Slow Food
Le ragioni del gusto
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Publisher Description
Nessun altro che non fosse Petrini poteva raccontare con altrettanta precisione di dati e documenti avvio e ascesa del fenomeno dello Slow Food, ormai internazionalmente consolidato. Questo libro in realtà è un manuale di sopravvivenza umana.Folco Portinari, Tuttolibri«Contro la follia universale della Fast Life, bisogna scegliere la difesa del tranquillo piacere materiale. Contro coloro, e sono i più, che confondono lefficienza con la frenesia, proponiamo il vaccino di unadeguata porzione di piaceri sensuali assicurati, da praticarsi in lento e prolungato godimento. Iniziamo proprio a tavola con lo Slow Food, contro lappiattimento del Fast Food riscopriamo la ricchezza e gli aromi delle cucine locali. Se la Fast Life in nome della produttività ha modificato la nostra vita e minaccia lambiente e il paesaggio, lo Slow Food è oggi la risposta davanguardia.»Dal Documento di fondazione del Movimento Slow Food.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Slow Food, a group of 75,000 members that supports recognition of traditional foods and eating patterns (e.g., the family meal), is an important player in today's battle for the palates and stomachs of the world. As "The Official Slow Food Manifesto" states, "Slow Food is an idea that needs plenty of qualified supporters," but to find them, it's going to need more friendly material than this didactic screed. Italian journalist Petrini founded the group in 1989, changing the name of a previous organization from Arcigola to Arcigola Slow Food in response to the opening of a McDonald's in Rome's Piazza di Spagna, a development described in excruciating detail. Petrini's condescending tone ("When you see the word 'flavorings' on the package, don't imagine that it always refers to natural substances") isn't helped by a clumsy translation that adheres to Italian syntax. It's a shame, because the elitist tone and convoluted language obscure Petrini's informed opinions on genetically modified organisms and nutritional education in the schools (he references mainly Italian public schools). Petrini's case against McDonald's is perhaps his strongest card, but it's geared mainly to an Italian, or at least European, audience (it's doubtful that many American parents comfort themselves with the thought that "when they're old enough the kids will develop a taste for Barolo") and more thorough and better written arguments have already been made, most notably in Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation.
