For Your Dining Pleasure
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CHEFS AT THE MARKET: JOE SHAW Carrington almost sank The Standard at Smith House by eating every last kumquat—they don't grow on trees, you know—but for at least one day, chef Shaw is setting up close to an endless supply of locally grown fruits and vegetables. Shaw is the first featured guest in the Nashville Farmers' Market's new series of cooking demonstrations led by local chefs. He'll be cooking tomorrow in the Market's Midway JennAir Portable Kitchen, using produce from the Market's own stalls. Classes are free. For more information on subsequent events, visit the Market's website or call 880-2001. 12 noon June 28 at the Market Midway Tent, Nashville Farmers' Market —JR
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER WITH SLOW FOOD NASHVILLE Leave it to the Slow Food folks, that dogged group of culinary activists dedicated to preserving local food culture, to rebuild the lowly nitrate-soaked hot dog as a beacon of all that is wholesome, local and fresh. City House chef Tandy Wilson will provide house-cured sausages made from locally raised pigs, and the Nashville Farmers’ Market will provide seasonal bounty to decorate your sandwich. Grab a dog at I Dream of Weenie and head to the Slow Food tent. For a small donation, you can sample condiments—think heirloom-tomato relish, corn salsa and homemade mustard—that will make you never look at a fancy ketchup packet again. 5 to 9 p.m. June 29 at I Dream of Weenie (1108 Woodland St.) —CARRINGTON FOX
Comments
The Slow Food Hot Dog thing was a little bit of a disaster, though it was probably because fifty million people showed up. I got there at a quarter to 7 (and remember: it was supposed to go until 9) and they were already out of Tandy's CIty House-made hot dogs and the bread was back to soft Kroger buns or whatever. So I had the pleasure of waiting 45 minutes (after I ordered!) for my two regular old slaw dogs. Oh well.
Posted 06/30/2008 at 11:44:57 AMThanks for the report. All evening I felt guilty that we weren't going. Little Miss Sweet Cheeks was just home from camp, and all she wanted to do was sit in an upholstered chair in the air conditioning and eat homemade food. I kept thinking I was missing the only fmaily-oriented slow food event there would ever be. I'm not glad it was a disaster, but at least now I'm only sorry I missed it in theory.
Posted 06/30/2008 at 11:50:38 AMThe weather was nice, though, as was the people-watching. Definitely a super-high hipster quotient. And it's not very often you get to see fully-grown men with 28-inch waists eating hot dogs. No jokes, please.
Posted 06/30/2008 at 11:56:35 AMI went to the Weenerie last night and thought it was great! They did run out of the homemade dogs (I gloat at getting the next to last one, but Tandy had made 130+ and probably about 400 people showed up. That's a lot of wieners out of a Volkswagon bus! Quite worth the wait, especially with condiments by Tandy, Jeremy from tayst and Will U. from F. Scott's. It is actually called a Slow Food Dinner, and a good opportunity to hang out with neighbors on the lawn.
Posted 06/30/2008 at 12:43:36 PM"It is actually called a Slow Food Dinner"
Yeah, that's why I went...I wouldn't have had any hesitation waiting 45 minutes for a delicious Slow Food hot dog made from virgin pigs raised on bacon-scented air or whatever, but 45 minutes for two regular old Kroger hot dogs? That's not slow food; it's slow service.
Posted 06/30/2008 at 03:09:13 PM