Profound apologies if this has been mentioned already, but Petrini apparently wrote a letter explaining the controversial passage in question: http://blogs.menupages.com/sanfrancisco/2007/05/carlo_petrini_v_ferry_plaza_fa_1.html (120 replies, last updated by blackbirdpie January 3, 2008)

. The vision and mission statement of Slow Food USA, that food should be good, clean and just and brings community together (its founder Carlo Petrini coined the term ecogastronomy when it started back in 1986) was exemplified... (2 replies, last updated by anina September 7, 2008)

Mexico. The vision and mission statement of Slow Food USA, that food should be good, clean and just and brings community together (its founder Carlo Petrini coined the term ecogastronomy when it started back in 1986) was... (0 replies, last updated by anina September 7, 2008)

spoken in there. I went this past Monday after hearing Carlo Petrini (founder of Slow Food) speak at the Cowell Theater. Petrini and his whole Italian entourage went to A16 for dinner after as well. On the way out, I was waiting... (14 replies, last updated by Chris Rising October 14, 2005)

://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/csa/csa.shtml Other ideas: A gift certificate for Whole Foods or your local organic food market. Some “fair trade” coffee beans (here’s one link, but if you search “fair trade... (12 replies, last updated by MakingSense December 6, 2007)

with fresh cream. Scrumptious white sweet potato vichysoisse. Cheeses, cheeses, cheeses.... Wish I’d paid more attention to each thing I tasted, but it was such a beautiful evening, with so many interesting people to meet and... (11 replies, last updated by peetoteeto May 30, 2007)

Alice, You might want to head out to www.slowfood.com or www.slowfoodusa.org. Here’s a bit of history, courtesy of www.slowfood.com: "Slow Food was founded in Bra, in the Italian region of Piedmont in July 1986, with Carlo... (9 replies, last updated by Michael Florey -- St. Paul/MN January 14, 2005)

I would be interested to know what Slow Food’s take is on this issue. Carlo Petrini launched the movement while boycotting the opening of a McDonald’s in Rome in 1986. Slow Food advocates the preservation of food... (17 replies, last updated by mordacity February 13, 2009)

a mcdonalds at the roman steppes. carlo petrini, the founder, said 'we don’t need more fast food, we need more slow food', and thus the name was born. (29 replies, last updated by dullperson July 26, 2008)

about how over-priced the market is and that you can get better elsewhere. I never had the numbers or facts to back that up and compare. Then there was this recent to do with Carlo Petrini of Slow Food who said of Ferry Plaza.... (16 replies, last updated by rworange July 31, 2007)

try pat’s coffeeshop on burlingame ave in the shopping complex with the longs drugs and petrini's upscale supermarket. (24 replies, last updated by Nancy Berry October 12, 2002)

Alice Waters and Carlo Petrini to heap scorn on me. I will say, though, that being reminded of Victory Gardens has inspired me to grow more vegetables in my own back yard. You could probably feed America if you grew fruits and... (64 replies, last updated by Earl Grey September 5, 2008)

goes on…More... [QUOTE]Slow Food began as a jolly clique of leftist academics, entertainers, wine snobs, and pop stars, all friends of Ital­ian journalist and radio personality Carlo Petrini.[/QUOTE] I’ve often wondered what it is... (62 replies, last updated by Devotay April 4, 2008)

to mind for such a program would be Thomas Keller, Ferran Adria, Paul Bertolli, Alice Waters, David Myers, and Fergus Henderson (of St. John, in London). I would also add other non-chef movers and shakers and... (68 replies, last updated by HillJ September 30, 2006)

The very Spanish Steps where Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food, first took a stand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Petrini (115 replies, last updated by flourgirl August 5, 2008)