http://slowfood.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Slow Food en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:56:02 GMT 2010-01-07T04:56:02Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964631&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace It used to be simple. You’d hear “Beef: It’s what’s for dinner ® ” and you’d grab a steak or some burger or a roast, cook it and eat it. No questions, no fuss. . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:40:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964631&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-12-27T18:40:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962736&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace This holiday brings family and friends together like very few others. Thanksgiving and Passover do as well perhaps, but that's about all (with which I am familiar) that has the ability to strengthen . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:38:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962736&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-12-25T15:38:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977910794&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ~Cicero Celebrations of the harvest have existed for as long as civilization, for indeed it was agriculture that . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977910794&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-11-20T21:35:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874156&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace First of all, if you will indulge me for a moment in a bit of confessed food snobbery, I just have to get this off my chest. Scampi is shrimp. It is not a recipe, not a method of preparing shrimp . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:12:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874156&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-10-28T15:12:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874099&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace When beginning their preparations for the coming holidays, and considering desserts, most Americans think immediately of pumpkin pie.  Allow me to suggest a second, perhaps more truly American . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:51:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874099&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-10-28T14:51:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977817911&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace All across the country this past Labor Day, folks gathered for picnics. That's no surprise, of course. After all, it was a holiday, and the weather was grand across nearly the whole continent. But there . . . Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:48:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977817911&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-09-18T19:48:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977792608&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace In 2006 Al Gore and Davis Guggenheim shook the world awake with their Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth . Now a film every bit as jarring has been realesed, about a subject that threatens . . . Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:21:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977792608&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-08-29T19:21:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766543&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Wine was not invented in France (though I've known Frenchmen who would dispute that), it was first cultivated in what is now Georgia -- the Republic, not the state. But the Phocaeans who founded Marseilles . . . Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:55:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977766543&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-08-07T17:55:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977758877&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace We could hear the bellowing long before we could see the bovine perpetrator, a new mother cow who had somehow managed to get on the wrong side of the barbed wire fence from the herd – and therefore . . . Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:19:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977758877&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-08-01T13:19:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977756892&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace I started doing my 'Kentucky Cooking' column here on Gather with what I guess was my first post on Gather, way back in January of 2006.  Over my years here at Gather, I have continued now and . . . Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:46:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977756892&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-07-30T19:46:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753642&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Join us for Dinner & a Documentary July 30th at 6:30 pm Bread & Brew 1247 20th Street (N & 20th) NW, Washington, DC July 24th, 2009 . . . Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:42:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753642&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-28T15:42:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977749342&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Last week we gave you tips for asking questions at farms and farmers’ markets so you can find the best food for you and your family. This week we continue with information you need to shop . . . Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:32:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977749342&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Diane Hatz 2009-07-24T17:32:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977743364&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace As we started off on the second half of our tour this morning, we feel like we have big hooves to fill. Alex, Becca and Meredith made the cows proud by getting lots of support for our campaign, and earning . . . Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:10:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977743364&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-20T14:10:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977743368&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Successful morning in Des Moines! This morning the rBGH-free cows headed to the farmer's market in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Despite being in the heart of industrial farm country, we were able . . . Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:12:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977743368&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-20T14:12:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977740931&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Because there are no official standards for sustainable food, you need to ask the right questions to find the information you need to make the best choices for you and your family. There are generally . . . Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:56:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977740931&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Diane Hatz 2009-07-17T21:56:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977740405&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace What would happen to the ocean and the coastal communities along the Gulf of Mexico if 8.4 million gallons of oil and 180 million cubic feet of gas a day spilled? Act Now to Prevent Another . . . Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:18:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977740405&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-17T14:18:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977739486&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Learn how to make a delicious watermelon salad , a watermelon margarita , or even watermelon-glazed baby back ribs with Chef Rocky's latest recipe . A new recipe comes out every week this summer. . . . Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:30:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977739486&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-16T20:30:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977739712&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Each morning we awake and move to our feet slowly, but after a good cup of coffee and a hearty breakfast, we are on the move again. This morning began like any other, but proved to be one of the more . . . Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:18:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977739712&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-16T23:18:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977738286&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Perhaps nobody looks forward to the summer months more than children. After all, school is out for the summer and these are the months that mean freedom. Freedom from homework. Freedom from teachers. . . . Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:12:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977738286&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Andrews McMeel 2009-07-16T01:12:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977738217&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace "A home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." -Robert Frost When we arrived on Joan Knoertzer's doorstep last night, she welcomed us into her library-themed B&B . . . Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:55:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977738217&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-15T22:55:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977732147&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Who ever said you have to give up quality of life to eat sustainably?  In fact, it’s the opposite—and Food & Water Watch’s partner chef, Chef Rocky, can prove it. Whether you’re . . . Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:17:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977732147&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Food & Water Watch Staff 2009-07-08T15:17:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722521&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace With a long weekend approaching and (hopefully!) better weather around the country, people will be heading to the beach, mountains, and various vacation areas to relax and unwind. The Guide to Good . . . Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:16:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722521&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Diane Hatz 2009-06-26T22:16:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722518&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace As part of the Guide to Good Food series, I’ll be explaining different issues involved with both industrial and sustainable food and farming. Today we’re going to talk about genetic . . . Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:15:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977722518&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Diane Hatz 2009-06-26T22:15:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718456&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace .   It is with great sadness that I announce to all my friends and faithful readers here on Gather that it's time for me to go.  I'm making a clean break, so you won't be finding any more . . . Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:30:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718456&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Edward Nudelman 2009-06-22T18:30:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755396&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace In 1946, when President Truman signed the School Lunch Act, he said, “In the long view, no nation is healthier than its children, or more prosperous than its farmers.” If that was a statement . . . Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:39:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977755396&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-07-29T19:39:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977742770&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Grinnell Heritage Farm is 152 years old. Andrew Dunham is the fifth generation of his family to work this land about 50 miles east of Des Moines. He is a direct descendant of Josiah Grinnell, founder . . . Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:58:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977742770&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kurt Michael Friese 2009-07-19T22:58:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709253&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace   Today we’re going to show you that it is possible to eat healthier on a budget, and we’re also going to talk a bit about the reality behind our food system. I recently saw . . . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:57:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977709253&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Diane Hatz 2009-06-12T16:57:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977704242&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Kentucky Cooking -- Easy barbecued chicken meal In these economic times, we can all use some cheap and easy to make meals.  Well here is an easy one for you, that should be rather inexpensive . . . Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:10:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977704242&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-06-07T21:10:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702681&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace This week we’re going to look at the money we spend on food, particularly at the rising cost of products and how much we spend. In short, while food prices have gone up each year, the proportion . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:21:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702681&grpId=3659174697238716&nav=Groupspace Diane Hatz 2009-06-05T21:21:46Z