Slow Food Histories

Even though Slow Food has been around for nearly 25 years, it is still talked about as a relatively new phenomena. There is lots of information to be taken in.
Here is a listing of things I've found on the interweb regarding the Slow Food Movement nationally and internationally.

The obvious:
http://www.slowfood.com/
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/
http://slowfoodseattle.wordpress.com/
Of course, one could spend hours exploring these sites, following the links of their own.

The articles:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1838757,00.html
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010820/stille
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20080319/revenge-of-the-slow
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/dining/23slow.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/dining/30come.html?_r=1&sq=&pagewanted=all (this link discusses what's known as the Ark of Taste, something I will try to explore in future blogs!)

The people:
Carlo Petrini: Italian Founder of the Slow Food Movement, who, in dramatic fashion in the 1980s, took part in a campaign against the fast food chain McDonald's which was planning to open near the Spanish Steps in Rome. He is a frequent contributor of articles to news papers and magazines in Italy and abroad. In 2004, he founded the University of Gastronomic Sciences, a school intended to bridge the gap between agriculture and gastronomy.

Alice Waters: International Governor of Slow Food, she is an American restaurant promoter and co-owner of Chez Panisse, the original "California Cuisine" restaurant in Berkeley, California. Among many things, she has promoted organic and small farm products heavily in her restaurants, in her books, and in her Edible Schoolyard program at the King Middle School in Berkeley.

Michael Pollan: If Waters is the "applier" of Slow Food, Pollan is the voice of every reason "why apply" Slow Food to how we eat. With multiple books, articles and lectures on the food, agriculture, community, human society's interaction with food, he is the information bank of everything edible. And not just food, but the industry and politics surrounding it.

Eric Schlosser: Among other things, Scholsser writes about food and ethics, specifically with in the fast food industry. Fast Food Nation was hailed as a groundbreaking work and subsequently has become required reading at some Colleges and Universities. His movie, Food, Inc. looks into the American food supply and how it is controlled by a handful of corporations.

This is enough to dig into for a lifetime! I hope to come back to these items throughout my journey, whether by choice or chance. I'm sure they will help to illuminate the things I am discovering. I hope you find them interesting and pertinent!