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Tasty, Rare Foods That You Can Try
by Megan LarmerNext Tuesday – December 10 – is Terra Madre Day, a worldwide celebration of local food.This year, Slow Food invites you to celebrate by enjoying tasty, rare foods that are on the brink...
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Happy Holidays from Slow Food NYC
Help Slow Food NYC realize all of its extraordinary good, clean, fair food initiatives that help shape the way the City eats in 2014!Consider making a 100% tax-deductible contribution, either for...
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The 3rd Annual Slow Food Show
By Shari LittanOn December 8, 2013, Slow Food NYC, along with sponsors Fare Trade NYC, Inc. and Astor Center, hosted its Third Annual Slow Food Show. The producers were all small-scale and hands-on...
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GMO Labeling in New York State? You Can Help!
by Stacie OrellGMO Free NY (www.gmofreeny.net) is a NYC grassroots group allied with Food & Water Watch, NOFA-NY, Sierra Club AC, NRDC, NYPIRG, Green Party of NY, Consumers Union, Slow Food NYC,...
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The Farm Bill Everyone Can Hate
by Ed YowellThe Farm Bill is the five-year, omnibus bill that governs virtually every aspect of food and farming in the United States. The House of Representatives, on January 29, passed the new Farm...
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Producer Profiles: Love of JoJo
By Shari LittanSriracha is a chili sauce that results from the combination of simple ingredients: chili peppers, garlic, salt, sugar, and vinegar. In the U.S., the sauce gets its name from the region...
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Get Involved... Join the Slow Food USA Policy Task Force
We know that our individual choices support good, clean, and fair food. We also know that public food policy — at federal, state, and local levels — greatly influences what and how our food is produced...
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"Organic": Semantic Manipulation Examined
by Hillary LindsayThe meaning of the word "organic" has become a semantic debate that has changed and divided a movement. The discrepancies in the definition have led to many misconceptions about the...
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Book Review: "The Meat Racket" by Christopher Leonard
Christopher Leonard's new exposé on the chicken industry, The Meat Racket, doesn't devote much ink to the physical object on our plate, the chicken meat itself. Instead, Leonard focuses on the economic...
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Table To Farm: The Restaurant Returns to the Source
by Hillary LindsayJanuary 18th marked the third in a series of dinners by The Blooming Hill Farm Supper Club, featuring a team from NYC's Lupa Restaurant which has earned the Slow Food Snail of...
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Q+A with Rosemary Jorda, Event Director for Choice Eats
by Sherry ChenThe upcoming Choice Eats tasting extravaganza needs no introduction. This bacchanalia of food and drink is eagerly anticipated by city chowhounds for the impressive quality and breadth of...
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Eating Our Way Through Choice Eats 2014
By Sherry ChenOn March 25, 2014, The Village Voice hosted its Choice Eats tasting event and opened the doors of Basketball City @ Pier 36 to ravenous gluttons everywhere. The huge event space was...
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Vote for Slow Food NYC and help NYC kids
Slow Food NYC needs your help!Slow Food NYC’s Urban Harvest program has entered the Seeds of Change® Grant Program for an opportunity to receive one of 17 grants. These grants will be awarded to...
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Chipotle: The Hybrid Car of the Fast Food Industry
by Hillary LindsayThere's no doubt that Chipotle is making an effort to build an environmentally sustainable business, with farm fresh ingredients from local farms, but their priorities come into...
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Italian Culture Across Borders
by Hillary LindsayItalians have migrated around the world, carrying with them both cultural and culinary traditions. On April 23rd at the Bedford Cheese Shop, I explored this transnationalism of...
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edible Manhattan: Raising (Food On) the Roof at the Earth School
A jumble of picture books by the likes of Rachel Carson lean in a mostly organized fashion toward a life-size replica of a human skeleton, while newly hatched chicks chirp quietly in the corner of the...
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SFNYC Volunteer Opportunities
You have asked for volunteer opportunities—helping out at events and sharing your love for Good, Clean and Fair food in New York City. We have two upcoming opportunities and we hope you can join us at...
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First Annual Sustainable Seafood Shindig
By Hillary LindsayMay 7th of this year brought us the first annual Sustainable Seafood Shindig, hosted by Tom Colicchio and Sisha Ortúzar with the Crafted Hospitality Team, at Riverpark Restaurant....
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the (s)low down 2014 — Event Round-up
by Sherry ChenIt's not a Slow Food party until the locally sourced rabbit loses its head...One of the highlights of the (s)low down festivities was when Back Forty chef Michael Laarhoven demonstrated...
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The New York City Council will Support GMO Labeling in New York State, with...
As the Des Moines Register's editorial board recently declared: "It's time for Congress to require GMO labeling."When it comes down to it, Americans have a right to know what is in their food. Heavily...
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