits are layered with Gayeton’s handwritten notes, anecdotes, recipes, quotes, and historical facts and that cleverly bring context and color to the subject of each sepia-toned image and draw us deeper into this romantic, rewarding, and progressively rare way of life. You will fall in love with the intimate images of an entire town whose lives are profoundly bound to the rhythms of nature and inherently exemplify the popular principles that define Slow Food, a multi-national movement dedicated to preserving local food traditions and honoring local farmers and producers.

The unique interplay of pictures and words conveys a thrilling sense of narrative that transcends the page and transports you halfway around the globe. It is a riveting story told in a riveting way: each image is actually comprised of multiple photographs taken over the course of time (from ten minutes to several hours – a photographic approach critics have dubbed “flat film”). The result is nothing less than a new and startling way of seeing photographs.

SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town by Douglas Gayeton from Pier Giorgio Provenzano on Vimeo.

Petaluma Farmers Market

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:25:34 +0000

Wednesday nights at the Farmers Market come down and join us for an urban picnic, met your neighbors and see all the things that are made right in our back yard.

WEDNESDAY EVENING

June 10 – August 26, 2009
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM
in the Theatre District
( 2nd Street between B & D Streets.)

SATURDAYS

May 23 – October 31, 2009
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
in Walnut Park on the Corner of Petaluma Blvd South and D Street.

Walnut Park Grill

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:08:01 +0000

Old School Grill In Downtown Petaluma.

131 4th St
Petaluma, CA 94952

(707) 776-4737

Sea Modern Thai

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:49:07 +0000

It’s like taking a little trip to Thailand

500 Petaluma Blvd S
Petaluma, CA 94952

(707) 766-6633

AQUS Cafe

admin — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:10:21 +0000

This coffee shop would be at home on any San Francisco corner

Not your ordinary place to just buy a cup of coffee. Aqus Café has been created to foster community; it is a watering hole, a gathering place, a conversation room, a wonderful example of a 3rd space. Here, our main purpose in creating social capital is to provide a space for people to meet, connect and get to know each other.

To fix the fabric of society we have to first start by meeting, connecting and getting to know and understand each other.

Foundry Wharf
189 H Street Petaluma

707-778-6060

www.aquscafe.com

Sonoma Private Chef

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:27:18 +0000

Carefully chosen menus to be seasonal and sustainably raised

You may also expect Chef Brian to take ample time going over menu suggestions and any food allergies or special needs in your party before developing a personal menu for your event.

www.sonomaprivatechef.com

415-987-8864

LeBistro

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:35:40 +0000

A little slice of France in Petaluma

le Bistro Cafe
312 Petaluma Blvd South
Petaluma Ca, 94952

www.lebistropetaluma.com

707 762 8292

Come Home To Cooking

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:38:59 +0000

Kay is a dream and she leads the best cooking classes you’ll ever experience.

Kay Baumhefner is the chef-owner of Come Home to Cooking, where she teaches small classes in her professional home kitchen. Before opening this school, Kay was the executive chef at Della Fattoria Café and Bakery in Petaluma, which was awarded a rating of 27 (“extraordinary to perfection”) for its food by the 2007 Zagat Survey.

Kay is an experienced teacher who has been instrumental in creating and shaping a number of Sonoma County restaurants, while also working as a consultant on recipe and menu development. When her career first turned to cooking over thirty years ago, the only way she could get truly fresh, flavor rich ingredients was to grow them herself. Now she is grateful to take advantage of the abundance in our local farmers’ markets as the inspiration for her seasonal, country cuisine.

www.comehometocooking.com

Kay’s email: kay@comehometocooking.com

Phone: (707) 778-7143

SUGO TRATTORIA

admin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:36:14 +0000

I go, you go, we go, Sugo.

Family friendly and just plain friendly.
We recommend the Butternut Squash Risotto and the Filet Mignon Salad.

5 Petaluma Blvd. South, Suite B
Petaluma, CA 94952

707 782.9298

sugopetaluma.com

Green String Farm

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:46:02 +0000

Our land is our greatest asset, so we do everything we can to protect it and nurture it.

Green String farming is the synergistic relationship between our needs as humans and the needs of the land.
The concept of balance is key. In addition to taking fruit and natural resources from the land, we give them back to the land, creating a self-nourishing system.

www.greenstringfarm.com

How Do You Grow Green String?
We use natural resources including:
• organic cover crops consisting of:
- grains such as barley and oats
- nitrogen fixing plants like bell-beans to soften the soil bed
• compost teas, brewed specifically to provide diverse leaf structure and limit insect problems, comprising:
- molasses
- fish emulsion
- rock dust
- microbes
- other nutrients
• crushed volcanic rock and oyster shell to provide mineral nutrition
• sheep grazing to remove most weeds in the fields
• natural mined sulfur to control mildew