5 August 07
Slow Food
Fernanda came over today. We had nectarine crisp from the new solar oven and nectarine ice cream she’d made. (It’s nectarine season here in the Central Valley.) Fernanda blogs mostly about food, now, though she’s a veteran Brazilian blogger from back when everyone knew everyone else, from back way beyond when anyone I knew was blogging.
We were talking about the Slow Food Movement — how it has done wonderful work promoting good, locally produced food eaten with friends or family while, gasp, sitting down — but we both wish it weren’t quite so elitist. (The upcoming Yolo Slow Food event costs $65 — out of range of most people, even though it’s a fundraiser..)
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The Alice Trillin Memorial Brigade was founded (unfortunately only in my head) a couple years ago to cope with exactly that problem. Less money, more enthusiasm.
Alice, Let’s Eat!