Slow Food Hudson Valley is excited to invite you to our inaugural Cookbook Club Potluck! This gathering promises to be a delightful experience, centered around Dr. Michael Crupain’s inspiring book, The Power Five: Essential Food for Optimum Health. The Upstate Table in Kingston has generously offered to host our first event of the series, and author Michael Crupain will join us for this shared meal. Bring your appetites and your questions.

HOW IT WORKS: Sign up on the Slow Food Hudson Valley website and bring something homemade from “The Power Five: Essential Food for Optimum Health.” Wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be available, but feel free to bring a beverage of your choice to share as well.

The cookbook is available at local bookstores and through the regional library system. If you need assistance locating a copy, please email robin@branchwaterfarms.com, and she’ll be happy to help you find one.

A minimum donation of $15 for Slow Food members or $20 for non-members is suggested. Space is limited. Slow Food Hudson Valley is committed to donating the proceeds from its events to organizations that address food insecurity in the Hudson Valley.

RSVP - RESERVE YOUR SPOT; SPACE IS LIMITED.

POTLUCK SIGN-UP - LET US KNOW WHAT DELICIOUSNESS YOU WILL BRING.

DONATE - TO YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER, SLOW FOOD HUDSON VALLEY

BECOME A MEMBER (please select Slow Food Hudson Valley as your local chapter).

WHEN: SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025, 2:00 – 5:00 PM

WHERE: UPSTATE TABLE, 45 GROVE STREET, SUITE 101, KINGSTON, NY 12401

ABOUT DR. CRUPAIN: Michael Crupain, MD, MPH, is a board-certified preventive medicine physician. He is the co-author of the national bestseller What to Eat When and The What to Eat When Cookbook. Dr. Crupain has had a unique career path, first training in neurosurgery and then switching to preventive medicine. He started one of the first farm-to-table cooking video blogs The Dairy Show, served as the Director of the Food Safety and Sustainability Center at Consumer Reports, was medical director at the Doctor Oz show where he won two Emmy Awards and the Chairman’s Pillar award, is on faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and is a member of the board of the American College of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Crupain recently worked as the Executive Vice President of Clinical Services at Sharecare and is currently President of Population Health Strategy Inc. and Chief Medical Officer of leading health analytics company, Certilytics. He is a constant student of culinary traditions around the world and has trained with top chefs in New York, at cooking schools in Europe and Asia, and with mothers and grandmothers from different cultures. He makes a point of visiting the farmers market in every city he goes to and cooks daily. Dr. Crupain has served as a frequent expert guest for the national and local media, including Good Morning America, The Today Show, and The Doctor Oz Show. The theme connecting all of Dr. Crupain’s work is his mission to make the world healthier and more delicious place.

Join us in celebrating food, health, and community as we embark on this exciting culinary journey!

We can’t wait to see what you cook and bring to the potluck!

Slow Food Hudson Valley Inaugural Cookbook Club Potluck

By Slow Food Hudson Valley

Slow Food Hudson Valley Inaugural Cookbook Club Potluck

The Power Five: Essential Food for Optimum Health