Slow Food Nation

Slow Food Nation

Slow Food Nation is an event organized by Slow Food USA, which celebrates American 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 the Labor Day weekend from August 29th, 2008 to September 1st, the majority of the event took place in either San Francisco, California's Civic Center or Fort Mason Center. Slow Food Nation's founder is influential chef and author Alice Waters. In addition to a specially-created "victory garden" in front of San 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 as Michael Pollan and Eric 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]

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* [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] on Flickr


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