Slow Food at Indie Grits April 13, 2011

Sustainable Chefs' Showcase and Juried Potluck
Featuring tasting tables with the best restaurant chefs in Columbia and a curated potluck provided by local food, film and sustainability luminaries, this food and drink fiesta is the kickoff party for the Nickelodeon Theatre's 5th annual Indie Grits Festival, Columbia's only multi-day festival. The Sustainable Chefs Showcase features only chefs from restaurants that frequently buy, serve and promote food produced both locally AND sustainably (organic, pesticide-free, fair wages, etc.), and each chefs' tasting item-- as well as each juried potluck dish -- must have something both local and sustainably produced as its main ingredient. The Nick's Executive Director, Larry Hembree, will be on hand, offering an extra-bubbly way to help Move the Nick to the Fox Theater on Main St., and the event's host for the evening is Columbia's original promoter of all things independent, local and sustainable, Anne Postic, a.k.a. The Shop Tart -- making hippie ideals chic for conservative fashionistas in the Midlands and beyond!