A Fund for Change, starting with Communities 3 July 2020 These recent times of crisis have presented governments and the global community with unprecedented challenges: the importance and essential value of the food supply chain is emphasized by all parties and yet, the risk is to lose sight of...
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,...
A Party for Cuba! 24 October 2019 The Country’s First Earth Market Opens in Havana Havana has had its very first Earth Market! Sunday, September 29th, on a beautiful sunny day, over 500 people attended the inauguration of the first Earth Market in Cuba at the...
The Ark of Taste Travels to Azerbaijan With a Competition for the Best Nomination 17 October 2019 Since its founding, Slow Food has made the defense of biodiversity the focus of its strategies. Biodiversity is under threat around the world, and the biodiversity linked to family farming and small-scale agriculture is at particular risk. The reasons...
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.
The Cooks’ Alliance Recipe: Alessandro Grano’s from Italy to UK 19 September 2019 Originally from Apulia in southern Italy, Alessandro Grano’s passion for food rose in the early days whilst accompanying his grandfather to the local food markets. The differing smells, colours and shapes established in his mind early on that catering...
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...
Cooks’ Alliance Recipe from Switzerland: chef Sandra Defanti 19 August 2019 Born with the gift of creativity, Sandra Defanti became a chef and hotelier thanks to two loves—of her husband Cesare and of cooking itself. A tireless source of new ideas, there’s no risk of being bored at her table,...
Ark of Taste sails into world’s biggest festival of gardening 23 July 2019 The Ark of Taste came to the biggest annual flower festival on earth in early summer. Held at the historic Hampton Court outside London, the festival, now called a Garden Festival, drew around 140 000 people over five days....
