- Slow Food Nation
Slow Food Nation is an event organized by
Slow Food USA , which celebratesAmerican cuisine , especially slow and sustainable foods. One of the largest food events in U.S. history, Slow Food Nation attracted an estimated audience of more than 50,000 people.cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/dining/23slow.html?_r=1&ei=5087&em=&en=5101c243fd80d293&ex=1216958400&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin|title=Slow Food Savors Its Big Moment |last=Severson|first=Kim|date=July 23, 2008|work=The New York Times |accessdate=2008-08-30] [cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/29/BACF12LHMU.DTL|title=Crowds look, learn and taste as Slow Food Nation opens|date=August 30, 2008|work=sfgate.com|publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=2008-08-30] Held over theLabor Day weekend from August 29th, 2008 to September 1st, the majority of the event took place in eitherSan Francisco, California 'sCivic Center orFort Mason Center . Slow Food Nation's founder is influentialchef and authorAlice Waters . In addition to a specially-created "victory garden " in front ofSan Francisco City Hall , a marketplace, tastings, photo exhibits [http://gayeton.com/gayeton_photowork.html] , and other events, Slow Food Nation featured panels led by food luminaries such asMichael Pollan andEric Schlosser , as well as the founder of Slow Food:Carlo Petrini .cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903447.html|title=As Food Becomes a Cause, Meeting Puts Issues on the Table|last=Black|first=Jane|date=August 30, 2008|work=Washington Post |accessdate=2008-08-30]Gallery
References
External links
* [http://slowfoodnation.org/ slowfoodnation.org] , official site
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/SlowFoodNation Slow Food Nation] ,YouTube channel
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/820293@N25/ photo pool] onFlickr
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