Slow Food : the case for taste / Carlo Petrini ; translated by William McCuaig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrini, Carlo.

Series:

Arts and traditions of the table

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Gastronomy.

Food habits.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 155 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

"Slow Food" is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization's goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As "Newsweek" described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for "a kinder and gentler capitalism."

Contents:

The Official Slow Food Manifesto xxiii

1. Appetite and Thought 1

The Origins 1

From "New Epicures" to Ecological Gastronomes 8

An International Movement of Good Taste 16

Pleasure Denied, Pleasure Rediscovered 20

McDonald's Versus Slow Food 26

2. In the Beginning, the Territory 37

Cultivating Diversity 37

At the Center, the Producer 41

The Rebirth of the Osteria 51

The Difficult Voyage 54

The Salone del Gusto 59

3. Educating and Learning 65

The Praise of the Senses and the Paradox of Taste 65

In the Schools 72

From the Workshops to the Master of Food 76

The University 81

4. The Noah Principle 85

Scenes from a Flood 85

The Ark and the Presidia 90

Quality, the Law, and Biotech 99

The Slow Food Award for the Defense of Biodiversity 105

Without Nostalgia: Acknowledgments 111

The Slow Food Italian Presidia 113

The Slow Food International Presidia 120

Slow Food Award Winners 128

A Chronology of Arcigola Slow Food 135

Slow Food U.S.A. Today 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-148) and index.

ISBN:

0231128444

OCLC:

50919982