| 释义 |
slow food, n.
Brit. |ˈsləʊ ˌfuːd|, U.S. |ˈˌsloʊ ˈˌfud|
Forms: also with capital initials.
[‹ slow adj. + food n., after fast food n.]
Originally: food prepared in a conventional or traditional manner, as opposed to fast food (cf. fast food n.). Now chiefly: a movement, originating in Italy, which aims to preserve local culinary traditions and agricultural biodiversity; (also) food produced or prepared in accordance with the principles of this movement.
The movement is associated with the international non-profit organization Slow Food, founded in 1989.
1974N.Y. Times 9 Sept. 70/1 It certainly wasn't a slow-food way of life, so why stew over the victory of fast-food? 1988Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. Fast and slow food Japanese restaurants sprouted like beanshoots. 1989N.Y. Times 15 Nov. c10/1 The stated objective of Slow Food is to preserve worthy local gastronomic traditions that have been endangered by standardization and industrialization. 1992Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Aug. c3 The latest new food product [sc. instant cappuccino]..is enough to have me rushing to join the Slow Food movement. 2006New Yorker 27 Mar. 70/3 I'm going to eat only slow food from now on. 2008IPA Rev. (Austral.) July 11/2 Slow food is not just an epicurean delight—it is a political and ideological movement that rejects modernity and preaches radical environmentalism. |