Recipe by SFDC board member and chef Mark Haskell Traditional hot water dough for Steamed, Soup or Pot-Sticker Dumplings, & Momos 2 cups rice flour or all-purpose flour ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt ¾ cup hot or lukewarm water 1 egg white (optional and using less water, to make a shiner appearance) Instructions To prepare the dough in a mixer, put the flour in bowl. With the machine running, add 3/4 cup of water in a steady stream. As soon as all the water has been added, check the dough. It should look rough and feel soft but firm enough to hold its shape when pinched. If too wet ..read more

By Christina Badaracco, Slow Food DC Board Member Thank you to all of our enthusiastic newcomers who participated our festive homemade food swap in December! Slow Food DC was excited to host another swap and provide a space for community members to mingle and share homemade treats, starters, and other ingredients. Several of the special homemade treats included: Pumpkin almond butter cookies Snickerdoodles Maple tahini granola Kimchi Pumpkin risotto We were pleased to host the event at one of our Snail of Approval award-winning businesses, City-State Brewing Co. City-State is alwa ..read more

By Ibti Vincent, Slow Food DC School Garden Liaison What a beautiful Saturday for a bike ride! I was fortunate to meet up with a dozen or so adventurous cyclists at BicycleSpace in Ivy City for the annual DC school garden bike tour, this year focusing on innovative garden programs in Wards 7 & 8. After a fairly robust ride from Ivy City, our first stop was at Sousa Middle School, where garden manager Zakiya Cobb showed off the school's early tomato plants along with the story of the garden's evolution (and big dreams). We continued from there up a BIG hill to Friendship Tech, where inspir ..read more

Many thanks to the slow foodies who joined us at Snail-award-winning Chaia Tacos our happy hour meet and greet! Over tasty, seasonal tacos and drinks, a dozen potential new board members chatted with current and former Slow Food DC board members about board priorities, areas for growth, and potential ways to get more involved with our local slow food chapter. Hoping to see many of you at upcoming events (and some of you at future board meetings ..read more

This month Columbia Heights Green played host to an important discussion on food waste in Washington DC. Attendees learned that the United States is the biggest contributor to food waste per capita, with an estimated 600 pounds of food waste per person per year! While food waste has lost economic and social value, food waste left in the landfill is also currently accounting for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions  Slow Food DC brought together representatives from different parts of the food system to discuss how people, and businesses are reducing and reusing food waste in the city. We ..read more

It may not have been the sunniest of Saturdays, but boy was it a delicious one. Returned after a two-year hiatus, the popular Burgers and Brews for the Bay brought local foodie families, beer lovers, and farm fans to Snail of Approval winner Claggett Farm’s annual fundraiser. SFDC’s own Mark Haskell was one of the local chefs offering delectable sliders. In his case, the mini burgers made from Claggett’s own heritage breed ground beef were topped with pickled peppers and a homemade (and downright irresistible) collard and rhubarb sauce. Washed down with a bit of local beer, it lasted just lo ..read more

Sourdough mothers, kefir water and kombucha scobies are coming home this holiday and they are hungry! Slow Food loves locally-produced and sustainably sourced foods and this month’s holiday swap brought forward some of the most local foods you can find. On December 11th, seventeen slow foodies met up at the Cleveland Park Library to swap a wide range of unique home-made or home-grown delicacies including kombucha scobies, marinated feta, freshly baked cookies, mustard, sourdough mothers, spice mixes, fresh cut herbs and more. Everyone had a chance to walk around the room and to learn about t ..read more

What a beautiful Saturday it was for a city bike tour around Ward 5 school gardens! After a couple of years off — 2019’s tour was rained out, then the 2020 tour was postponed due to COVID restrictions - Slow Food DC worked with the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s School Gardens Program to co-sponsor this year’s DC School Garden Bike Tour to celebrate Growing Healthy Schools Month, highlighting the budding school gardens throughout the city. If you’re new to school garden bike tourin’, the purpose is to engage the public with school gardens, encourage innovative partne ..read more

Thank you to all our friends who came to hang out this past Wednesday @hellbenderbeer! We had a great kickoff to open nominations for the next round of Snail-approved businesses: good conversation, delicious beers, and a fun mix of musical performances. Special thanks to our friends who brought seeds for the Share a Seed project (and sang a capella for open mic!!) and to Ben of Hellbender for talking to us about the amazing sustainability initiatives that make Hellbender Snail of Approval worthy. Learn more about the Snail of Approval and nominate your favorite local food business here ..read more

Sustainably sourced and locally-produced food and beverages may not be the first things that come to mind when thinking of Washington, DC, but locals know there are abundant opportunities to enjoy good, clean and fair products throughout our region. DC has long been home to advocacy and food justice movements that celebrate businesses doing things right – sustainably and equitably. Slow Food DC’s robust Snail of Approval program is a proud part of that community, continuously welcoming new chefs, bartenders, and food/farm businesses that make the DC-region a destination for food (and drink) l ..read more