What is Slow Food?

From their website:
The founding father of the Slow Food Movement, Carlo Petrini, recognized in 1986 that the industrialization of food was standardizing taste and leading to the annihilation of thousands of food varieties and flavors. Concerned that the world was quickly reaching a point of no return, he wanted to reach out to consumers and demonstrate to them that they have choices over fast food and supermarket homogenization. He rallied his friends and began to speak out at every available opportunity and soon the movement was born and Slow Food was created. Today the organization is active in 50 countries and has a worldwide membership of over 80,000.

Slow Food U.S.A. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America. From the spice of Cajun cooking to the purity of the organic movement; from animal breeds and heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables to handcrafted wine and beer, farmhouse cheeses and other artisanal products; these foods are a part of our cultural identity. They reflect generations of commitment to the land and devotion to the processes that yield the greatest achievements in taste. These foods, and the communities that produce and depend on them, are constantly at risk of succumbing to the effects of the fast life, which manifests itself through the industrialization and standardization of our food supply and degradation of our farmland. By reviving the pleasures of the table, and using our tastebuds as our guides, Slow Food U.S.A. believes that our food heritage can be saved.


Here's a link to our local Seattle chapter - check to see if there's one in your town.
Slow Food Seattle

I think that the mister and I already eat this way (with the exception of his Wendy's fixation), We love to spend time making meals for ourselves with well grown foods.
These books are on our wishlist -

Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food

The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes

I wonder how many of Petaline's loyal readers had heard of Slow Food before reading this entry. Send me a comment!