Slow Food Truckee

What is Slow Food? It is the celebration and preservation of a lifestyle that is intimately tied to good food grown and prepared by people who care, eaten in a mindful and appreciative way while engaged meaningfully with those we love. The movement originated in Italy during the 80's and has spread across the globe. And now there is a local convivium centered in Truckee, CA.


Tuesday night Mark, Dave, and I drove up to Truckee to attend the first Slow Food Truckee meeting. This meeting afforded us the opportunity to meet the people who are at the heart of this movement in our area: Lisa Boudreau of Lisa's Central Market, Mark Estee of Moody's Bistro and Lounge, Billy McCullough of Dragonfly Cuisine, Gary Romano of Sierra Valley Farms, Kaili Sanchez of Project Mana, and Maria Martin of the Nutrition Coalition, to name a few. The local movement is in its infancy but if this meeting was any indicator of the level of community interest and enthusiasm look for great things to happen. To learn more about what Slow Food means go to the Slow Food website or read Slow food nation: why our food should be good, clean, and fair and/or Slow food: the case for taste, both by Carlo Petrini, the father of the Slow Food movement.