Slow Food

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Synopsis
Remember the days before the dot. com explosion, before Golden Arches rose from the Great Plains, before the Age of Information, when the only commodity that wasn't in short supply in America was time? Time to relax and reflect, time to cook well, eat well, and live the life of sustainable hedonism. Today we pound down our Big Mac and fries as we check our e-mail on our collective Palm Pilots, at the expense of true nourishment for our bodies and souls. "Enough!" says Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food International, a movement that encourages us to turn down the volume, unplug the answering machine, and enjoy life to its fullest. Away with nutraceutical soft drinks and breakfast cereals made from refined sugar and shaped liked clowns. Bring back the pleasure of the palate, and return the humanity to food. More than 60,000 members worldwide now belong to the Slow Food movement, which believes that the slow shall inherit the earth. "Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food" is an anthology for cooks, gourmets, and anyone who is passionate about food and its impact on our culture. Drawn from five years of the quarterly journal "Slow" (only recently available in America), this book includes more than 100 articles covering eclectic topics from "Falafel" to "Fat City. " From the market at Ulan Bator in Mongolia to Slow Food Down Under, this book offers an armchair tour of the exotic and bizarre.
Copyright:
2003

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781603581721
Related ISBNs:
9780231128445, 9780231128452, 9780231502375, 9780813552279, 9780813551708, 9780847828739, 9780847829453, 9781603581738, 9781931498272, 9780811833790
Publisher:
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Slow Food Editore
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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