What is the Slow Food philosophy?
It should please the senses and arrive on the plate in an environmentally responsible way. In addition, creating a connection between farmers and the community.
It is a way of eating and a way of living…
Alice Waters, founder of the legendary Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California is the mother of slow food. She was also the creator of The Edible Schoolyard.
It teaches school children not only how to grow food, but how to appreciate food.
Children that were growing their own food were inspired not only to cook it, and eat it, but enjoy the taste of food grown in healthy soil by their own hands.
This is the heart of taste education.
Slow food is contagious. When you eat a perfectly ripe peach or tomato that was organically grown locally, picked at its peak, the difference in taste will be monumental.
It becomes pleasurable and meaningful when you know who’s food you are eating, along with the love that went into growing it. BTW… Pairing a tomato and peach will delight you.
Add some buffalo mozzarella, or sheep feta, drizzled with balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil, Viola… a delicious match made in heaven.
Another benefit of bringing this philosophy into our kitchens, is that it can spill over into living a less stressful life. When we give the ingredients we have gathered at our markets our attention, and their rightful due, we are in the present moment. Our minds will not go to the next thing we need to do, potentially creating stress.
Some of these things are easy to do – some not so easy. Perhaps the most challenging is to change our attitude and mindset about the food we eat.
We have to rethink our priorities and the way we approach life and all things in it!!
Like cooking our food slowly…
To your continued good health
If you are a curious cook, join me on my Radio Show ~ “A taste for All Seasons”
We explore the world of food, with the philosophy of eating with the seasons.
And… as always, l will be sharing cooking tips, seasonal shortcuts and kitchen essentials that will make your life easier in the kitchen.
Visit: wpvmfm.org/show/a-taste-for-all-seasons/ and listen to our June show as we cook our way through the seasons. Learn how to make an authentic Pesto, using traditional methods.
It airs on the last Saturday of every month at 11 am, on WPVM FM 103.7 in Asheville, NC.
Laurie Richardone is a seasonal gluten free chef and certified health coach.
For more information, visit LaurieRichardone.com