Save the date! Slow Food Hudson Valley (SFHV) invites you to a nourishing winter gathering that brings together chef and cookbook author Mona Talbott, food security nonprofit Columbia Kitchen, and our community for a special Stone Soup edition of SFHV’s Cookbook Club.

Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:00–5:00 PM
Churchtown Firehouse
2219 County Route 27, Taghkanic, NY

Tickets: $15 SFHV members / $20 non-members
How to participate: Bring an ingredient; together, we make the soup—for ourselves, loved ones, and neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

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In this Stone Soup edition of Cookbook Club, Mona will guide participants in preparing vegetables for deeply flavorful, seasonal soups that nourish and satisfy. She is the author of Zuppe: Soups from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome and the founder and culinary director of Talbott & Arding, a beloved Hudson Valley culinary destination known for its large selection of fresh prepared foods and its carefully curated cheese counter.

Together, we will make two very large pots of soup: a vegan winter minestrone inspired by the Galileo soup in Zuppe, and a gluten-free chickpea, squash, and cabbage soup from the forthcoming Talbott & Arding Cookbook. Columbia Kitchen will pack any leftover soup to stock local Free Fridges.

In the spirit of Stone Soup, each participant is asked to sign up and bring one or two ingredients—onions, potatoes, winter squash, parsley, and the like (stones optional!). Together, we’ll cook something far more delicious than anything made alone. Aprons, knives, and cutting boards will be supplied!

As Mona writes, “Wholesome, egalitarian, and economical, soup is the perfect food for our modern lives.” Grab a friend and join us as we cook, share, and give back—starting the new year together, in support of food justice in the Hudson Valley.

STONE SOUP at CHURCHTOWN FIREHOUSE

STONE SOUP at CHURCHTOWN FIREHOUSE