SOLD OUT!!! Slow Food Meets Seafood
March 5-6, 2011 in Newport On March 5 and 6, Slow Food is returning to Newport for one of our most unique and popular events--a weekend of education, clamming, and, of course, eating. Slow Food Corvallis joins Slow Food Eugene to host this year's event.
Tickets are going fast, so don't dawdle. The oyster tour at the Yaquina Bay Oyster Farm is so popular that we added another tour at noon on Saturday. There are additional slots for four Slow Food Eugene members. This event will have tours of fishing boats, the Yaquina Bay Oyster Farm, education programs featuring marine biologists and fishermen, wine tasting, clamming, and a fabulous dungeness crab dinner. On the menu this year are oysters, clams, and, of course, dungeness crab. The crab dinner will be prepared by Local Oceans Seafoods restaurant. Slow Food Meets Seafood in Newport will be held Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6. Check in begins at 11:30 at the Yaquina Bay Yacht Club. Bring a lunch to eat at the Yacht Club or, dine at one of the fine restaurants on the bay. We've listed some below, along with accommodation options. At noon, the first Oregon Oyster Farm tour starts. At 1:00 pm, we have the following concurrent tours: At 2:00 pm, the educational program begins back at the Yacht Club. The topics are: - Pros and cons of marine reserves;
- Update on crab tagging;
- Report on a Fishery CSA
Department of Oregon Fish and Wildlife and the OSU Sea Grant Office experts will speak on these topics. At 5:00 pm, Zach Wahl of Nye Beach Gallery will discuss wines to pair with crab and oysters. He will have the wines available for sale. Between 5:30 and 6:00 pm, Liu Xin of the Oyster Farm will start serving our oyster appetizer. The stars of the evening, live crabs, arrive dockside delivered by one of Newport's local fishing vessels. Local Oceans staff will do a cooking/cracking demonstration. Fennel coleslaw, garlic bread and dessert accompany the freshly cooked crab. Saturday will be an action packed day. But you won't want to stay up too late. On Sunday morning we wake early to catch the low tide and go clamming with Bill Lackner. The best clam tides are always early. Important Details: DATE: Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6 TIME: Sign in starts at 11:30 am on Saturday PLACE: Yaquina Bay Yacht Club, 750 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, OR TICKETS: Registration is at Brown Paper Tickets (https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/143135). The cost is $45 per person for CURRENT Slow Food USA members.* Registration closes February 20. Sign up for the dock walk and oyster farm tours is included on the registration form and will close when the limited number has been reached. You will see nine different selections on the registration: three for Eugene members, three for Corvallis members and three for non-members. We are trying to get an equal number from each chapter. There are three for each because we also need to know whether you want to do a tour and if so, which one of the two being offered. *If your membership has expired or you would like to become a member click here. It's not too late to renew or sign up for $25.00. Addresses for restaurants on the bay for lunch:
Bridges at the Embarcadero, 1000 SE Bay Blvd.
Bangkok Thai 855 SE Bay Blvd. Bay 839 839 SE Bay Blvd. Canyon Way 1216 SW Canyon Way Local Ocean Seafoods 213 SE Bay Blvd. Mo's Annex 657 SW Bay Blvd. Sada's Sushi 250 SW Bay Blvd. Ocean Blue @ Gino's 808 SW Bay Blvd. Coffee House 156 SW Bay Blvd. Links to lodging on the Bay: Embarcadero www.embarcadero-resort.com The Landing www.thelandingatnewport.com Links to other Newport lodging: Trip Advisor http://www.tripadvisor.com/SmartDeals-g51992-Newport_Oregon-Hotel-Deals.html
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Annual Meeting--March 2, 2011, Eugene Garden Club, 6:30 pm
