The Slow Food Movement In response to the frenzied opening
of a McDonald's in Rome's historic Piazza di Spagna, journalist Carlo
Petrini and friends founded the Slow Food movement in 1986. They had
a strong belief in preserving local cuisine by using local ingredients--in
restaurants and home kitchens. This touched such an international nerve,
that the movement has grown to over 80,000 members in 100 countries.
Slow Food Tucson is affiliated with Slow
Food USA, which supports Slow Food International. The Slow Food
Tucson chapter was founded in 1999 and has been going strong ever since.
The Tucson region has the luxury of many organic farms in and around
our city, raising produce, meats and chickens, along with superb chefs
and residents that support the Slow Food concept.
We offer an event each month including food demonstrations and dinners
where chefs discuss the meal's ingredients, history and evolution. Activities
in the past have included: cooking a Thai meal; making pizza in a woodburning
oven; recreating a 2,000 year old funeral feast of legendary King Midas;
sampling wine in Sonoita and from the Piemonte region of Italy. We have
also eaten Hungarian goulash made from grassfed cattle, learned to make
tamales for a Christmas celebration and enjoyed a full sampling of chocolates
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Why Join Tucson Slow Food?
We are so much more than a dining club and want to support and celebrate
local farmers and chefs with their efforts. While most of our events
are also open to the public, your membership affords you a discounted
price for most events and entry to "Members only events."
Local members include chefs, restaurant owners, business owners,
writers, and people interested in cooking, eating, sampling and experiencing
the tastes and flavors of the region! All are curious and enjoy learning
about the origins of a dish, combining ingredients and meeting like-minded
Tucsonans.
We’re always looking for new ideas so if you have suggestions, please
contact us: slowfoodtucson@yahoo.com
and help celebrate local growers and producers, artisanal products
and heirloom seeds and vegetables as well as culinary traditions both
local and international. Then, we’ll get together, lift a glass of
wine in a toast and enjoy each other’s company, with good food and
drink!
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