A New Itinerary for Slow Food Travel: Dents du Midi in Switzerland 22 July 2021 After Carinthia in Austria, the Upper Tanaro Valley and the Biella mountains in northern Italy, Grand Entremont and Fully in Switzerland, the latest region to join Slow Food Travel is Dents du Midi, completing the Val d’Illiez’s participation in...
From the Italian Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance, Lila Bentivegna’s Sardine Soup 15 June 2021 On the occasion of Slow Fish 2021, we bring you a fish recipe from Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance Lila Bentivegna, who uses this dish to tell us about her connection to the sea. Lila was born right by the...
The recipe of the Slow Food Cook’s Alliance in Albania 16 April 2021 Altin Prenga was born in Fishtë, a small village in Lezhë county, Albania. He worked in several restaurants in Trentino, Lombardy and Piedmont and after 11 years abroad he returned to his country, where together with his brother Anton, they transformed the family home in Fishtë into the agritourism Mrizi i Zanave, “At...
Settlers’ Icelandic Hen Landnámshæna Named a Slow Food Presidium 18 December 2020 The new status, obtained thanks to the shared efforts of farmers and institutions, recognizes the fundamental importance of this heritage poultry breed to protecting and promoting the island’s biodiversity The Settlers’ Icelandic hen first arrived on the shores of...
The Resilience Fund project, aimed at supporting the fishermen of the Mediterranean Prud’homies Slow Food Presidium, was presented today 14 December 2020 This initiative, endorsed by FPT Industrial, was conceived by Slow Food with the aim of promoting collective projects with a significant sustainable and social impact, by helping them develop their potential to transform the food system. A project to...
Slow Food in Azerbaijan Launches its National Slow Food Cooks Alliance and Opens Up its Virtual Showcase in the Marketplace of the Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto 2020 Platform 14 December 2020 The EU-funded COVCHEG project opens up its virtual doors at the Terra Madre marketplace dedicated to Slow Food in Azerbaijan and launches the Slow Food Cooks Alliance in Azerbaijan. 7 chefs have come together to join the international network...
Comeback of the Begawi Chicken 11 November 2019 Last month, at the invitation of Dr. Adel Abdel Salam, coordinator of Slow Food Egypt Begawi Chicken Presidia, I traveled to Tameya, Fayoum, a town south of Cairo, to meet delegates from Themar Project , an NGO in Sohag,...
Cooks’ Alliance Recipe: Ēriks Dreibants from Latvia 16 October 2019 An old forest house, far from the main roads, sits surrounded by dense conifer forests and marshes inside Latvia’s Gauja National Park, 70 kilometers from Riga and 20 from Cisis. Today it is home to Dabas Garša, known as pavāru radošā māja,...
Community Gardens Are Taking Fayoum by Storm 2 October 2019 Last March, the village of Tunis Fayoum in Egypt was the site of a remarkable workshop on community gardens delivered by Edie Mukibi, Vice-President of Slow Food International.
Latvia Joins Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance with Eight Chefs 9 September 2019 At the Pārceltuve Festival, held on beginning of August in Līgatne, eight Latvian chefs joined the international Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance. Since the opening of the Straupe Earth Market in 2016, Latvia’s local Slow Food network has been widening...
