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Event
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Friday,
December 3
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BookPeople hosts a Multi-Media Sustainable Food night, previewing Eat Local Week, with special guests from the food film and book worlds, including Diana Kennedy, Alain Braux and more. Local food and beverages will be served. 603 North Lamar Boulevard. 6–8 pm. Free.
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Saturday,
December 4
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Kick-off event at the downtown Austin Farmers' Market with proclamation by the Mayor of the City of Austin, a 24-carrot salute and other special activities. 10 am. Free.
Urban Farm Bicycle Tour— Discover some of Austin's local food-producing gems on a family-friendly bicycle tour, including optional stops at more than five urban farms, school and community gardens and more—featuring farm tours, sampling chef-prepared local food products and a chance to win fabulous prizes, including a Trek commuter bike. Tour departs from four locations: Bicycle Sport Shop (South Lamar location), SFC Farmers Market downtown, Sunset Valley and the Triangle. Presented by Bicycle Sport Shop with additional sponsorship from Sustainable Food Center and others. Check back for updates on specific start times and locations and packet pickup information. $25 individual, $40 family. $20 add-on includes Urban Roots Farm Pig Roast and Harvest Dinner. Tickets on Sale Soon!
Pig Roast and Harvest Dinner at Urban Roots Farm, Join us after the bike tour for a local pig roast (featuring Richardson Farm’s pasture-raised pork). Celebrate the start of Eat Local Week with a community picnic of roasted pork and sides, tour the Urban Roots’ 3.5-acre farm and meet the youth involves in the program. 5 pm. $35 (advance ticket sales only. $20 as an add-on with Urban Farm Bicycle Tour ticket).
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Sunday,
December 5
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Drink Local Coffee Festival, hosted at Cuvee Coffee in Spicewood. Whether your love for coffee is professional or recreational, this event will offer a taste of Austin’s burgeoning coffee culture. Sample coffee and coffee drinks from Central Texas’s favorite coffee roasters as well as locally prepared culinary treats to accompany the coffee tasting. Each roaster will also have coffee beans and products available for sale. Enjoy talks and panels discussions on coffee topics including how to brew and the differences between fair trade and direct trade. This event will also host a Barista Jam, a showdown of talent between some of the best baristas in Central Texas. 11 am to 3 pm. $10.
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Monday,
December 6
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Alamo BeneFeast will feature the hit movie Chocolat, and Alamo Drafthouse chefs John Bullington and Trish Eichelberger will prepare an exquisite multi-course dinner inspired by food featured in the film. South Lamar location. 7 pm. $65.
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Tuesday,
December 7
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Drink Local Night  hosted by Péché at Cedar Street, celebrates locally made spirits and features the 3rd Annual Drink Local Cocktail Contest produced by Tipsy Texans David Alan and Joe Eifler. Watch the region’s finest mixologists duke it out to see who mixes the best seasonal cocktail. Meet your local distillers—including Balcones Distillery, Dripping Springs Vodka, Garrison Brothers, Graham’s Texas Tea, Paula’s Texas Spirits, Railean Rum, Savvy Vodka, Tennyson Absinthe, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Treaty Oak Rum— and sample their favorite holiday season cocktails. Also featuring live music and hors d'oeuvres by Péché. $25.
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Wednesday,
December 8
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Local Foods Holiday Gift Fair at City Hall hosted by Better Bites of Austin. Meet your local foodmakers and buy local products for making your own custom holiday gift baskets with locally made treats from the best of Austin’s local food artisans. Or bid on artisan-select, pre-made baskets. Live music and sampling! City Hall Atrium. 4 pm to 8 pm. Free.
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Thursday,
December 9
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Fine Art and Food Night. Take a progressive tour of local food and art, beginning at Wally Workman Gallery (on W. 6th Street), with a curated show featuring well-known Texas artists offering works of art and a new show by Will Klemm, while enjoying chef-prepared appetizers and cocktails. A portion of all art sales will benefit Urban Roots. 6–8 pm. Proceed to Austin Museum of Art downtown for a dessert and wine reception in their community room and an open house in their exhibition spaces. 7–9 pm. Then walk two blocks to Arthouse, and view their exhibition featuring Jason Middlebrook’s new works and enjoy popcorn, snacks and light beverages while viewing a documentary food-inspired film at 9:30 pm on their new rooftop space (or in their community room, depending on the weather!). All three venues included in $20 ticket price.
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Friday,
December 10
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An Evening with Michael Pollan presented by Texas Performing Arts in partnership with BookPeople and Edible Austin Eat Local Week. We invite you to spend a fascinating evening with bestselling author, journalist and food activist Michael Pollan. For the past twenty years Pollan has written about the places the human and natural worlds intersect, challenging the way Americans think about eating. Bass Concert Hall. 8 p.m. Book signing by Michael Pollan will immediately follow the event. Event goers may also visit our Farm Direct Showcase on the fourth floor of Bass Concert Hall before the show starts from 6:30–8 pm. Meet over 20 local food producers, businesses and nonprofits and sample their wares to connect with the best of our local food resources. Get your tickets now!
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Saturday,
December 11
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Media Celebrity Cook Off at the Austin Farmers’ Market downtown, features local media celebrities going head to head in competition to prepare the best meal made from ingredients purchased at the farmers market that day. The judges panel will consist of well-known food writers and include representatives from Urban Roots program and guest farmers. Also featuring Master of Ceremony Chef Jack Gilmore, owner of Jack Allen’s Kitchen. 10 am. Free. Invited media guests are Addie Broyles of the Austin American Statesman and Jim Swift of KXAN. 10 am. We are looking for a sponsor for this year’s event! The minimum sponsorship of $2000 would cover the cost of purchasing the food, signage for the event and a cash donation to Urban Roots.
Texas Craft Brewers Mini-Festival. Meet your Texas craft brewers and sample their wares at this popular Eat Local Week event that promises to expand this year into full festival status. Details and venue to be announced! |
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