Time For Lunch in the Los Angeles Times
News is spreading about the Time For Lunch campaign and about Slow Food Los Angeles’s Labor Day Eat-ins: This morning’s “Daily Dish” on the Los Angeles Times’ website features a piece by Mary MacVean about the goals of the campaign and local efforts to change the Child Nutrition Act, which is the foundation of the [...]
In the News (part 2)… Wednesday, August 19, 2009
School lunches are more and more in the news, which itself is good news. Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign is in full swing, and today’s news links reflects that: † “Why a Twenty-Something Should Care About School Lunch“: Claire Stanford shares her twenty-something perspective on school lunches on the Civil Eats blog and [...]
In the News… Friday, August 14, 2009 (part 1)
There’s lots of news of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends in recent days, so this update will be in two parts: † “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch”: Michael Pollan’s recent article in the New York Times Magazine looked at food from another perspective: Today the average American spends a [...]
In the News… Friday, July 10, 2009
The newswires are hot with information and commentary of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends: † San Francisco’s Food Policy: How can urban land be put to better use? How do cities decrease the amount of food from outside their foodsheds, encourage consumption of homegrown and locally grown food, and offer more [...]
Josh Viertel and Ruth Reichl: Slow Food on Less Money
Slow Food USA president Josh Viertel and Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet, appeared recently on Leonard Lopate’s WNYC show to discuss the importance of sustainable agriculture and how good, clean, and fair food can be affordable and accessible. They also talk about how they became aware of Slow Food as a social movement, how the [...]
The Missing Link: Cooking
Saturday’s New York Times featured an op-ed contribution by Amanda Hesser that deserves attention. “Commander in Chef” highlights the fact that all too often, developing cooking skills–and the desire to cook–is overshadowed by issues surrounding the acquisition of food: [T]errific local ingredients aren’t much use if people are cooking less and less; cooking is to [...]
Food Matters with Mark Bittman and José Andrés
Earlier this week, the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC welcomed Mark Bittman, author of Food Matters and the popular Minimalist food column in The New York Times, and José Andrés, chef, author of Made in Spain, and advocate of food and nutrition education for elementary and high school students. In the one-hour program, [...]
Rick Nahmias on Food Forward
Rick Nahmias contributed a wonderful summary of Food Forward’s mission and the great reception it has received to today’s Huffington Post. Alleviating hunger, fostering community interaction, and reducing the amount of wasted fruit from the bounty available in southern California… that’s Food Forward, and Slow Food Los Angeles has been pleased to help Rick spread [...]
Michael Pollan: A Food and Farming Perspective on Obama’s First 100 Days
That there is anything to report about food and farming in the first 100 days is striking in itself… Michael Pollan is one of several writers and other commentators invited by Salon.com to review the first 100 days of the Obama presidency. On the food and farming front, Michael Pollan notes “very encouraging” developments and [...]
“Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?”
The front page of the Sunday New York Times Business section posed the question, “Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?” and considered the promising steps already taken by the Obama administration toward the goals set by food activists, including many who have been key participants in the Slow Food movement such as Alice Waters, [...]
“Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden”
Digging begins tomorrow on a garden that will have practical value but may also come to have significant symbolic value: an organic garden on the White House lawn. The idea of a visible garden on the White House lawn has long been advocated by Alice Waters. As reported by Marion Burros in the New York [...]
In Other Media: Alice Waters on 60 Minutes
Thanks to the members and friends who alerted us that Lesley Stahl’s profile of Alice Waters will be featured on tonight’s episode of 60 Minutes (CBS). Slow Food Nation and The Edible Schoolyard serve as the backdrop for portions of the segment, during which Alice talks more about the role and promise of school gardens: [...]
Subscribe via RSS
Get automatic updates of Slow Food L.A. news.