Slow Food

Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food.

Auteur

Carlo Petrini. Translated by William McCuaig. Foreword by Alice Waters.

Résumé
In 1986, the author decided to resist the steady march of fast food and all that it represents when he organized a protest against the building of a McDonald's near the Spanish Steps in Rome. This book is an expression of the organization's goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating.

Contenu

The Slow Food Manifesto
Part 1: Appetite and Thought
The Origins
From "New Epicures'' to Ecological Gastronomes
An International Movement of Good Taste
Pleasure Denied, Pleasure Rediscovered
McDonald's Versus Slow Food
Part 2: In the Beginning, the Territory
Cultivating Diversity
At the Center, the Producer
The Rebirth of the Osteria
The Difficult Voyage
The Salone del Gusto
Part 3. Educating and Learning
The Praise of the Senses and the Paradox of Taste
In the Schools
From the Workshops to the Master of Food
The University
Part 4: The Noah Principle
Scenes from a Flood
The Ark and the Presidia
Quality, the Law, and Biotech
The Slow Food Award for the Defense of Biodiversity
Without Nostalgia: Acknowledgments
Part 5: Appendices
The Slow Food Italian Presidia
The Slow Food International Presidia
Slow Food Award Winners
A Chronology of Arcigola Slow Food