slow food

British  

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

“Native people are the original slow food people, right?,” said Jesus Tarango, chairman of the Wilton Rancheria, which has more than 1,000 members.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

The UK-Italy dinner, hosted by the King and Queen at their Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, is a celebration of "slow food", which uses fresh local food and traditional cooking methods.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

Slow birding, a term she adapted from the slow food movement, is not checklist-driven bird-watching, which may feel almost competitive, as if mandating that more is better, and rarer is best.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Other series tried channeling this slow-burn approach but we mention them far less frequently, in the same way that some "slow food" recipes are in fact examples of entirely average cooking.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2022

We may need a great many food chains that combine organic food and slow food and local foods in different ways.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan