New Slow Food Presidium in Morocco: Rif Einkorn Wheat 4 September 2018 Slow Food launches a new Presidium to prevent the extinction of an ancient Moroccan wheat variety. The Presidium for Rif Einkorn Wheat becomes Morocco's 5th.
Chef’s Alliance Recipe – James Rohrbacher 20 August 2018 I first got involved with Slow Food when I met Alice Waters in Chicago, at a lecture about Slow Food. She is one of my idols as far as chefs go. Slow Food really resonated with me because I see...
Chef’s Alliance Recipe: Mikhail Lukashonok 20 June 2018 Black Russian Fava Beans have fallen seriously out of fashion and have become increasingly rare. Apart from private stocks cultivated by enthusiastic gardeners, Black Russians are virtually impossible to find. Despite this they have survived, and now on the...
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...
Chef’s Alliance Recipe – Carissa Berry Kraut with Wild Rosemary and Dill Seeds – Filippa Harrington 24 May 2018 Filippa Harrington – St. James, Cape Town (South Africa) I am a plant-based chef and food activist, and a member of the Chefs’ Alliance, which counts 19 cooks in South Africa. I am passionate about the point at which environmental...
Slow Food Demands Justice for Luis Maldonado 23 May 2018 The night of May 16, Luis Armando Maldonado Marin was assassinated in Huehuetenango. A leading figure in grassroots activism and farmers’ associations in Guatemala, Luis was the coordinator of the Huehuetenango Highland Coffee Presidium. Luis is the latest in...
Romanians and (Slow) Food 17 May 2018 When it comes to the Romanian food system, you can get a fairly accurate picture by looking at the way Romanians have positioned themselves regarding food, over time. When we say food, we are thinking of the whole process,...
Soweto Eat-in: South Africa’s Slow Food Network Takes Another Step Forward 16 May 2018 The Rainbow Nation continues its rise in the world of Slow Food, with another successful installment of the Soweto Eat-in. Held at the eponymous theatre in the famous Johannesburg township of Soweto, the Soweto Eat-in is an event illustrating...
Vale Gül Girismen 9 May 2018 Gül Girismen, founder of Slow Food Foça Zeytindali and of the first Earth Market in Turkey passed away yesterday, after a long struggle with illness. Every now and then in life, alas not very often, we come across gifted...
