The slow food movement is about family farms and locally produced food, not, as many Tampa restaurants seem to think, taking 90 minutes to serve your meal. This weekend a slew of slow food aficionados will be gathering in San Francisco (presumably wearing locally grown, edible flowers in their hair).
“About 50,000 visitors are expected to converge on San Francisco for the festival this weekend to taste the wares of about 1,000 producers from around the country. They’ll head to Fort Mason for the Taste pavilions, collections of regional foods selected by experts. And they’ll buy sustainable food from the Market at Civic Center Plaza.”
Don’t feel bad that Slow Food Nation was in S.F. this weekend! It was a total ripoff. We paid $58/ticket to stand in disorganized lines to get rushed through tiny bites of food we will never remember. If this event come to Tampa, save you’re money! Do not attend! Go to a farmers’ market or the home improvement store to buy some seeds for your own garden instead. This event does not teach anything, cannot possible contribute to anything, and isn’t that fun. Do not support Slow Food Nation.
Thanks for the insight, Erin.
Maybe it would be better if a slow food nation event sloooooowed down and allowed people to eat, and talk, and meet local producers, rather than rushing through the process.