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That's actually very much how I feel about the slo...

2008-09-06T21:40:00.000-07:00

That's actually very much how I feel about the slow food movement in general. Parts of it are very cool, getting back into food as a complex creative art, but other parts are very much living in some arch-liberal Utopia (can you tell I'm still adjusting to Berkeley). Michael Pollan is a good example of a Slow Foodie that seems far more sane and realistic than, say, Barbara Kingsolver. BTW, Michael Pollan and 3 other key soeakers gave a talk on campus last Wednesday and it was AWESOME.

I have been reading about the difference of opinio...

2008-09-04T21:16:00.000-07:00

I have been reading about the difference of opinions regarding the ideology of this movement and I have mixed feelings about this "Slow Food Movement" as well.

I think the intentions are good for spreading the awareness of understand, learning and being more connected to where our food comes from for preservation of the environment, culture, history, identity....etc...

But with that being said, I think some of the ideas become too extreme, non-realistic and at times, just plain insulting. Though,it would depend on who's doing the SFM talking. I have the same mixed feeling about the whole "eat only organic and local" bull crap. There's no friggin way I'm gonna eat local if I live in the middle of Alaska in winter. If eating "local with in 50 miles" means only melting snow for dinner, I say F&*% Y*$ to all these idealistic, political grazers.

So sad to hear that it was not as well organized and too HUGE of an event. But glad you went and exposed yourself to all the different perspectives that the food world offers. Hope you met some good folks though....maybe?

I like what Slow Food stands for but sometimes...

2008-09-03T21:47:00.000-07:00
I like what Slow Food stands for but sometimes those ideas in practicality are hard for everyone to follow. It's hard to see past the snob factor when someone who obviously loves food or why else would they be there but yet will not go into an ethnic market to buy ingredients makes me really angry and ashamed.

Supremely eloquent. I can see what you're saying.

Hopefully that will change with time because yes, certainly what they stand for is a good thing.

Glad you got to go and wish I could have come up with you.

Krysta,

I wish I knew you were attending I ...

2008-09-03T19:21:00.000-07:00
Krysta,

I wish I knew you were attending I would have loved meeting you. Perhaps another time. I went with Foodbuzz as well and recently moved to the Bay Area.

Great post, I'll have more to say as well.

--Marc

those salamis look so yum.

2008-09-03T16:40:00.000-07:00
those salamis look so yum.

Ethnic markets have to meet the same quality of cl...

2008-09-03T10:04:00.000-07:00
Ethnic markets have to meet the same quality of cleanliness standards as any other food market in the jurisdiction (or bribe the inspector).

There is a cook book out titled 'Slow Food' which has a two page essay about the butcher shop I buy my pork at - Dietric's Meat. One of two butcher shops they have an article on, the other is about an Islamic carcuterist so he can't taste his products.

I've been told to hang my dry cured ham for two years if possible so I will be buying two fresh hams this fall, one for 09 and one for 10.

I think you keep bringing the sun with you from St...

2008-09-03T09:04:00.000-07:00
I think you keep bringing the sun with you from Stockton!

What a neat opportunity (especially for free!) I ...

2008-09-03T05:29:00.000-07:00
What a neat opportunity (especially for free!) I think I'd have tuned out right next to you with Mr. Tripe. Either that or my inappropriate laughter problem would've kicked into gear. I can't help myself sometimes... I'm sort of the anti-snob.

Dudes, please do not be jealous. This event was a...

2008-09-02T21:23:00.000-07:00
Dudes, please do not be jealous. This event was a total ripoff. The lines were long and we never got to really talk to the artisans because you couldn't waste any time not being in line. I read one guy's comment that it was like going to a salad bar where you waited in line for 20 minutes for the lettuce, then 20 minutes for the tomato, then 20 minutes for the dressing ... etc. It was actually worse than that.

We didn't even make it to all of the pavilions, because the lines were so long AND because they started closing them before closing time. (Closing the Coffee Pavilion at five-minutes-til-closing was completely insulting)

In the end, I felt like a total sucker for paying $120 for my wife and I to go to a 3.5-hour-long infomercial.

Man I am so jealous!

2008-09-02T20:40:00.000-07:00
Man I am so jealous!

I'm so glad you told us about this! I've never he...

2008-09-02T19:01:00.000-07:00
I'm so glad you told us about this! I've never heard of it. But I read Fast Food Nation before it was a book (it was serialized in Rolling Stone first) and became an anti-fast food fanatic. [Well, do last week's convenience store hot dogs count as fast food? :-) ] Despite the elitist overtones, it's nice to know somebody thinking about and offering an alternative mindset to our McWorld.

How cool that you went! Overall the learning exper...

2008-09-02T16:20:00.000-07:00
How cool that you went! Overall the learning experience was invaluable I'm sure.

But more importantly when are we going to go to Chez Panisse for dinner?

Next time I will hold your stuff for you, I would ...

2008-09-02T15:25:00.000-07:00
Next time I will hold your stuff for you, I would love to go! and I am so totally NOT a snob!@!! thanks for the update.

Comments on evil chef mom: Slow Food Nation/Important Lessons Learned

That's actually very much how I feel about the slo...

I have been reading about the difference of opinio...

I like what Slow Food stands for but sometimes...

Krysta,I wish I knew you were attending I ...

those salamis look so yum.

Ethnic markets have to meet the same quality of cl...

I think you keep bringing the sun with you from St...

What a neat opportunity (especially for free!) I ...

Dudes, please do not be jealous. This event was a...

Man I am so jealous!

I'm so glad you told us about this! I've never he...

How cool that you went! Overall the learning exper...

Next time I will hold your stuff for you, I would ...

Krysta,

I wish I knew you were attending I ...