The evening began with a silent auction and local wines & cheese (Bellwether's Carmody, Andante Dairy's Minuet and Pt Reyes Original Blue). Heritage turkeys were on display, and later auctioned off.
A Selection of Heirloom Lettuces with Cherokee Purple Tomatoes Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Orleans style wine vinegar and Red Hawaiian Sea Salt
Heritage Turkeys (Narragansett), Hand Roasted in a Wood Barbeque served with Charbono Pan Gravy, Oven roasted Red Kuri Squash with Alaskan Birch Syrup Glaze, Anishinaabe Wild Rice with Trumpet Royale and Velvet Piopinni Mushrooms.
Tuscarora White Corn Bread
Warm Three-Apple Crisp with Air-dried Bronx Grapes and Steen’s Cane Syrup Whipped Cream
2005 Windsor Vineyards Napa Valley Pinot Noir The Program:
3pm Local Cheese and Wine Reception, Heritage Turkeys and Ark products and information on display.
4pm Remarks from Michael Dimock, Slow Food International, Chairman Emeritus Slow Food USA
4:15pm Scott Gerber and John Martins Cowboy Music and Poetry
4:30 Meal
5:30 Live Auction: Heritage Breed Turkeys for your Thanksgiving Meal
6:30pm Silent Auction Ends and Raffle Winners announced
7pm Event ends.
Event Sponsor & Host: The Gallo Family
Turkey Growers: The Ryan Family, The Thode Family and Sylvia Malvawalla
NOTE: If you live in the Bay Area - there may still be local heritage turkeys available for Thanksgiving 2007 - pick up only. Visit the Slow Food Russian River's Website for details.
If you live elsewhere in the US visit Heritage Foods USA to order a Heritage Turkey for delivery to your door for Thanksgiving 2006.