| So you've offered to bring a bottle of wine to a | | | | the pleasures of the table and to using our taste |
| dinner or party? Why not choose a local wine to | | | | buds as guides to seeking the highest |
| present at the table? You would be supporting the | | | | achievements in taste." It is primary a wine and |
| regional wine industry (a growing one at that), | | | | food association. |
| which would also make for a nice topic of | | | | In 1996, the movement shifted its attention from |
| conversation during dinner. | | | | gastronomy to ecology-this put the focus more |
| Although San Diego wines may be a little bit more | | | | on the land and farmers who produce artisanal |
| expensive than mass-produced wines, take the | | | | foods. Thus, it became important to know where |
| Slow Food approach and invest in saving San | | | | the food world from, who produced it, and how |
| Diego's unique taste. The Slow Food movement | | | | to secure a future for its existence. There are |
| was initiated in 1989 by a man named Carlo | | | | about 5,000 members of the Slow Food nation in |
| Petrini. | | | | the United States. The movement concentrates |
| Petrini came up with the idea for Slow Food after | | | | on holding tastings, listings, educational workshops, |
| a McDonald's fast food restaurant opened on the | | | | and major food events. |
| Spanish Steps in Rome. According to the hook | | | | Think of how sophisticated you'll seem when you |
| Slow Food (Petrini is the author), Slow Food began | | | | bring up the Slow Food movement at your next |
| as a "gastronomic organization developed to | | | | dinner party while enjoying a bottle I wine from a |
| rediscovering and protecting MM right to enjoying | | | | local vintner. |