About the book About the tour Photos of the tour Read an Excerpt of the book Praise for the book Press inquiries Slow Food Nation 2008 Carlo Petrini’s letter to CUESA Photo credit: Helene Waldner About Carlo Petrini Carlo Petrini is the Founder and President of Slow Food. He was recently named a great innovator in Time magazine’s list of “European heroes”. He is the author of several books and regularly contributes to a number of Italian newspapers and periodicals. For his full bio, please click here. “Carlo Petrini is one of the most important thinkers of our time, not only about what to eat, but also about how to live. This book is essential reading for anyone who cares about social justice, the environment, and the fundamentals of a good meal.” -Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation

Cover art credit: Nikki McClure Slow Food Nation Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean and Fair by Carlo Petrini Foreword by Alice Waters Published by Rizzoli New York Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini will tour the U.S. in May 2007 for the publication of his new book Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean and Fair. Petrini will also help launch a year-long campaign that will culminate in the event: Slow Food Nation 2008. Slow Food Nation will change the way you think about food. Petrini describes how we can take back control of our food by outlining three central principles: food must be good (healthful and delicious); it must be clean (produced sustainably in ways that respect the environment), and it must be fair (produced with respect for social justice). His philosophy includes teaching gastronomy—the science of all knowledge revolving around food—in our schools. Instead of consumers, today we should become co-producers, active participants in the production of our food. About Slow Food Nation 2008 Slow Food Nation—an unprecedented exposition and celebration of food to be held in San Francisco from May 1-4, 2008—will mark the coming of age of food in America. Its mission is to change the way America eats. With the publication of Slow Food Nation by Carlo Petrini, Slow Food Nation is a year-long effort to galvanize the Slow Food movement in the United States into action, raising America’s consciousness of how food is produced and distributed. This campaign will culminate with a four-day long eco-gastronomic gathering that will attract over 50,000 participants, among them hundreds of farmers, producers and chefs. It will feature debates, lectures, exhibits, tastings, demonstrations, an international film festival, and a market of American artisanal foods. Click here to learn more about our plans for Slow Food Nation 2008! To pre-order the book, please visit our General Store. The book will begin shipping on May 10, 2007. Books will be on sale at all of the events. Press inquiries Slow Food Nation- please contact: Costanza Assereto, Sally Fischer Public Relations, 212-246 2977 Slow Food USA- please contact: Jerusha Klemperer, Slow Food USA, 718-260-8103 Praise for the book “A worthy successor to Brillat-Savarin, Carlo Petrini has reinvented the idea of gastronomy for the twenty-first century. An important book.” -Michael Pollan, author of The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore’s Dilemma “Carlo Petrini is one of the most important thinkers of our time, not only about what to eat, but also about how to live. This book is essential reading for anyone who cares about social justice, the environment, and the fundamentals of a good meal.” -Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation “This is the argument I have been waiting for—an irrefutable demonstration that making the right decision about food can change the world.” -Alice Waters, from the foreword