| PRAISE FOR "SLOW: LIFE IN A TUSCAN TOWN" |
| Douglas Gayeton's SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town (Welcome Books) is a magical and utterly unique portrayal of rural Italian life, and a tribute to the region's kaleidoscope of charming local characters whose livelihoods and culture center around the everyday pleasures of growing, preparing, and eating food. Link to book's website. "Many have tried to explain Slow Food in written words, but few have managed to communicate the essence of this movement as successfully." --Alice Waters, internationally renowned chef and the co-owner of Chez Panisse, and the founder of Slow Food Nation "These photographs are rich and undeniably authentic...that goes beyond the boundaries of nations and languages and represents the principles at the heart of the Slow Food movement." --Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement "SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town": reviews in print Huffington Post Publisher's Weekly Travel & Leisure Good Magazine Zester Daily Boing Boing Edible Marin Santa Rosa Press Democrat Marin Independent Journal "SLOW: Life in a Tuscan Town": interviews on radio XM and PRI’s Bob Edwards' Weekend The Organic Conversation with Helge Helberg |
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