slow food

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of slow food¹

C20: by analogy with fast food

Example Sentences

He also says the “spirit of Eataly is contrary to the Slow Food movement or zero kilometer initiative to eat local.”

From The Daily Beast

It makes perfect sense that the slow-food movement began in Italy.

From The Daily Beast

In April checking in and out of a succession of hotels in Italy was the hospitality equivalent of the Slow Food movement.

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The Edible Schoolyard Project and Slow Food USA are trying to bring healthy food to children in low-income communities.

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Think of the effort to support independent bookstores as being akin to the slow food movement.

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