I attended the Slow Food Sampler last night at Studio 620, an informative event in which the organizers hoped to gain fans and build momentum for the Tampa Bay group, which will be the 10th Slow Food Movement group in Florida. The huge showing of local supporters was a great sign that Tampa Bay is ready to join the movement. In fact, there were so many people that showed, that food samples ran out, and informative speakers could hardly be heard above the buzz of the crowds. Because of this, I decided to compile a little educational post about slow food.
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.