Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food
Posted by Susan Ponsolle on 06-01-07In this hectic life, it's gratifying to slow down and enjoy an evening of cooking and hanging out with family and friends. It's also very difficult, which is why it must be done consciously. Slow Food USA suggests these simple pleasures:
- Join a local convivium
- Trace your food sources
- Visit a local farmers' market
- Join a CSA
- Invite a friend over to share a meal
- Visit a farm in your area
- Create a new food memory for a child! Let them plant seeds or harvest greens for a meal.
- Start a kitchen garden
- Learn your local food history! Find a food that is celebrated as being originally from or best grown/produced in your part of the country.
As each of us changes our pace in life, slowing down, we will have an effect on the whole. You can partake each time you enjoy one of the above pleasures.
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