to convert the website to a blog section." Pointing to the Terra Madre baseball cap she had on, I asked about her experiments with molecular gastronomy. Jackie said, "There is no conflict between organic and molecular gastronomy....

Just back from Terra Madre, the Slow Food conference held every other year in Turin. I didn’t get to see as much of the city as I would have liked, but here’s my take on what I did eat: Accommodation: Residence du Parc,...

? And are you going to Terra madre?

roasterie, a horse farm, writing several books and occasionally running for Vice President of the United States (yep, Nader’s running mate twice), is also a Terra Madre Delegate and winner of the 2003 Slow Food Award. The...

, and meanwhile we work to mitigate it. Look to our efforts on Slow Food in Schools, Terra Madre, Urban Gardens, etc. etc. Note especially SFChicago’s work to proliferate farmers' markets in its food-insecure neighborhoods....

We’re so happy. Our first crab of the season will be a dinner tonight with some local fishermen at a Slow Food crab “festival”. Nate Keller & his team (google) will be making dinner. Its a fundraiser to send...

Does New Seasons carry any of the olive oils that Jim imports? I’ve been buying the Sicilian Madre Terra from him, but he might be out of that for the year. As you probably know, you can also contact him through his website...

Actually when i looked deeper into Chow’s writeup of Terra Madre, I saw that Adria was a featured speaker. So they must have some common ground!

I do suggest something! Get an asada burrito at Rincon Taurino. I prefer the original location on Nordhoff and Van Nuys Blvd (the Terra Bella corner actually). They usually won’t speak English, so you gots ta order...

taste, about 40 minutes later, the prune, raspberry and beet aromas/flavours and supple texture had me wondering whether it wasn’t a cooked big Burgundy. Further aeration brought notes of herbs, dried cherries and terra...