A Literary Culinary Journal
by Jonell Galloway
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From artsy
Photo courtesy of Ilian
to philosophical and literary
The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture (Photo credit: elycefeliz)
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Wendell Berry speaking in Frankfort, Indiana
The Atlantic‘s Corby Kummer interviews Wendell Berry, food philosopher, poet and advocate as well as farmer; Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation; Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food; Vandana Shiva, philosopher, environmental activist, eco feminist, and advocate in the domain of agriculture and food; and Alice Waters, American chef, restaurateur, activist, and humanitarian.
Part 1 of this movie-interview lasts 1 hour 21 minutes, but is broken up into shorter segments, consisting of interviews with the people listed above. Part 2 lasts 53 minutes.
Click here to view documentaries Building a Slow Food Nation, Part 1 and Building a Slow Food Nation, Part 2.
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by Diana Zahuranec 
Salone del Gusto ended on Monday 29, but I can’t stop thinking about it.
Salone del Gusto, held in Turin, Italy, is a Slow Food biannual food fair and conference. To sum it up in these few words undermines everything else it is, too, and its importance as an event that brings together producers from all over the world. These are producers that grow ancient varieties of grain to save genetic biodiversity, that make Slow Food Presidia cheeses or salumi, that pipe their cannoli full of the freshest organic ricotta you’ve ever tasted, and whose principles and values align with your own and, it goes without saying, Slow Food’s – good, clean, and fair food for all.
The Slow Food mascotFor all things Slow Food, here are some links courtesy of Scoop.it and Slow Food. To understand a few of those words in the paragraph above, just look at the end of the article.
This year, Salone del Gusto was a marriage of the original Salone del Gusto, first held in 2006, and Terra Madre, first held in 2004. While both events had food artisans and producers from all over the world, different activities were held at each and were not all accessible to the public. Salone del Gusto focused more on the exposition and sale of high quality foods and products, while Terra Madre was a gathering of a network of food producers from around the world. Having never been to either of these before, I can’t offer judgment on the differences of before and after. What I would love to do is share my first-time impressions of this year’s.
To say Salone is a food fair means that, like your down-home county fair, the place is jumping with activity – with a few notable differences. The funnel cakes are replaced with French butter cookies in 20 different flavors, the groundhog whacking game is replaced with the foodie’s (divisive word, I know) form of fun, that is vertical Barolo wine tastings, and that feeling of riding the Zipper right after you eat your funnel cake is replaced by the feeling of pressing up against crowds right after you drink your Barolo wines.
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“David Korten explains that our existing industrial agriculture system receives essential public subsidies (and tax supports) that offset the real costs of energy, and food production. Without these supports, the global food system would no longer be economically viable. Who are the true beneficiaries of a food system that separates the eater from the source of their food? The large agribusiness corporations. Korten argues that both “peak oil” and climate change makes it imperative that we transition to a more localized food economy to insure continued access to adequate food supplies.”
It’s time we took our future into our own hands by supporting our local economies, learning to grow our own food, and generally rebuilding local food systems, by making the well-being of human beings more important and central in our lives than corporate earnings.
Click here to listen to The Capitalist Threat to Democracy, Part 1.
Click here to listen to Capitalism’s Threat to Democracy, Part 2.
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Baby’s Palate And Food Memories Shaped Before Birth, NPR
The 50 best gastro pubs, The Independent
Food for a Cause: Q&A: Chef Karl Wilder Talks About Living on Food Stamps, San Francisco Weekly
Indian Organic Farming, Video with Vandana Shiva , CNN
Bits on the side: supplemental charges: If a set menu is littered with supplemental charges is it still a set menu or just a slightly cynical way to draw in customers?, The Guardian
Lemon, Blueberry and Poppyseed Muffins, Life’s a Feast
Rabdi infused with saffron over summer berries, Indian Simmer
Sweet corn, chilies and burrata over fettucini, Local Lemons
Watermelon Sorbet, Taste Australia
Electronic Culinary Assistants, Trend Hunter
Baby’s Palate And Food Memories Shaped Before Birth, NPR
Food: From the Simple to the Sublime, Food, Food, Glorious Food
New York Times Food Critic Gives Commenters a Bad Review, The Atlantic Wire
Salon International des Chocolatiers et du Chocolat,
Zermatt’s “Madame Chocolat”, My Kugelhopf
Fall Festivals Highlight Spain’s Food, Wine and History, Travel Agent Central
China Full of Fakes, and not just shoes, clothing or jewelery, but also wine, Food News New Zealand
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Meet Jonell Galloway, a freelance writer and editor specialized in French cuisine. 
