We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto
by Waters, Alice
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525561536
- ISBN 13
- 9780525561538
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About This Item
Penguin Press, 2021. Hardcover. Good/Good. 5x0x8. An x-library copy. In We Are What We Eat, Alice Waters urges us to take up the mantle of slow food culture, the philosophy at the core of her lifeâs work. When Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food during a time of political turmoil. Customers responded to the locally sourced organic ingredients, to the dishes made by hand, and to the welcoming hospitality that infused the small spaceâhuman qualities that were disappearing from a country increasingly seduced by takeout, frozen dinners, and prepackaged ingredients. Waters came to see that the phenomenon of fast food culture, which prioritized cheapness, availability, and speed, was not only ruining our health, but also dehumanizing the ways we live and relate to one another.Over years of working with regional farmers, Waters and her partners learned how geography and seasonal fluctuations affect the ingredients on the menu, as well as about the dangers of pesticides, the plight of fieldworkers, and the social, economic, and environmental threats posed by industrial farming and food distribution. So many of the serious problems we face in the world todayâfrom illness, to social unrest, to economic disparity, and environmental degradationâare all, at their core, connected to food. Fortunately, there is an antidote. Waters argues that by eating in a âslow food way,â each of usâlike the community around her restaurantâcan be empowered to prioritize and nurture a different kind of culture, one that champions values such as biodiversity, seasonality, stewardship, and pleasure in work.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto
- Author
- Waters, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0525561536
- ISBN 13
- 9780525561538
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Date Published
- 2021
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 0 oz
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