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Local and Slow Food Movements
See also: Pittsburgh Local Food, Farmers' Markets and Vegetarian Choices.
The premise of the local food (locavore) movement is that eating supermarket food that is shipped in from 3,000 miles away is wasting energy resources, bankrupting local farmers, enriching large corporations and resulting in food where flavor is being replaced by chemicals and hormones.
The Slow Food movement, begun in Italy in the 1980s, seeks to preserve traditional foods, recipes, and cooking methods, which generally take some time, as opposed to "Fast Food". The pleasure of long meals is also emphasized.
Selected Books
Johnson, Paul
Fish Forever: the definitive guide to understanding, selecting, and preparing healthy, delicious, and environmentally sustainable seafood
TX747.J63 2007
Fish is one food that in Pittsburgh is generally not a "Local" food. If you are concerned about sustainability issues and still want to eat fish, pick up this IACP Cookbook of the Year.
Fish Forever: the definitive guide to understanding, selecting, and preparing healthy, delicious, and environmentally sustainable seafood
TX747.J63 2007
Fish is one food that in Pittsburgh is generally not a "Local" food. If you are concerned about sustainability issues and still want to eat fish, pick up this IACP Cookbook of the Year.
Kingsolver, Barbara
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
S521.5.A67 K56 2007
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver and her family move from Tucson, Arizona to rural Virginia and vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Amusing and informative with a website for downloading recipes. It is also available for downloading as an eBook.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
S521.5.A67 K56 2007
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver and her family move from Tucson, Arizona to rural Virginia and vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Amusing and informative with a website for downloading recipes. It is also available for downloading as an eBook.
Petrini, Carlo
Slow Food: the Case for Taste
TX631.P474 2003
Written by the Slow Food movement's Italian founder, this small volume describes the history and goals of the Slow Food movement, which seeks to preserve traditional foods, recipes, and cooking methods.
Slow Food: the Case for Taste
TX631.P474 2003
Written by the Slow Food movement's Italian founder, this small volume describes the history and goals of the Slow Food movement, which seeks to preserve traditional foods, recipes, and cooking methods.
Petrini, Carlo
Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Eating and Living
TX631.P473813 2006
Tells how the powerful international coalition against "fast" food came about from its roots in Italy in the 1980s.
Slow Food Revolution: A New Culture for Eating and Living
TX631.P473813 2006
Tells how the powerful international coalition against "fast" food came about from its roots in Italy in the 1980s.
Petrini, Carlo
Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food
TX631.S58 2001
An anthology of writings from the movement's quartely publication Slow.
Slow Food: Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food
TX631.S58 2001
An anthology of writings from the movement's quartely publication Slow.
Planck, Nina
Real Food: What to Eat and Why
TX360.U6 P63 2006
Real Food reveals why traditional foods are not only delicious - everyone knows that butter tastes better - but are actually good for you, making the nutritional case for egg, cream, butter, grass-fed beef, roast chicken with the skin, lard, cocoa butter, and more. Check out realfood.info as well.
Real Food: What to Eat and Why
TX360.U6 P63 2006
Real Food reveals why traditional foods are not only delicious - everyone knows that butter tastes better - but are actually good for you, making the nutritional case for egg, cream, butter, grass-fed beef, roast chicken with the skin, lard, cocoa butter, and more. Check out realfood.info as well.
Pollan, Michael
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
RA784.P643 2008
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." In other words, eat unprocessed, unadulterated foods and not manufactured food-like substances.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
RA784.P643 2008
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." In other words, eat unprocessed, unadulterated foods and not manufactured food-like substances.
Pollan, Michael
The Omnivore's Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals
GT2850.P65 2006
This award winning ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals
GT2850.P65 2006
This award winning ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.
Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving And Savoring The Continent's Most Endangered Foods
Gary Paul Nabhan, Editor
TX715.R42157 2008
An interesting book with essays on specific historical American food plants (and corresponding foodways) from the "Renewing America's Food Traditions" (RAFT) alliance. Some are native American crops and others are heirlooms of European tradition.
Gary Paul Nabhan, Editor
TX715.R42157 2008
An interesting book with essays on specific historical American food plants (and corresponding foodways) from the "Renewing America's Food Traditions" (RAFT) alliance. Some are native American crops and others are heirlooms of European tradition.
Weinstein, Jay
The Ethical Gourmet
TX741.W43 2006
A handbook for finding and cooking environmentally friendly and ethically produced foods that are delicious.
The Ethical Gourmet
TX741.W43 2006
A handbook for finding and cooking environmentally friendly and ethically produced foods that are delicious.
Web Sites
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eat local challenge
EatLocalChallenge.com is a group blog written by authors who are interested in the benefits of eating food grown and produced in their local foodshed. -
Edible Communities
Edible Communities offers more than 52 regional publications emphasizing local foods and farms in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Read more about them in the New York Times article.-
Publications
Links to the existing Edible Communities
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Publications
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Epicurious: Seasonal Cooking
Slow and Local food is largely about eating what is in season. Check out these recipes for ideas on how to use seasonal produce. -
Food Routes
Where does YOUR food come from? -
Local Harvest
The freshest, healthiest, most flavorful organic food is what's grown closest to you. -
Slow Food
The Slow Food movement, started in Europe, is characterized by local rootedness and decentralization of production. The emphasis is on traditional artesanal ways of food production. -
Sustainable Table
Sustainable Table is a consumer campaign developed by the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) to educate the consumer about the Sustainable Food movement.
