Biodiversity takes center stage at the Bocuse d’Or 13 June 2018 Chef Christian André Pettersen of Restaurant Mondo (Norway) won the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2018, which was held in Turin on June 11-12. The 20 European chefs involved in the competition were invited to highlight some of Piedmont’s most traditional...
Slow Food Tanzania at Karibu-KiliFair 31 May 2018 For the very first time Slow Food Tanzania will participate in this international Event Slow Food Tanzania will participate for the first time in Karibu-KiliFair, the largest and most important tourism trade fair in East Africa, which will take...
Another Sámi Product Becomes a Slow Food Presidium 15 February 2018 Today Slow Food officially launched a Presidium* for Sámi Cured Reindeer Meat, or gurpi. Sámi are indigenous nomadic reindeer herders. Their traditional way of life revolves around migrating with their semi-wild reindeer to different pastures depending on the time...
New Slow Food Presidium in Mexico to protect the Caribbean Spiny Lobster 20 November 2017 On November 15, Slow Food officially launched the Banco Chinchorro and Sian Ka’an Spiny lobster Presidium, as part of the Slow Fish Caribbean project*. The launch took place during the Participatory Monitoring Workshop and Slow Food Methodology Workshop, in...
Rove Brousse : soon to be France’s smallest PDO? 25 September 2017 It’s a matter of a few days, and the ten small-scale producers of the historic Rove Brousse, a Slow Food Presidium, will have a protected designation of origin (PDO): it may be the smallest yet in France. The work...
New Slow Food Presidium Launched in the Netherlands to Protect Traditional Boeren Leyden Cheese 30 June 2017 Last Sunday, June 25, Slow Food Netherlands launched the Traditional Boeren Leyden Presidium during the Slow Food in the Park event, a festival held to celebrate the diversity of the Slow Food network and spread the message of good,...
Quality Cane Sugar Comes From Peru to Italy 26 April 2017 Unrefined cane sugar from Tailin in Peru is now available for sale in Italy thanks to the Alce Nero brand, which not only supports the Slow Food Presidium but is now also importing the sugar and distributing it to...
Slow Food Presidium Product Receives Well-Deserved Recognition 20 April 2017 German-French ARTE TV program “at the table” travels to Macedonia to discover a rich heritage of local cuisine, including the Bukovo Pepper. The episode features Slow Food Presidium producer Ilinka Glavevska and her family, who explain its preparation and...
A Recipe Featuring Flour from the Indigenous Peoples of Argentina 15 February 2017 At the third annual Indigenous Peoples Forum held by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), bakers within the Slow Food network created a delicious recipe for canapés to honor the Gran Chaco wild fruits Presidium. The Gran Chaco...
Ugandan coffee: a host of varieties for you to discover at a dedicated festival 13 February 2017 From the Nyasaland Arabica of Mount Elgon, intercropped with ginger and lemongrass, to the Nganda Robusta promoted by the youngsters of Bukunja, to the Kisansa of Luwero, in the Zirobwe district, which grows in the shade of forest trees:...
