“Slow Food International” has a world food festival every other year in Turin, Italy. It’s called:
“Terra Madre/Salone del Gusto”
(“Mother Earth / Tasting Festival”)
This year, 3,000 delegates from around the world were there to represent their homeland. Several of us members from Slow Food South Bay went as delegates:
- Joni Sare, chef, and president of our Slow Food South Bay chapter
- Hilli Salo, founder of Silicon Valley Grows, and leader of Slow Food South Bay
- Peter Ruddock, committee chair of Ark of Taste, California
- Doniga and Eric Markegard, owners of Markegard Family Grass Fed Beef
- Mary Clark Bartlett, CEO/founder of Epicurean Group
Mary was inspired to make this video, which has a wonderful insight of the sights and sounds at the festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIIxQCZXPf8&feature=youtu.be
Here is a quick recap of the numbers:
- 5 days (Sept 21 – 25, 2016)
- 1.5 million people –from around the world
- Nearly 160 countries showcased their regional –good, clean, fair– food
- Thousands of products for tasting, and for sale
- Dozens of speakers, workshops, dinners, cooking demos, conferences, forums
“Mark your calendar for 2018! If you love food, and if you love to talk with the people who make amazing food –then this event is for you!”
Here are a few photos from this year’s event:
Our food labels are a hot topic these days and rightfully so. If you care about the origin, care and quality of what you eat, this is a must read.
Netted melons (Reticulatus) are wrapped in a network of surface veins and come in delicious shades.