The pleasures of slow food : celebrating authentic traditions, flavors, and recipes / Corby Kummer photographs by Susie Cushner ; preface by Carlo Petrini ; forward by Eric Schlosser.

Includes index.

The Movement -- What Is Slow Food? -- A Charismatic Founder Who Knew How to Have a Good Time -- Creating Italyʼs Own Michelin Guide -- The Decisive Moment: Militating against McDonaldʼs -- Theory into Action: The Ark, the Presidium, and the Slow Food Award -- Outward Bound: Slow Food Abroad -- The Mecca of the Food World -- The Artisans -- Cheese: Roberto Rubino, Italy -- Cheese: Cindy and David Major, Vermont -- Meat: Torsten Kramer, Germany -- Meat: Verna Dietrich, Pennsylvania -- Salt: Joao Navalho, Portugal -- Shellfish: Michael OʼLeary, Florida -- Wine: Karl Kaiser, Canada -- Wine: Andre Dubosc, France -- Fruit: Stephen Wood, New Hampshire -- Vegetables: Jim Gerritsen, Maine -- Botanical Ark: Alan and Susan Carle, Australia -- The Recipes -- Marino Family, Mulino Marino, Cossano Belbo, Italy -- Garibaldi Family, Ca di Gosita, Liguria, Italy -- Elena Rovera, Cascina del Cornale, Cornale, Italy -- Lothar Tubbesing, Restaurant Lachswehr, Lubeck, Germany -- Georgette Dubos, Auberge de la Bidouze, Saint-Mont, France -- Tom and Giana Ferguson, Schull, County Cork, Ireland -- Steve Johnson, The Blue Room, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Ana Sortun, Oleana Restaurant, Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Daniel Boulud, Daniel, New York, New York -- Ben and Karen Barker, Magnolia Grill, Durham, North Carolina -- Rick Bayless, Topolobampo and Frontera Grill, Chicago, Illinois -- Deborah Madison, Santa Fe, New Mexico -- Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California -- Judy Rodgers, Zuni Cafe, San Francisco, California -- Paul Bertolli, Oliveto Cafe and Restaurant, Oakland, California -- June Taylor, Oakland, California -- Elisabeth Prueitt, Tartine, San Francisco, California -- Source Guide.

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