slow food

noun

1. food that has been prepared with care, using high-quality local and seasonal ingredients

Word History and Origins

Origin of slow food¹

C20: by analogy with fast food

Example Sentences

Like the slow food and slow fashion movements, consumers want to know where their flowers come from, said Debra Prinzing, founder of the Slow Flowers Society.

From Los Angeles Times

Like the slow food and slow fashion movements, consumers want to know where their flowers come from, said Debra Prinzing, founder of the Slow Flowers Society.

From Los Angeles Times

Tooker became an early member of Slow Food, a border-resistant movement spearheaded by an eclectic group of chefs, historians and home cooks around the world looking to record heritage foods and reintroduce them into the communities they come from.

From Salon

Slow Food originated in the 1980s in Italy, where a group defending the country’s traditional cuisine blocked the opening of a McDonald’s near the Spanish Steps in Rome.

From Salon

Slow Food became immensely popular in Italy and has since expanded to 160 countries, including Tanzania, Belarus, Peru and Kyrgyzstan, where in late January the newest Slow Food Presidium was created to support the endangered Kyrgyz Mountain horse, an ancient breed used for meat and milk.

From Salon