Comments on: Slow Food

By: Franklin Paulino

Franklin Paulino — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:53:20 +0000

I’d be inclined to make a deal with you here. Which is not something I usually do! I enjoy reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

By: Rosena Rabey

Rosena Rabey — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:18:19 +0000

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By: Chance Forest

Chance Forest — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:34:42 +0000

Awesome site. Gives me the motivation to lose weight this year. Will be visiting again

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:04:53 +0000

Nice post – you write really well.

By: pal sport

pal sport — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:51:59 +0000

You know when you’re driving through a residential neighborhood and you see that yellow “Slow Children” sign? It’s the same idea. Take the time to enjoy locally grown, environmentally sustainable short people. Also, yield. Plus, there should be a traffic sign that just says Love on it.

By: Jim Rankin

Jim Rankin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:32:36 +0000

Until a couple of years ago my only experience with cooking was grilling steaks and heating up frozen food. Then we went on the South Beach diet – I lost 60 pounds which was badly needed, but a very nice side effect was getting involved in preparing a wide variety of foods. My wife Anita started me off slow with salad prep and I found I really enjoyed the process of making good food. And it is a “slowing” process. I don’t expect to be on the Chef reality series any time soon, but I expect I’ll be a dedicated sous-chef forever.

By: Anna Paradox

Anna Paradox — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:29:57 +0000

Finding time to cook is a challenge. Part of the problem, perhaps, is that we have thought of wealth as the accumulation of money. Time spent preparing food falls more heavily on women, cutting them out of time to accumulate money, which is unfair.

On the other hand, since I heard Peter Carroll say that wealth is the ability to spend time in enjoyable ways — in other words, the accumulation of experiences rather than money — that meme has been slowly crowding out the “wealth = stuff” meme in my mind. It’s quite possible to make preparing and eating food a rich experience.

So my ideal is to see everyone earning enough income in enjoyable ways to sustain enjoyable lifestyles. Cooking and eating well can definitely be part of the whole lifestyle package.

I find myself grappling with the vision of a completely sustainable economy a lot recently. I believe only one that people enjoy living in will be sustainable. We’ll be much more likely to do what it takes if we can enjoy the process and the outcome.