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What is the Slow Food Movement?
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Sanyo ECJ-PX50S 5-Cup Micro-Computerized Pressure Rice Cooker and Steamer $249.99 Sanyo ECJ-PX50S Cooker & Steamer ecjpx50s Rice Cookers & Steamers… |
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Life in Slow Motion $1.50 On his seventh album (and first for Dave Matthews’ ATO label), David Gray refines his sonic palette with wonderful results. The first record made in a “real” studio and the first done with an outside producer (MOR hotshot Marius De Vries), it’s a nice improvement over 2002′s lukewarm, sparsely electronicized New Day at Midnight. There’s quite a bit of diversity afoot; “Hospital Food” begins with a… |
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The Complete Flanders & Swann $44.98 … |
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Siena and Assisi: Italy’s Grand Hill Towns $1.99 … |
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Applied Nutrition Dual Action Cleanse with Green Tea Fat Burner Bonus $18.24 Dual Action Cleanse is a two-part program, combining more than 50 botanical ingredients. It leaves you feeling internally cleansed and energized.Total Body Purifier:(Adult) Take one (1) tablet in the morning or at lunch with food and one (1) in the evening with food.Colon Clear Formula:(Adult) Everyone’s digestive system is different, so people respond differently to the Colon Clear Formula. Start… |
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NutriClean Aloe $19.99 As a part of the NutriClean family of detoxifying, cleansing and restorative dietary supplements, Aloe helps to further promote colon health after or during the use of our NutriClean Digestive, Liver and Colon Maintenance 7-Day Cleansing System. It can also be taken alone when one feels that his/her colon is functioning sluggishly. It promotes peristalsis, promoting movement of food through the di… |
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In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart $13.99 Sample Recipes from In the Green Kitchen by Lidia Bastianich, David Chang, and Thomas Keller Spaghettini with Garlic, Parsley & Olive Oil from Lidia Bastianich 2 servings This dish of Lidia’s is what I make for supper when I return home tired and hungry after traveling. I like it very plain, with lots of parsley, but you could spice it up by adding a pinch of dried chile flakes or… |
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Mission Street Food: Recipes and Ideas from an Improbable Restaurant $15.46 Mission Street Food is a restaurant. But it’s also a charitable organization, a taco truck, a burger stand, and a clubhouse for inventive cooks tucked inside an unassuming Chinese take-out place. In all its various incarnations, it upends traditional restaurant conventions, in search of moral and culinary satisfaction.Like Mission Street Food itself, this book is more than one thing: it’s a co… |
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Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair $11.95 By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling Fast Food Nation and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and Slow Food Nation steps up to the challenge. Here the charismatic leader of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, outlines many d… |
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American Conquest: Fight Back $9.99 Three Centuries of War In the year 1492, travel to America as Christopher Columbus and ignite the fire that will fan 300 years of heated battles for land, riches and freedom. In eight historical campaigns spanning 42 missions, you will play the role of great legends such as Pizarro and Washington, commanding epic real-time battles containing up to 16,000 soldiers on 3D landscapes…. |
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Articles On Slow Movement, including: Slow Food, Cittaslow, Slow Movement, Carl Honor , In Praise Of Slow, The Discovery Of Slowness, Terra Madre, University Of Gastronomic Sciences, Slow Science, Slow Programming, Slow Reading $18.75 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food $8.54 Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before Whole Foods organic produce was available at your local supermarket, Berry was farming with the purity of food in mind. For the last five decades, Berry has embodied mindful eating through his land practices and his writing. In recognition of that influence, Michael Pollan here offers an introduction to this wonderful collection.Drawn from over thirty years of work, this collection joins bestsellers The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Pollan, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, as essential reading for anyone who cares about what they eat. The essays address such concerns as: How does organic measure up against locally grown? What are the differences between small and large farms, and how does that affect what you put on your dinner table? What can you do to support sustainable agriculture?A progenitor of the Slow Food movement, Wendell Berry reminds us all to take the time to understand the basics of what we ingest. “Eating is an agriculture act,” he writes. Indeed, we are all players in the food economy. |
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Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food $14.95 Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before Whole Foods organic produce was available at your local supermarket, Berry was farming with the purity of food in mind. For the last five decades, Berry has embodied mindful eating through his land practices and his writing. In recognition of that influence, Michael Pollan here offers an introduction to this wonderful collection.Drawn from over thirty years of work, this collection joins bestsellers The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Pollan, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, as essential reading for anyone who cares about what they eat. The essays address such concerns as: How does organic measure up against locally grown? What are the differences between small and large farms, and how does that affect what you put on your dinner table? What can you do to support sustainable agriculture?A progenitor of the Slow Food movement, Wendell Berry reminds us all to take the time to understand the basics of what we ingest. “Eating is an agriculture act,” he writes. Indeed, we are all players in the food economy. |
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Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America $45 A definitive history of consumer activism, Buying Power traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our nation’s founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugurated a continuous series of consumer boycotts, campaigns for safe and ethical consumption, and efforts to make goods more broadly accessible. He explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Uncovering previously unknown episodes and analyzing famous events from a fresh perspective, Glickman illuminates moments when consumer activism intersected with political and civil rights movements. He also sheds new light on activists’ relationship with the consumer movement, which gave rise to lobbies like the National Consumers League and Consumers Union as well as ill-fated legislation to create a federal Consumer Protection Agency. |
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Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America $27.5 A definitive history of consumer activism, Buying Power traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our nation’s founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugurated a continuous series of consumer boycotts, campaigns for safe and ethical consumption, and efforts to make goods more broadly accessible. He explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Uncovering previously unknown episodes and analyzing famous events from a fresh perspective, Glickman illuminates moments when consumer activism intersected with political and civil rights movements. He also sheds new light on activists’ relationship with the consumer movement, which gave rise to lobbies like the National Consumers League and Consumers Union as well as ill-fated legislation to create a federal Consumer Protection Agency. |
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Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America $27.5 A definitive history of consumer activism, Buying Power traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our nation’s founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugurated a continuous series of consumer boycotts, campaigns for safe and ethical consumption, and efforts to make goods more broadly accessible. He explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Uncovering previously unknown episodes and analyzing famous events from a fresh perspective, Glickman illuminates moments when consumer activism intersected with political and civil rights movements. He also sheds new light on activists’ relationship with the consumer movement, which gave rise to lobbies like the National Consumers League and Consumers Union as well as ill-fated legislation to create a federal Consumer Protection Agency. |
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Cooking from the Garden: Best Recipes from Kitchen Gardener $18.3 Rising food prices, the slow food movement, and the green movement have revived interest in finding delicious food close to home. The backyard vegetable garden is making a comeback even in urban areas. Why grow grass (that you have to mow) when you can pick the best tasting tomatoes right outside your door? Taunton’s “Kitchen Gardener” magazine was ahead of its time in trying to raise the bar on food prepared with home-grown food. The recipes collected here are innovative and tasty, and most are relatively simple to prepare. Not only do they help home gardeners find ways to make use of abundance, they show how to do it with style and expertise. The recipes apply equally to good seasonal buys in the supermarket or farmer’s market as to produce from a home garden. |
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Cooking from the Garden: Best Recipes from Kitchen Gardener $29.95 Rising food prices, the slow food movement, and the green movement have revived interest in finding delicious food close to home. The backyard vegetable garden is making a comeback even in urban areas. Why grow grass (that you have to mow) when you can pick the best tasting tomatoes right outside your door? Taunton’s Kitchen Gardener magazine was ahead of its time in trying to raise the bar on food prepared with home-grown food. The recipes collected here are innovative and tasty, and most are relatively simple to prepare. Not only do they help home gardeners find ways to make use of abundance, they show how to do it with style and expertise. The recipes apply equally to good seasonal buys in the supermarket or farmer’s market as to produce from a home garden. |
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Earth to Table: Seasonal Recipes from an Organic Farm $21.86 From a founder of the Slow Food movement comes an extraordinary collection of reflections, beautiful photographs, and recipes that bring to life a year’s relationship between a restaurant and a local organic farm. |
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Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West $55 Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time; especially in the Western world. Over the past decade, in the face of historically unprecedented levels of consumer spending in the West – and the more recent threat of economic recession – a vigorous politics of anti-consumerism has emerged in a range of wealthy nations.This timely and original new book provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of what has come to be called the ‘new politics of consumption’; a politics embodied in movements such as culture jamming, simple living, slow food and fair trade. The book offers an examination of anti-consumerism at a time when the idea of ‘consumer excess’ is being re-framed by global recession, and crucially explores what this means for the future of the debates. Drawing on interviews with activists across three continents, and offering a refreshingly accessible discussion of contemporary commentary and theory, Kim Humphery sympathetically explores anti-consumerism as cultural interpretation, lifestyle change, and collective action. While analysing the positive advances of the anti-consumerist movement, Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West also challenges contemporary critical thinking on consumerism. Humphery takes issue with the return to theories of mass culture in the contemporary anti-consumerist polemic and with the tendency for critics to indulge in a high moralism, a pop psychologism, and a self-helpism, all directed more so at the individual as consumer than at the institutions of commercial and political power that drive the systems of consumption. Alternatively, Humphery begins to forge a politics of anti-consumerism that addresses the complexity of material acquisition, which avoids treating consumers as mere dupes in the logic of capitalism, viewing them instead as active participants in a culture which is capable of transformation. |
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Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West $24.95 Over-consumption is one of the key issues of our time; especially in the Western world. Over the past decade, in the face of historically unprecedented levels of consumer spending in the West – and the more recent threat of economic recession – a vigorous politics of anti-consumerism has emerged in a range of wealthy nations.This timely and original new book provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of what has come to be called the ‘new politics of consumption’; a politics embodied in movements such as culture jamming, simple living, slow food and fair trade. The book offers an examination of anti-consumerism at a time when the idea of ‘consumer excess’ is being re-framed by global recession, and crucially explores what this means for the future of the debates. Drawing on interviews with activists across three continents, and offering a refreshingly accessible discussion of contemporary commentary and theory, Kim Humphery sympathetically explores anti-consumerism as cultural interpretation, lifestyle change, and collective action. While analysing the positive advances of the anti-consumerist movement, Excess: Anti-consumerism in the West also challenges contemporary critical thinking on consumerism. Humphery takes issue with the return to theories of mass culture in the contemporary anti-consumerist polemic and with the tendency for critics to indulge in a high moralism, a pop psychologism, and a self-helpism, all directed more so at the individual as consumer than at the institutions of commercial and political power that drive the systems of consumption. Alternatively, Humphery begins to forge a politics of anti-consumerism that addresses the complexity of material acquisition, which avoids treating consumers as mere dupes in the logic of capitalism, viewing them instead as active participants in a culture which is capable of transformation. |
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Food Culture In Italy $55 There is keen interest in the exquisite yet simple Italian cuisine and Italian culture. This volume provides an intimate look at how Italians cook, eat, and think about food today. It describes the cornucopia of foodstuffs and classic ingredients. An overview of the typical daily routine of meals and snacks gives a good feel for the everyday life. The changing roles of women are explored with a discussion of the inroads that convenience foods are making. In addition, the current concerns about the food supply, the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and the slow food movement are tied in to the debates on these issues in the United States.Food is one of the main reasons why many Americans travel to Italy. Yet, the fascination with Italian cuisine is not all about health or taste. There is much more to it. Italian food is perceived and portrayed in the media as representing a whole lifestyle: Italians live la dolce vita, leisurely eating and drinking with friends and families, families are still important, and communities are close knit. The reality of Italian society is more complex, and this volume offers a balanced view of Italian culture and identity through its foodways. |
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Food Culture in Italy (Food Culture around the World Series) $55 There is keen interest in the exquisite yet simple Italian cuisine and Italian culture. This volume provides an intimate look at how Italians cook, eat, and think about food today. It describes the cornucopia of foodstuffs and classic ingredients. An overview of the typical daily routine of meals and snacks gives a good feel for the everyday life. The changing roles of women are explored with a discussion of the inroads that convenience foods are making. In addition, the current concerns about the food supply, the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and the slow food movement are tied in to the debates on these issues in the United States. Food is one of the main reasons why many Americans travel to Italy. Yet, the fascination with Italian cuisine is not all about health or taste. There is much more to it. Italian food is perceived and portrayed in the media as representing a whole lifestyle: Italians live la dolce vita, leisurely eating and drinking with friends and families, families are still important, and communities are close knit. The reality of Italian society is more complex, and this volume offers a balanced view of Italian culture and identity through its foodways. |
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Foods of Association: Biocultural Perspectives on Foods and Beverages that Mediate Sociability $50.1 “We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” —EpicurusThis fascinating book examines the biology and culture of foods and beverages that are consumed in communal settings, with special attention to their health implications. Nina Etkin covers a wealth of topics, exploring human evolutionary history, the Slow Food movement, ritual and ceremonial foods, caffeinated beverages, spices, the street foods of Hawaii and northern Nigeria, and even bottled water. Her work is framed by a biocultural perspective that considers both the physiological implications of consumption and the cultural construction and circulation of foods. For Etkin, the foods and beverages we consume are simultaneously “biodynamic substances and cultural objects.”The book begins with a look at the social eating habits of our primate relatives and discusses our evolutionary adaptations. It then offers a history of social foods in the era of European expansion, with a focus on spices and “caffeinated cordials.” (Of course, there were some powerful physiological consequences of eating foods brought home by returning explorers, and those are considered too—along with consequences for native peoples.) From there, the book describes “street food,” which is always served in communal settings. Etkin then scrutinizes ceremonial foods and beverages, and considers their pharmacological effects as well. Her extensive examination concludes by assessing the biological and cultural implications of bottled water.While intended primarily for scholars, this enticing book serves up a tantalizing smorgasbord of food for thought. |
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Go Slow Italy $18.01 Italy, the birthplace of the Slow movement and the home of Slow Food, is a natural as the second destination in our new Slow series. Alastair Sawday has handpicked forty-six exceptional places to stay-places where attention is lavished on some of the most important things in life: convivial meals, community, a respect for the environment, and a celebration of regional distinctiveness. From the mountainous north, through cypressdotted Tuscany, and on down to the gutsy, colorful south, you’ll discover innkeepers and cooks that have an unmatched passion for Slow Travel and Slow Food, and whose hospitality embody their commitment to the finest accommodations and food. “Go Slow Italy “celebrates fascinating people, fine architecture, history, landscape, and real food. |
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Go Slow Italy $5.76 Italy, the birthplace of the Slow movement and the home of Slow Food, is a natural as the second destination in our new Slow series. Alastair Sawday has handpicked forty-six exceptional places to stay–places where attention is lavished on some of the most important things in life: convivial meals, community, a respect for the environment, and a celebration of regional distinctiveness. From the mountainous north, through cypressdotted Tuscany, and on down to the gutsy, colorful south, you’ll discover innkeepers and cooks that have an unmatched passion for Slow Travel and Slow Food, and whose hospitality embody their commitment to the finest accommodations and food. Go Slow Italy celebrates fascinating people, fine architecture, history, landscape, and real food. |
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Ingredients (Full Frame) $19.96 Inspiring and rich, “Ingredients” unearths the roots of the local food movement and digs into the stories of the chefs, farmers and activists transforming our broken food system. This upbeat, beautifully-photographed film introduces us to the verdant farms and pioneering restaurants where good food is produced and served. From innovative farm-to-table programs in Harlem to picturesque sheep farms in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, “Ingredients” shows the heart of an alternative food system – healthy, sustainable and tasty. Through interviews with world-class chefs such as Alice Waters and Greg Higgins and sustainability-minded farmers in Oregon, New York and Ohio, “Ingredients” weaves an uplifting tale that is equal parts earthy rebellion and mouth-watering homage. Narrated by Bebe Neuwirth and directed by Robert Bates, “Ingredients” is a fun, open-minded film that will satiate both veteran slow-food fans and the uninitiated alike. Extended Interview with Alice Waters, “Slow Food vs. Fast Food”, 4 Seasonal Stories. |
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Inquiries Into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered $9.58 Could there ever be an alternative stock exchange dedicated to slow, small, and local? Could a million American families get their food from CSAs? What if you had to invest 50 percent of your assets within 50 miles of where you live?Such questions-at the heart of slow money-represent the first steps on our path to a new economy.Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money presents an essential new strategy for investing in local food systems and introduces a group of fiduciary activists who are exploring what should come after industrial finance and industrial agriculture. Theirs is a vision for investing that puts soil fertility into return-on-investment calculations and serves people and place as much at it serves industry sectors and markets.Leading the charge is Woody Tasch-whose decades of work as a venture capitalist, foundation treasurer, and entrepreneur now shed new light on a truer, more beautiful, more prudent kind of fiduciary responsibility. He offers an alternative vision to the dusty old industrial concepts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when dollars, and the businesses they financed, lost their connection to place; slow money, on the other hand, is firmly rooted in the new economic, social, and environmental realities of the 21st century.Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money is a call to action for designing capital markets built around not extraction and consumption but preservation and restoration.Is it a movement or is it an investment strategy? Yes. |
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Insight Guide Arizona & the Grand Canyon $14.66 Insight Guides, the world’s largest visual travel guide series, capture the unique character of each region and culture with a perspective only an insider can provide. Features [[ New cover and rounded spine [[ Comprehensively updated with new, fresh design and restructured text for easier access; fully illustrated listings section [[ Updated “Best of” section detailing the editor’s top recommendations [[ expanded coverage of main attractions, cross-referenced to detailed full-color mapping [[ Hundreds of vivid new photographs [[ More than 200 new restaurant and bar reviews [[ emphasis on the local food/Slow Food movement, with information on farmers’ markets, organic restaurants, and Arizona’s wine country [[ Coverage of “green resorts,” a big trend in Arizona’s tourism as lodgings reduce their environmental footprint and offer locally raised foods. |
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Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert $99.99 The Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert is a simple and functional way to add storage to your kitchen. No need to slow down because of crowded food prep areas and not enough work space; this cart gets your microwave off the counter and gives it a space of its own. The open insert space is just right for most standard microwave ovens, at 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches. And you’ve got room for other things, too: a convenient drawer and two cabinet doors (complete with 1 adjustable shelf and 3 fixed shelves inside) keep towels, utensils, and other odds and ends close at hand. What kitchen can’t use that? This cart is made from high-impact engineered laminate woods in your choice of finish colors, and measures 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches. Four casters (two locking) make it easily portable, too. Assembly is required. Laminate wood construction Available in your choice of finishes 2 doors and 1 storage drawer 1 adjustable and 3 fixed shelves Sits on 4 casters for easy movement Microwave insert: 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches Total dimensions: 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches |
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Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert $99.99 The Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert is a simple and functional way to add storage to your kitchen. No need to slow down because of crowded food prep areas and not enough work space; this cart gets your microwave off the counter and gives it a space of its own. The open insert space is just right for most standard microwave ovens, at 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches. And you’ve got room for other things, too: a convenient drawer and two cabinet doors (complete with 1 adjustable shelf and 3 fixed shelves inside) keep towels, utensils, and other odds and ends close at hand. What kitchen can’t use that? This cart is made from high-impact engineered laminate woods in your choice of finish colors, and measures 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches. Four casters (two locking) make it easily portable, too. Assembly is required. Laminate wood construction Available in your choice of finishes 2 doors and 1 storage drawer 1 adjustable and 3 fixed shelves Sits on 4 casters for easy movement Microwave insert: 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches Total dimensions: 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches |
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Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert $99.99 The Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert is a simple and functional way to add storage to your kitchen. No need to slow down because of crowded food prep areas and not enough work space; this cart gets your microwave off the counter and gives it a space of its own. The open insert space is just right for most standard microwave ovens, at 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches. And you’ve got room for other things, too: a convenient drawer and two cabinet doors (complete with 1 adjustable shelf and 3 fixed shelves inside) keep towels, utensils, and other odds and ends close at hand. What kitchen can’t use that? This cart is made from high-impact engineered laminate woods in your choice of finish colors, and measures 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches. Four casters (two locking) make it easily portable, too. Assembly is required. Laminate wood construction Available in your choice of finishes 2 doors and 1 storage drawer 1 adjustable and 3 fixed shelves Sits on 4 casters for easy movement Microwave insert: 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches Total dimensions: 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches |
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Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert $99.99 The Microwave Cart with Microwave Insert is a simple and functional way to add storage to your kitchen. No need to slow down because of crowded food prep areas and not enough work space; this cart gets your microwave off the counter and gives it a space of its own. The open insert space is just right for most standard microwave ovens, at 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches. And you’ve got room for other things, too: a convenient drawer and two cabinet doors (complete with 1 adjustable shelf and 3 fixed shelves inside) keep towels, utensils, and other odds and ends close at hand. What kitchen can’t use that? This cart is made from high-impact engineered laminate woods in your choice of finish colors, and measures 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches. Four casters (two locking) make it easily portable, too. Assembly is required. Laminate wood construction Available in your choice of finishes 2 doors and 1 storage drawer 1 adjustable and 3 fixed shelves Sits on 4 casters for easy movement Microwave insert: 22.75W x 15D x 13.75H inches Total dimensions: 24W x 16D x 45.5H inches |
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My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned His Big-City Backyard into a Farm $16.99 For seven months, Manny Howard—a lifelong urbanite—woke up every morning and ventured into his eight-hundred-square-foot backyard to maintain the first farm in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in generations. His goal was simple: to subsist on what he could produce on this farm, and only this farm, for at least a month. The project came at a time in Manny’s life when he most needed it—even if his family, and especially his wife, seemingly did not. But a farmer’s life, he discovered—after a string of catastrophes, including a tornado, countless animal deaths (natural, accidental, and inflicted), and even a severed finger—is not an easy one. And it can be just as hard on those he shares it with. Manny’s James Beard Foundation Award–winning New York magazine cover story—the impetus for this project—began as an assessment of the locavore movement. We now think more about what we eat than ever before, buying organic for our health and local for the environment, often making those decisions into political statements in the process. My Empire of Dirt is a ground-level examination—trenchant, touching, and outrageous—of the cultural reflex to control one of the most elemental aspects of our lives: feeding ourselves. Unlike most foodies with a farm fetish, Manny didn’t put on overalls with much of a philosophy in mind, save a healthy dose of skepticism about some of the more doctrinaire tendencies of locavores. He did not set out to grow all of his own food because he thought it was the right thing to do or because he thought the rest of us should do the same. Rather, he did it because he was just crazy enough to want to find out how hard it would actually be to take on a challenge based on a radical interpretation of a trendy (if well-meaning) idea and see if he could rise to the occasion. A chronicle of the experiment that took slow-food to the extreme, My Empire of |
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My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned His Big-City Backyard into a Farm $25 For seven months, Manny Howard—a lifelong urbanite—woke up every morning and ventured into his eight-hundred-square-foot backyard to maintain the first farm in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in generations. His goal was simple: to subsist on what he could produce on this farm, and only this farm, for at least a month. The project came at a time in Manny’s life when he most needed it—even if his family, and especially his wife, seemingly did not. But a farmer’s life, he discovered—after a string of catastrophes, including a tornado, countless animal deaths (natural, accidental, and inflicted), and even a severed finger—is not an easy one. And it can be just as hard on those he shares it with. Manny’s James Beard Foundation Award–winning New York magazine cover story—the impetus for this project—began as an assessment of the locavore movement. We now think more about what we eat than ever before, buying organic for our health and local for the environment, often making those decisions into political statements in the process. My Empire of Dirt is a ground-level examination—trenchant, touching, and outrageous—of the cultural reflex to control one of the most elemental aspects of our lives: feeding ourselves. Unlike most foodies with a farm fetish, Manny didn’t put on overalls with much of a philosophy in mind, save a healthy dose of skepticism about some of the more doctrinaire tendencies of locavores. He did not set out to grow all of his own food because he thought it was the right thing to do or because he thought the rest of us should do the same. Rather, he did it because he was just crazy enough to want to find out how hard it would actually be to take on a challenge based on a radical interpretation of a trendy (if well-meaning) idea and see if he could rise to the occasion. A chronicle of the experiment that took slow-food to the extreme, My Empire of |
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Recipes for Relaxed Italian Eating $1.99 The antidote to the fast-food habit is relaxed dining, and this tempting collection of 88 Italian recipes just might turn the nation towards a more satisfying, less stressful way of eating, one reader at a time. Valentina Harris-the renowned author ofRisotto! Risotto!and a leader in the burgeoning slow food movement-shows how to bring real pleasure back to the table through simple home cooking with good, seasonal ingredients that are produced as locally as possible. The dishes themselves, while easy to prepare, showcase luscious Italian fare that everyone will love and want to linger over-among them: Torta Margherita, Focaccia Ripiena, Farinata, Timballo di Pasta, and Cassata. These are recipes to relax into and enjoy making as much as eating! |
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Rosy Boa $119.99 Rosy boas are docile, slow moving snakes which seldom bite, have a wide spectrum of interesting colors and stripe patterns, and are generally easy to maintain. They can live 15 years or more! Unless breeding, these snakes should be housed one to a habitat. Visit our Snake guide to learn more about the traits and behaviors that make snakes great pets, plus find care information and the products you’ll need to keep them healthy and happy. PetSmart offers several snake species. Here’s some information to help you make an educated decision about which snake will best fit your family. Things to remember Handling Give your snake 3-4 days to adjust to his new home, then try holding him for brief periods of time. Hold your snake gently but firmly trying not to constrict his movement, but rather allow him to move between your two hands (using the hand over hand handling method). Most snakes will calm down and move more slowly when allowed some initial free movement. Rosy boas rarely bite, but don’t handle your snake during feeding time or when he is shedding. Frozen mice Rosy boas will obtain all of the nutrition they need from the laboratory-grown frozen/thawed mice available in the PetSmart fish department freezer. Choosing the right size of frozen rodent is easy; choose the one with a body circumference closest to the size of the thickest part of your snake’s body. Feeding amounts & frequency Feed young snakes 2-3 times a week. Offer adults food once a week. Water Provide a water dish large enough for the snake to submerge itself in. Change water daily. Housing Rosy boas can be maintained in a 10-gallon habitat or smaller plastic pet container as juveniles, a |
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Rural Free: A Farmwife’s Almanac of Country Living $9.5 Rural Free, first published in 1961, beautifully conveys the joys of family life on an Indiana farm. Marked by the slow pace and rich variety of seasonal change, Rachel Peden’s narrative offers an authentic month-by-month chronicle of her family’s daily adventures. Today, as the slow-food movement gathers support and more urban dwellers return to the land to plant roots again in honest soil, Peden’s stories of country life and her lessons on sustainability, frugality, and wastefulness gain a special resonance. Rural Free will be a source of inspiration for all who rejoice in rural virtues and the spiritual freedom of country life. |
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Sand Boa $99.99 Sand boas can live 15 years or more! They are docile, slow moving snakes which seldom bite, have a wide spectrum of interesting colors and stripe patterns, and are generally easy to maintain. Unless breeding, these snakes should be housed one to a habitat. Visit our Snake guide to learn more about the traits and behaviors that make snakes great pets, plus find care information and the products you’ll need to keep them healthy and happy. PetSmart offers several snake species. Here’s some information to help you make an educated decision about which snake will best fit your family. Things to remember Handling Give your snake 3-4 days to adjust to his new home, then try holding him for brief periods of time. Hold your snake gently but firmly trying not to constrict his movement, but rather allow him to move between your two hands (using the hand over hand handling method). Most snakes will calm down and move more slowly when allowed some initial free movement. Sand boas rarely bite, but don’t handle your snake during feeding time or when he is shedding. Frozen mice Sand boas will obtain all of the nutrition they need from the laboratory-grown frozen/thawed mice available in the PetSmart fish department freezer. Choosing the right size of frozen rodent is easy; choose the one with a body circumference closest to the size of the thickest part of your snake’s body. Feeding amounts & frequency Feed young snakes 2-3 times a week. Offer adults food once a week. Water Provide a water dish large enough for the snake to submerge itself in. Change water daily. Housing Sand boas can be maintained in a 10-gallon habitat or smaller plastic pet container as juveniles, and i |
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Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living $0.99 “Conventional wisdom,” says Roger Housden, “tells us that nobody goes to heaven for having a good time.” Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living, then, is a refreshing, liberating, and decidedly welcome dose of unconventional wisdom that awakens us to the simple delights and transformative joys of the world around us.With elegance, gentle humor, and remarkable openness, Housden takes us along as he recalls his personal journey toward an appreciation of what he calls the Seven Pleasures: The Pleasure of All Five Senses, The Pleasure of Being Foolish,The Pleasure of Not Knowing, The Pleasure of Not Being Perfect, The Pleasure of Doing Nothing Useful, The Pleasure of Being Ordinary, and The Pleasure of Coming Home.Housden writes, for instance, of submitting to the ultimate folly of falling in love, of celebrating our imperfections, of coming to understand the virtues of the Slow Food movement while enjoying an all-afternoon lunch in a small French village, and of discovering in a Saharan cave that, however extraordinary our surroundings, “we are human, a glorious nothing much to speak of”—and learning to be at peace with the notion.Such pleasures may be suspect in today’s achievement-driven, tightly scheduled, relent-lessly self-improving, conspicuously consumptive culture, but surely the greater sin lies in letting them slip away moment by precious moment. “The purpose of this book,” says Housden, “is to inspire you to lighten up and fall in love with the world and all that is in it.” Reading it is a pleasure indeed.“When you die,God and the angels will hold you accountablefor all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.”Roger Housden, author of the bestselling Ten Poems series, presents a joyously affirmative, warmly personal, and spiritually illuminating meditation on the virtues of opening ourselves up to pleasures like being foolish, |
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Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living $11.99 “Conventional wisdom,” says Roger Housden, “tells us that nobody goes to heaven for having a good time.” Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living, then, is a refreshing, liberating, and decidedly welcome dose of unconventional wisdom that awakens us to the simple delights and transformative joys of the world around us.With elegance, gentle humor, and remarkable openness, Housden takes us along as he recalls his personal journey toward an appreciation of what he calls the Seven Pleasures: The Pleasure of All Five Senses, The Pleasure of Being Foolish,The Pleasure of Not Knowing, The Pleasure of Not Being Perfect, The Pleasure of Doing Nothing Useful, The Pleasure of Being Ordinary, and The Pleasure of Coming Home.Housden writes, for instance, of submitting to the ultimate folly of falling in love, of celebrating our imperfections, of coming to understand the virtues of the Slow Food movement while enjoying an all-afternoon lunch in a small French village, and of discovering in a Saharan cave that, however extraordinary our surroundings, “we are human, a glorious nothing much to speak of”—and learning to be at peace with the notion.Such pleasures may be suspect in today’s achievement-driven, tightly scheduled, relent-lessly self-improving, conspicuously consumptive culture, but surely the greater sin lies in letting them slip away moment by precious moment. “The purpose of this book,” says Housden, “is to inspire you to lighten up and fall in love with the world and all that is in it.” Reading it is a pleasure indeed.“When you die,God and the angels will hold you accountablefor all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.”Roger Housden, author of the bestselling Ten Poems series, presents a joyously affirmative, warmly personal, and spiritually illuminating meditation on the virtues of opening ourselves up to pleasures like being foolish, |
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Simply Bishop’s: Easy Seasonal Recipes $22.95 An early proponent of the slow food movement, chef John Bishop believes in simple, elegant food made from local ingredients. His philosophy, talent, and impeccable taste have won him rave reviews at Bishop’s Restaurant; now, his dishes are available to home cooks through this outstanding cookbook. Organized by course, and mindful of the seasonality of all ingredients, “Simply Bishop’s” offers flavorful, down-to-earth fare for those looking to eat local while enjoying excellent food. |
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Slow Food Nation: A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat $22.5 By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling Fast Food Nation and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and Slow Food Nation steps up to the challenge. Here the charismatic leader of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, outlines many different routes by which we may take back control of our food. The three central principles of the Slow Food plan are these: food must be sustainably produced in ways that are sensitive to the environment, those who produce the food must be fairly treated, and the food must be healthful and delicious. In his travels around the world as ambassador for Slow Food, Petrini has witnessed firsthand the many ways that native peoples are feeding themselves without making use of the harmful methods of the industrial complex. He relates the wisdom to be gleaned from local cultures in such varied places as Mongolia, Chiapas, Sri Lanka, and Puglia. Amidst our crisis, it is critical that Americans look for insight from other cultures around the world and begin to build a new and better way of eating in our communities here. |
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Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, and Fair $14.69 By now most of us are aware of the threats looming in the food world. The best-selling “Fast Food Nation” and other recent books have alerted us to such dangers as genetically modified organisms, food-borne diseases, and industrial farming. Now it is time for answers, and “Slow Food Nation” steps up to the challenge. Here the charismatic leader of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, outlines many different routes by which we may take back control of our food. The three central principles of the Slow Food plan are these: food must be sustainably produced in ways that are sensitive to the environment, those who produce the food must be fairly treated, and the food must be healthful and delicious. In his travels around the world as ambassador for Slow Food, Petrini has witnessed firsthand the many ways that native peoples are feeding themselves without making use of the harmful methods of the industrial complex. He relates the wisdom to be gleaned from local cultures in such varied places as Mongolia, Chiapas, Sri Lanka, and Puglia. Amidst our crisis, it is critical that Americans look for insight from other cultures around the world and begin to build a new and better way of eating in our communities here. |
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Slow Food: The Case for Taste $1.53 Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization’s goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As Newsweek described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for “a kinder and gentler capitalism.” |
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Slow Food: The Case for Taste $12.2 “Slow Food” is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization’s goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As “Newsweek” described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for “a kinder and gentler capitalism.” |
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Slow Food: The Case for Taste $13.99 Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization’s goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As Newsweek described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for “a kinder and gentler capitalism.” |
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Slow Food: The Case for Taste $16.95 Slow Food is poised to revolutionize the way Americans shop for groceries, prepare and consume their meals, and think about food. The book not only recalls the origins, first steps, and international expansion of the movement from the perspective of its founder, it is also a powerful expression of the organization’s goal of engendering social reform through the transformation of our attitudes about food and eating. As Newsweek described it, the Slow Food movement has now become the basis for an alternative to the American rat race, the inspiration for “a kinder and gentler capitalism.” |
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Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and All Seasons $29.95 Thanks to the resurgence of home and community gardening, more and more people are discovering the pleasure of biting into a sun-ripened tomato picked right off the vine, the earthy smell of freshly turned soil, and the cheerful harbingers of spring such as daffodils, irises, and pansies. But they are also discovering that gardening can be a heck of a lot of work. So what happens when keeping up with the weeds turns into a full-time job? What do you do when gardening becomes stressful?Slow Gardening to the rescue! Inspired by Slow Food, an international movement that promotes local food systems and biological and cultural diversity, the slow-gardening approach can help us all appreciate and enjoy our gardens more, year in and year out.Felder Rushing, a well-known and truly one-of-a-kind garden expert, offers this practical yet philosophical approach to gardening – one that will help you slow down, take stock of your yard, and follow your own creative whimsy in the garden.Slow Gardening will inspire you to slip into the rhythm of the seasons, take it easy, and get more enjoyment out of your garden, all at the same time. |
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Slow Gardening: A No-Stress Philosophy for All Senses and All Seasons $19.3 Thanks to the resurgence of home and community gardening, more and more people are discovering the pleasure of biting into a sun-ripened tomato picked right off the vine, the earthy smell of freshly turned soil, and the cheerful harbingers of spring such as daffodils, irises, and pansies. But they are also discovering that gardening can be a heck of a lot of work. So what happens when keeping up with the weeds turns into a full-time job? What do you do when gardening becomes stressful?”Slow Gardening” to the rescue! Inspired by Slow Food, an international movement that promotes local food systems and biological and cultural diversity, the slow-gardening approach can help us all appreciate and enjoy our gardens more, year in and year out.Felder Rushing, a well-known and truly one-of-a-kind garden expert, offers this practical yet philosophical approach to gardening – one that will help you slow down, take stock of your yard, and follow your own creative whimsy in the garden.”Slow Gardening” will inspire you to slip into the rhythm of the seasons, take it easy, and get more enjoyment out of your garden, all at the same time. |
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Slow Living $1.99 Speed is the essence of the modern era, but our faster, more frenetic lives often trouble us and leave us wondering how we are meant to live in today’s world. Slow Living explores the philosophy and politics of ‘slowness’ as it investigates the growth of Slow Food into a worldwide, ‘eco-gastronomic’ movement. Originating in Italy, Slow Food is not only committed to the preservation of traditional cuisines and sustainable agriculture but also the pleasures of the table and a slower approach to life in general. Craig and Parkins argue that slow living is a complex response to processes of globalization. It connects ethics and pleasure, the global and the local, as part of a new emphasis on everyday life in contemporary culture and politics. The ‘global everyday’ is not a simple tale of speed and geographical dislocation. Instead, we all negotiate different times and spaces that make our quality of life and an ‘ethics of living’ more pressing concerns. This innovative book shows how slow living is about the challenges of living a more mindful and pleasurable life. |
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Slow Travel and Tourism $134 It is widely recognized that travel and tourism can have a high environmental impact and make a major contribution to climate change. It is therefore vital that ways to reduce these impacts are developed and implemented. ‘Slow travel’ provides such a concept, drawing on ideas from the ‘slow food’ movement with a concern for locality, ecology and quality of life. The aim of this book is to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values are likely to pervade new forms of sustainable development. It also aims to provide insights into the travel experience; these are explored in several chapters which bring new knowledge about sustainable transport tourism from across the world. In order to do this the book explores the concept of slow travel and sets out its core ingredients, comparing it with related frameworks such as low-carbon tourism and sustainable tourism development. The authors explain slow travel as holiday travel where air and car transport is rejected in favour of more environmentally benign forms of overland transport, which generally take much longer and become incorporated as part of the holiday experience. The book critically examines the key trends in tourism transport and recent climate change debates, setting out the main issues facing tourism planners. It reviews the potential for new consumption patterns, as well as current business models that facilitate hyper-mobility. This provides a cutting edge critique of the ‘upstream’ drivers to unsustainable tourism. Finally, the authors illustrate their approach through a series of case studies from around the world, featuring travel by train, bus, cycling and walking. Examples are drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Cases include the Eurostar train (as an alternative to air travel), walking in the Appalachian Trail (US), the Euro-Velo network of long-distance cycling routes, canoe tours on the Gudena River in Denmark, sea kayaking in British Columbia (Canada) and the |
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Slow Travel and Tourism $32.51 It is widely recognized that travel and tourism can have a high environmental impact and make a major contribution to climate change. It is therefore vital that ways to reduce these impacts are developed and implemented. ‘Slow travel’ provides such a concept, drawing on ideas from the ‘slow food’ movement with a concern for locality, ecology and quality of life. The aim of this book is to define slow travel and to discuss how some underlining values are likely to pervade new forms of sustainable development. It also aims to provide insights into the travel experience; these are explored in several chapters which bring new knowledge about sustainable transport tourism from across the world. In order to do this the book explores the concept of slow travel and sets out its core ingredients, comparing it with related frameworks such as low-carbon tourism and sustainable tourism development. The authors explain slow travel as holiday travel where air and car transport is rejected in favour of more environmentally benign forms of overland transport, which generally take much longer and become incorporated as part of the holiday experience. The book critically examines the key trends in tourism transport and recent climate change debates, setting out the main issues facing tourism planners. It reviews the potential for new consumption patterns, as well as current business models that facilitate hyper-mobility. This provides a cutting edge critique of the ‘upstream’ drivers to unsustainable tourism. Finally, the authors illustrate their approach through a series of case studies from around the world, featuring travel by train, bus, cycling and walking. Examples are drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Cases include the Eurostar train (as an alternative to air travel), walking in the Appalachian Trail (US), the Euro-Velo network of long-distance cycling routes, canoe tours on the Gudena River in Denmark, sea kayaking in British Columbia (Canada) and the |
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Terra Madre: Forging a New Global Network of Sustainable Food Communities $2.73 More than twenty years ago, when Italian Carlo Petrini learned that McDonald’s wanted to erect its golden arches next to the Spanish Steps in Rome, he developed an impassioned response: he helped found the Slow Food movement. Since then, Slow Food has become a worldwide phenomenon, inspiring the likes of Alice Waters and Michael Pollan. Now, it’s time to take the work of changing the way people grow, distribute, and consume food to a new level.On a global scale, as Petrini tells us in Terra Madre, we aren’t eating food. Food is eating us.Large-scale industrial agriculture has run rampant and penetrated every corner of the world. The price of food is fixed by the rules of the market, which have neither concern for quality nor respect for producers. People have been forced into standardized, unnatural diets, and aggressive, chemical-based agriculture is ravaging ecosystems from the Great Plains to the Kalahari. Food has been stripped of its meaning, reduced to a mere commodity, and its mass production is contributing to injustice all over the world.In Terra Madre, Petrini shows us a solution in the thousands of newly formed local alliances between food producers and food consumers. And he proposes expanding these alliances-connecting regional food communities around the world to promote good, clean, and fair food.The end goal is a world in which communities are entitled to food sovereignty-allowed to choose not only what they want to grow and eat, but also how they produce and distribute it. |
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The Earth $14.95 Now more than ever, people are actively looking for ways to incorporate greener habits into their lives. But where do we begin? The answers lie in The Earth Handbook, a green guide that helps make everyday extraordinary. This innovative handbook offers daily tips for living a greener lifestyle, beginning with “Turning Over a New Leaf” in January, and finishing with “As the Year Ends” in December. Daily entries also focus on a variety of environmental issues and show you how you can make a difference . . . whether it’s learning about the plight of polar bears, rechargeable batteries, nuclear disasters, or baking homemade bread. Eat local! Learn how to source ethical, local, organic produce; join the Slow Food Movement; and discover what genetically modified food really means. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and respect! Make your own eco-friendly toiletries and household cleaners, construct a compost heap, and throw the ultimate garage sale. |
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The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State $19.3 The Wisconsin Historical Society published Harva Hachten’s “The Flavor of Wisconsin” in 1981. It immediately became an invaluable resource on Wisconsin foods and foodways. This updated and expanded edition explores the multitude of changes in the food culture since the 1980s. Well-known regional food expert and author Terese Allen examines aspects of food, cooking, and eating that have changed or emerged since the first edition, including the explosion of farmers’ markets; organic farming and sustainability; the “slow food” movement; artisanal breads, dairy, herb growers, and the like; and how relatively recent immigrants have contributed to Wisconsin’s remarkably rich food scene. |
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The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes $0.25 In a world increasingly dominated by fast food, The Pleasures of Slow Food celebrates heritage recipes, artisan traditions, and the rapid evolution of a movement to make good food a part of everyday life. Slow Food is defined by how its made: if its allowed to ripen before its harvested, prepared by hand and enjoyed among friends, its Slow Food. Its a philosophy, a way to farm, a way to cook…a way to live. Its also the name of a 65,000-strong international movement, numbering among its members some of the most distinguished names in the food world. The Pleasures of Slow Food showcases over 60 recipes from the worlds most innovative chefs for dishes that feature local handmade ingredients and traditional cooking methods. Premier food writer Corby Kummer also profiles Slow Foods luminaries, such as Italian cheese maker Roberto Rubino and Canadian Karl Kaiser, who makes sweet ice-wine. Pairing fantastic recipes with engaging stories, The Pleasures of Slow Food brings the best of the food world to the kitchen table. |
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The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure $19.95 The Slow Food movement was established in Italy as a response to the dominance of fast food chains, supermarkets, and large-scale agribusiness. Defending “the universal right to pleasure,” it promotes food production and consumption based on “good, clean, and fair” local products. In twenty years Slow Food has grown into an international organisation with more than 80,000 members in over 100 countries. With roots in the 1960s and 1970s counter-culture, Slow Food’s distinctive politics link gastronomic pleasure and environmental responsibility. The movement crosses the left-right divide to embrace both the conservative desire to preserve traditional rural communities and an alternative “virtuous” idea of globalisation. In the first in-depth study of the fascinating politics of Slow Food, Geoff Andrews shows that the alternative future it offers can be extended to all aspects of modern life. The Slow Food Story is an extensive critique of the fast-moving, work-obsessed contemporary capitalist culture. |
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The Soup Peddler’s Slow and Difficult Soups: Recipes and Reveries $0.99 With just a yellow bike, a used trailer, and a few two-quart containers of homemade gumbo, David Ansel began peddling soupto his friends and neighbors in the free-spirited community of Bouldin Creek in Austin, Texas. He dubbed his loyal customers "Soupies," and as word of his grassroots soup service spread, his delivery roster grew into a veritable Cult of the Bowl.THE SOUP PEDDLERS SLOW & DIFFICULT SOUPS is Davids heart- and belly-warming story of his first soup season peddling to the slacker-philosophers, artist-activists, and celebrity-eccentrics of Bouldin Creek. On his route, youll meet a cross-dressing mayoral candidate, a radical coterie of plant liberators, a scheming ice cream man, and Alex the Wonder Dog, among others. To season his stories, David shares 35 of his most popular soups, with eclectic recipes like South Austin Chili, Alaskan Salmon Chowder, Smoked Tomato Bisque, Schav (Jewish sorrel soup), and Ajiaco (Colombian chickencornsoup).A loving homage to the art, science, and joy of soup, and a taste of simpler times in our modern fast-food nation, SLOW & DIFFICULT SOUPS is a rousing reminder of our basic need to connect to our food-and those who cook, deliver, and slurp it.Reviews:"How could you not love a book by a Jewish boy from Texas that combines thoughts about fudgecicles, Baptist preachers, dogs, and a band called the Barbecuties with soups from Austin, Algeria, Armenia, and just about every place in between? Great recipes and a great read."-Ari Weinzweig, cofounder of Zingermans"David has produced a book full of insightful, personal stories and well-crafted recipes. SLOW & DIFFICULT SOUPS provides the reader with a front row seat to his unique culinary adventure."-John Campbell, creator of Central Market"SLOW & DIFFICULT SOUPS is filled with the sense of community David and his business embody; it shows us how the slow food movement is meant to be lived."-Steven Bercu, CEO of |
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Under the Blue Skies of Naples: A Picaresque Novel Set in Pizza Land $0.99 You’d think bringing pizza to Italy would be easy… Mark Vitelli, age 25, scion of a successful manufacturer of pizza: The Perfetto Pizza Company of Milwaukee, is deputized by his father to introduce the fast food pizza to Italy beginning in Naples. He is in charge of six huge refrigerated containers of pizza dough, and thousands of frozen individual pizza pie samples stowed in the refrigerated hold of a freighter whose direct port of call is Naples. On landing, Mark is greeted by Katerina Smith, a rep of the Wall Street underwriter of this enterprise. The proposal meets with violent opposition by two groups: The Anti-Blue Sky (anti cielo azzurro) movement that wishes to violently disassociate Naples from folklore kitsch and emblematic buffoonery of the pizza mystique. Their manifesto reads radically like that of the once Italian Futurists, the Anti-Blue Sky wish is to drag Naples into the 21st Century, an example: that the Sorrentine Peninsula be turned into a Silicon Valley, etc. Another group objecting is the Slow Food Movement against fast food emporiums, especially shoddy pizza palaces in the environs of Naples, and the cielo azzurro Pro-Blue Sky is championing the ancestral culture and charms of Naples. Mark, after many hilarious tries is blocked, which leaves him footloose in Italy. An American Tom Jones rite of passage, Under the Blue Skies of Naples. Patrimony of pizza threatened by Mark Vitelli, scion of Perfetto Frozen Pizza Company USA. Mark Vitelli buffeted by advances of women and anti-American pizza cabal. An American MBA is no help. Mark loses his virginity under blue skies. Mark comforts Pulcinella. Anti-Blue Skies and Pro-Blue Skies throw Mark into a mess of pros and cons of politicized pizza. Poor Katherine, the MBA, her degree is no defense against the octopus peddler, the Pythoness, the female tomato farmer, the girls at the mozzarella rub, the three hired hetaerae at the brass bed competition, etc. Does the Bay of |
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Under the Blue Skies of Naples: A Picaresque Novel Set in Pizza Land $3.99 You’d think bringing pizza to Italy would be easy… Mark Vitelli, age 25, scion of a successful manufacturer of pizza: The Perfetto Pizza Company of Milwaukee, is deputized by his father to introduce the fast food pizza to Italy beginning in Naples. He is in charge of six huge refrigerated containers of pizza dough, and thousands of frozen individual pizza pie samples stowed in the refrigerated hold of a freighter whose direct port of call is Naples. On landing, Mark is greeted by Katerina Smith, a rep of the Wall Street underwriter of this enterprise. The proposal meets with violent opposition by two groups: The Anti-Blue Sky (anti cielo azzurro) movement that wishes to violently disassociate Naples from folklore kitsch and emblematic buffoonery of the pizza mystique. Their manifesto reads radically like that of the once Italian Futurists, the Anti-Blue Sky wish is to drag Naples into the 21st Century, an example: that the Sorrentine Peninsula be turned into a Silicon Valley, etc. Another group objecting is the Slow Food Movement against fast food emporiums, especially shoddy pizza palaces in the environs of Naples, and the cielo azzurro Pro-Blue Sky is championing the ancestral culture and charms of Naples. Mark, after many hilarious tries is blocked, which leaves him footloose in Italy. An American Tom Jones rite of passage, Under the Blue Skies of Naples. Patrimony of pizza threatened by Mark Vitelli, scion of Perfetto Frozen Pizza Company USA. Mark Vitelli buffeted by advances of women and anti-American pizza cabal. An American MBA is no help. Mark loses his virginity under blue skies. Mark comforts Pulcinella. Anti-Blue Skies and Pro-Blue Skies throw Mark into a mess of pros and cons of politicized pizza. Poor Katherine, the MBA, her degree is no defense against the octopus peddler, the Pythoness, the female tomato farmer, the girls at the mozzarella rub, the three hired hetaerae at the brass bed competition, etc. Does the Bay of |
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World of Presidia $20 The international Slow Food movement is well known for promoting and protecting the world’s unique and traditional foods, and the people (farmers, fishermen, and artisan producers) who grow them or bring them to market. A World of Presidia celebrates the diversity and quality of real food and the human culture that surrounds it. The book features detailed descriptions and gorgeous color photographs of sixty-five exceptional products in thirty different countries, each identified with a particular region of the world and a traditional way of farming and living.Presidia projects offer a safe haven for a wide range of local and traditional products, from the Araucana or “blue egg chicken” of Chile, to Ireland’s wild smoked salmon, to the golden oil of Morocco’s argan tree, whose cultivation is helping to keep the Sahara Desert at bay. Each of these products is valuable in and of itself and worth preserving as part of our collective food heritage. |
