Slow food : the case for taste / Carlo Petrini ; translated by William McCuaig.
Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of t...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2003]
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| Series: | Arts and traditions of the table.
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| Summary: | Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization's goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As Newsweek described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for ""a kinder and gen. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 155 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231502375 0231502370 9786613627780 661362778X |
| Language: | Translated from the Italian. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |