In 1986, protesters commandeered the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. They brandished bowls of penne as signs of their discontent; a McDonald's shall not pollute this Italian cultural stronghold! Out of this ...

Carlo Petrini describes himself as a professional gourmet, which is about the last thing you would guess. For a start he's thin, almost scrawny. Sixty now, with a sparse grey beard and blazing blue ...

Carlo Petrini is the founder of the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Piedmont and Emilia Romagna, Italy. This article was translated from the Italian by Corby Kummer. How do we fix our ...

Carlo Petrini, the internationally lauded Italian founder of the Slow Food movement, is on a mission. He envisions a future where no one goes hungry, where land ownership is fair, and where growers’ ...

The founder and president of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, will give a lecture on his new book, "Terra Madre: Forging a New Global Network of Sustainable Food Communities," at 5 p.m. Sunday, ...

This event has been canceled. The founder and president of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, will give a lecture on his new book "Terra Madre - Forging a New Global Network of Sustainable Food ...

The healthy food movement is moving these days. And one man, an Italian named Carlo Petrini, has been on a mission to promote the culture of conviviality, good food and wine that has developed into ...

Such observations didn’t always endear him to Victorian-era Americans. Wilde’s 1881 lecture tour of the United States, while ultimately viewed as a triumph, occasionally drew hecklers. Grist thanks ...

Yes, there is an opposite of fast food, and it doesn't involve your grandmother and a live chicken. Slow Food was founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini of Piedmont, Italy, to counter the opening of a ...

RIGA, Latvia — The Berlin Film Festival is to present its Berlinale Camera award, which goes to personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted, to food activists and Slow Food ...