The Slow Food
movement
The Slow Food movement was
founded in 1986 by an Italian food and wine
journalist called Carlo Petrini. Petrini had
become haunted by the spectre of fast food
companies eroding Italy's ancient culinary
culture. The opening of McDonald's on the
Spanish Steps in Rome was the final straw. That
a fast food giant could open its doors in the
heart of food-obsessed Rome symbolised to
Petrini the vulnerability of older values to
brash new industrial methods. Processed fast
food was not only changing the physical
landscape through intensive farming, but it was
also eroding a way of life that revolved around
producing and eating great food in a relaxed,
sociable way.
It was time to
act. Petrini realised that the key to change lay
in motivating people with similar concerns.
Strip away the Euro-talk and it is all about
motivating ordinary people to take control of
how they live, work and eat. He knew that the
only way to counter the threat was to tackle the
problem internationally and by promoting
gastronomic culture, developing taste education,
conserving agricultural biodiversity and
protecting traditional foods that are at risk
from extinction.
Slow Food, whose
aim is to "protect the pleasures of the table
from the homogenisation of modern fast food and
life," was born. Today, Carlo Petrini is
president of an organisation that spans 100
countries and has around 80,000 members, all of
whom are actively involved in fulfilling the
aims of Slow Food. There are more than 1,500
Slow Food members in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/food_matters/slowfood.shtml#the_slow_food_movement |
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"For many food shopping, cooking
and eating have become little more than a rushed
chore. It doesn't need to be that way, say
members of the Slow Food movement, who are keen
to bring the pleasure principle back to shopping
and eating habits." - Rose Valley
encourages you to slow down and enjoy meals
together as family or a group of friends
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best thing to staying with friends or relatives. Popular
in Europe for decades, the Bed and Breakfast Inn trend
is catching on in North America. Many people discover
Bed and Breakfast Inns by chance and are pleasantly
surprised by the wonderful alternative these places can
be to other types of accommodation. |
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