Reviews for Slow Food Nation: A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat

The average rating for Slow Food Nation: A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-29 00:00:00 Michael Barre I skimmed some of the other reviews to see what other people are saying and there is lots of "too idealistic" and "too pretentious" whining. I approached this as an academic book, not a lazing about on Sunday afternoon reading. And while it is sometimes difficult to plow though and there are some awards turns of phrase (which I'm guess is an ESL thing), the book has some solid concepts. I personally don't recommend reading it unless you have serious interest in the Slow Foods community. I don't recommend this book if you have a chip on your shoulder about not being able to eat right because it's too expensive, or there is a not Whole Foods near you, you can't get to the farmer's market, et cetra. I do however recommend if you want to a perspective of food production/consumption that is an alternate to Barbara Kingsolver's chummy-chummy tone and family friendly farming.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-09 00:00:00 Pamela Mytnik Conceptually, this book makes much more sense to me and inspires change much more than some of Michael Pollan's stuff, Food, Inc, or even some of the more in-your-face stuff like "Eating Animals." It makes a case for WHY we should want good, clean, and fair food, rather than a case for why our current food system is evil and why we should hate The Man.