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Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair
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Manufacturer: Rizzoli Ex Libris
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By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling Fast Food Nation and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and Slow Food Nation steps up to the challenge. Here the charismatic leader of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, outlines many different routes by which we may take back control of our food. The three central principles of the Slow Food plan are these: food must be sustainably produced in ways that are sensitive to the environment, those who produce the food must be fairly treated, and the food must be healthful and delicious. In his travels around the world as ambassador for Slow Food, Petrini has witnessed firsthand the many ways that native peoples are feeding themselves without making use of the harmful methods of the industrial complex. He relates the wisdom to be gleaned from local cultures in such varied places as Mongolia, Chiapas, Sri Lanka, and Puglia. Amidst our crisis, it is critical that Americans look for insight from other cultures around the world and begin to build a new and better way of eating in our communities here.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.013
EAN: 9780847829453
ISBN: 0847829456
Label: Rizzoli Ex Libris
Manufacturer: Rizzoli Ex Libris
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2007-05-08
Publisher: Rizzoli Ex Libris
Release Date: 2007-05-08
Studio: Rizzoli Ex Libris
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Change the way you see food -
This is a beautifully written book that will make you stop and think. In Slow Food Nation, Petrini has given us an objective way to judge the quality of our food.
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Fascinating book -
A very important book for all who are interested in real and healthy food for the planet.
Good Food -
I really bought this book as a gift item for my daughter. According to the source, it is an excellent book and quite well written.
Great Message, Wrong Messenger -
I wonder how many guests have dined with Mr. Petrini and thought, "Does this guy ever shut up?" The author wastes too much ink waxing philosophical or arguing for a Utopian "return to the old ways" of agriculture. Never mind we couldn't feed a few billion people.
In "Slow Food Nation", Mr. Petrini lays out his argument for a sustainable world food system that is "good, clean, and fair." Unfortunately, Mr. Petrini loves the sound of his own voice and how clever he is, and he ends up preaching to the choir. Since Mr. Petrini is trying to save the world by changing the way we all perceive our food, perhaps he should have written his book so that a noble peasant-of-the-soil could appreciate his world-view.
In Petrini's narrative there were several somewhat amusing anecdotes and I gleamed some insight about how insidious Agribusiness truly is, but these gems were far and few between. Most of the book was insufferable verbal gymnastics of what he deems a gastronome should be. This guy has way too much time on his hands or has some kind of OCD.
I am actually 100% in agreement of what Mr. Petrini stands for. He just shouldn't be the messenger. If you're still interested in this important subject from a practical point of view--and not what reads like an elitist restaurant critic--I would recommend Michael Pollan's informative and enjoyable tome "The Omnivore's Dilemma".
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Slow food, slow reading. -
This was slow, slow reading. Lots of technical information which I am just too tired to digest. Maybe something was lost in the translation? I did not even finish this book and have not recommended it to anyone--quite the opposite.
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