Marin Organic and Meatpaper present:

The Art of Meat Cutting
A Demonstration with Dario Cecchini, Italy’s Renowned Master Butcher

In a rare U.S. appearance, Dario Cecchini, Italy's master butcher made famous in Bill Buford's Heat and portrayed in Douglas Gayeton’s new book Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town, will give a demonstration on artisan butchery. You are invited to experience Dario up close breaking down a steer and a pig with mastery and flair at the Cowell Theater. Following his 250-year-old family tradition, Dario will share his exceptional skills with chefs, butchers of all levels, and other sustainable food industry professionals who wish to find a deeper understanding of and relationship with meat.

WHAT
The Art of Meat Cutting
A Demonstration with Dario Cecchini,
Italy’s World-Renowned Master Butcher

WHEN
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Demonstration from 1pm - 4pm
Doors open at 12:30

Beverages and NOPA treats provided during the intermission

Book signing from 4pm - 4:30pm
with Douglas Gayeton, author of the just-published
Slow: Life In a Tuscan Town, by Welcome Books.
Books will be available at a special rate.

WHERE
NOPA
a San Francisco gathering place
560 Divisadero, in San Francisco

TICKETS
$175
Space is limited.
To purchase call Marin Organic at 415-663-9667

INFORMATION
415-663-9667

ABOUT DARIO CECCHINI
Dario Cecchini is proprietor, butcher and chef at his family’s 250-year-old butcher shop, Antica Macelleria Cecchini, in Tuscany. His shop is a major gastronomic tourist destination largely due to his showmanship and expertise. Cecchini and his Dante-reciting ways figure prominently in Bill Buford’s book Heat.

ABOUT MARIN ORGANIC
Marin Organic is an association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place. As the primary link between farmers and eaters, Marin Organic is committed to promoting and supporting a sustainable, organic county — a county in which growers and the people who rely on them recognize their mutual interdependence.

ABOUT MEATPAPER
Founded in 2007, Meatpaper is a quarterly print journal covering art and ideas about meat. At once beautiful and provocative, Meatpaper pursues a mission to deliver open-ended journalism about humans and their relationship to meat. Meatpaper has received nominations for Utne Independent Press Awards two years in a row.

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