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slow food

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noun

  1. food that has been prepared with care, using high-quality local and seasonal ingredients

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Etymology

Origin of slow food

C20: by analogy with fast food

Example Sentences

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Michael Rafidi’s final Slow Food Fast recipe is a delicious version of mujadara, a comforting blend of lentils, rice and toasted pasta that was a staple of his Palestinian-American childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the 1980s, Gyngell pioneered the "slow food movement" before becoming a private chef for clients including Nigella Lawson, Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

From BBC

On this Thursday, I won’t be harvesting and cooking and sitting down for dinner to glorify the barbarity of my pinched-faced European ancestors, but because I believe that the effort to tend soil, cook slow food and savor each plate is worthwhile, that sharing real food with other humans is an act of radical gratitude.

From Salon

Adapted for the home cook, the chef’s third Slow Food Fast recipe calls for store-bought pizza dough, but these pies are decidedly Middle Eastern.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his first Slow Food Fast contribution, Rafidi shares a classic: grilled chicken kebabs served with pitas and sumac-flecked onions.

From The Wall Street Journal