"Slow food" is interesting as a buzzword, but it's not bad as a concept, either. I was checking out the Slow Food website, and what it takes to start a Slow Food Convivium. It's not hard to get behind enjoying your food as a process, and not just a means to an end, as long as there's time reserved to get there and ample space and resources to get there. I'm not sure we have $60 to pony up for the convivium, but I wish we did, because I think it would be good for our community to have one here.
Now, I don't like to cook in a messy kitchen, so I feel compelled to clean it all up before I get started, and it's no fun to cook when there's nothing but ramen in the cupboard. So as much as I'm into the idea of slow food, I think I'm actually about two steps behind that right now. Just like sometimes in Weight Watchers, when I realized I wasn't really ready to lose weight yet, I may be in the pre-slow food segment. I still have a lot of processed food baggage in my life, and I need to consider my current time management and workflow issues to be able to really enjoy the joys that slow food has to offer. In addition, I still think there's a place for faster food, even if that means yet another spaghetti night. But we're going there. Oh yes. We're in. Slow food is healthier and cheaper, and much more fun. For our family, slow is the way to go.
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I like the idea of Slow Food, just last night I started reading Carlo Petrini's Slow Food: The case for taste. The idea makes complete sense to me.
I am NOT sold on the idea of a convivium. Sure it would be wonderful to see such an organization in this area, but I don't have time to attend a meeting, much less try to start one up! And the membership fees are intimidating. For me, the time and money would be better spent reading library books on the topic and buying responsibly. Maybe we can convince our library to offer some food related programming...
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