Revolutionaries by the Bay

摘要

Tourists who took a wrong turn on their way to San Francisco's cable car recently were in for a shock. There, between City Hall and other government buildings, a temporary organic garden had sprung up. Around it bustled a farmers' market. Healthy-looking people were sampling local hams, heirloom tomatoes and raw-milk cheeses.rnAnd thus the Slow Food movement, founded two decades ago in Italy, officially arrived in America, the home of fast food. For several days there were taste pavilions here and slow hikes, slow picnics and slow dinners there. Chefs demonstrated their craft and put the footage up on YouTube. The world's food celebrities weighed in on everything from the global food crisis to the role of food in the presidential election.