Slow Food News & STORIES
Uncle Sam’s Immigrant Cafe and the American Dream
The website Uncle Sam’s Immigrant Cafe was launched in 2017 with the mission to showcase immigrant restaurateurs in pursuit of their American Dream. Volunteer writers from across the United States are asked to submit pieces telling the story of their favorite immigrant-owned restaurant. Stories are published to the website and readers are asked to patronize these restaurants.
Family, Activism and Sopaipillas
The activist legacy of the family trio behind Slow Food VegasInterview and words by Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA Editorial Intern The chapter grew organically, built on their foundation of...
Slow Fish 2021: Week One
The weekend was filled with productive talks about how to make more sustainable seafood chains not only for the fish and their habitats, but for the people who fish and eat them as well.
Paula Barbeito on Building Communities and Sustainable Systems with Slow Fish
with Paula Barbeito, Slow Fish International Coordinator Photos by Giselle Kennedy Lord and Alessandor VargiuSlow Fish has always been about bringing together everyone from casual seafood lovers to...
Saving Seeds with Scott Chang-Fleeman of Shao Shan Farm
By Kelly Franson, Slow Food Youth Network USA Photos by Scott Chang-Fleeman ““It is a reminder that agriculture has the potential to exist outside of frameworks of capitalism like the...
Slow Seed Summit Week 2
Written by Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA Editorial Intern photo from Slow Food Nations 2019 “We form these beautiful time-honored relationships, to seeds and food that inform us as people.” –...
Slow Seed Summit 2021: Week One
Written by Malia Guyer-Stevens, Slow Food USA Editorial Intern photos from the Slow Food International Archives + Summit Speakers “We form these beautiful time-honored relationships, to seeds and...
Jimmy Nardello Pepper
Jimmy Nardello Peppers, or Jimmy Nardello’s Sweet Italian Frying Pepper, are perfect for just that: frying up in a pan. It is considered one of the very best frying peppers as its fruity raw flavor becomes perfectly creamy and soft when fried.
Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry
Ground cherries are the sweeter, smaller and golden cousin to a tomatillo. Their small fruits are like tiny packages wrapped in a papery husk. When ripe they become a deep golden-yellow in color and their flavor is pineapple-meets-vanilla…
Old Carolina Tomato
The Nell Bryson tomato, also known as the Old Carolina Tomato, has two names because its full story is still being uncovered. What we do know however, is that…
King Philip Corn
When the seeds of the King Philip Corn were first grown by the Food Project farmers, outside of Lincoln, Massachusetts last year, it was as if the land itself was welcoming the corn back…
Early Scarlet Horn Carrot
The Early Scarlet Horn carrot is a special seed, and not only for its very sweet flavor, or even just because of its unusually fat, rounded shape, and ability to grow to well over 8 inches. It’s the land it comes from and the people who have grown it, that make it the unique seed that we have today…