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 Slow Food celebrates traditional food preparation of quality foods and savoring the pleasures of the dinner table. Members hope to save traditional dishes from extinction and support modest restaurants serving genuine food.  The aim of Slow Food is: "to protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenisation of modern fast food and life." I think we can all agree with that! In 1989, the movement went international, and adopted the snail as its symbol. There are now over 80,000 members in more than 100 countries, organized into groups, known as convivia. There are more than 1,500 Slow Food members in the UK. The first convivia were formed in the Cotswolds and in London. Each convivium organizes a program of events to further the movement's goals. To find out how to join, (whichever country you live in!) go to www.slowfood.com In 1999 the Slow Food movement developed into another form, the Cittaslow scheme. (literal translation: “slow city.”) The aim is to engender slow food values in local communities, and select towns “where it is good to live.”  The first approved Cittaslow city in the UK is Ludlow in Shropshire. This was followed by naming Aylsham, a market town in Norfolk. Ludlow will be celebrating Slow Food at the eleventh annual Ludlow Marches Festival of Food and Drink, September 9 – 11, 2005. You will be able to taste both gourmet meals and down-to-earth traditional “grub,” and enjoy talks, demonstrations and tastings. So if you’re in the neighborhood in September, why not give it a try? Tyrrells potato chips, the lead sponsor (I don’t think they are part of the Slow Food movement!) are introducing a brand-new flavor: Ludlow Sausage flavor. For more information: www.cittaslow.org.uk www.slowfoodludlow.org.uk/ www.foodfestival.co.uk ©2000-2005 DBE in Louisiana, Inc. All rights reserved. Questions/Comments? Contact the Webmaster Betty Calzada. |