 | royal country palace -- bull’s-blood red brick on its
exterior, rendered and painted in light colours on its large
interior courtyard.
The Slow Food movement is the brainchild of Carlo
Petrini, a man with a crusading cast of mind, who reacted
in horror years ago to a McDonald’s outlet opening near
the Spanish Steps in central Rome. The movement is
intended to promote everything fast food is not -- food
that is individual, seasonal, craft-based, traditional,
wholesome, time-consuming (if necessary) both to produce and to prepare, varied based on local influences.
The aim of the university is not actually to teach the craft
skill of, say cheese making or baking, but to make the
students aware of them -- to study food much in the same
way an environmentalist approaches the natural world.
Today I’m visiting Carlo Petrini at his university.... | |
