Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweek - On-line News by Slow Food Sloweek Archive     Man’s World The Hunt and the Mother ...     Talking Sense Passing the pub door ...     Interview with Marie-Monique Robin The great French journalist speaks about her last book 'The world according to ...         News     Search:     Voices from the Slow world:     News from Terramadre     Terra Madre Day 17 Jun 09 ...       News from Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity     Red Gold of the Anti-Atlas 17 Jun 09 A delegation from the Slow Food Foundation recently met food communities from south-eastern Morocco in the zone between the Anti-Atlas mountains and the Sahara...       News from University Gastronomic Sciences     September Program at UNISG Pollenzo Campus Inaugurates School of Higher Studies in Food Policy and Sustainability 22 Jun 09 Pollenzo, September 11 - 13 ...       Watch & Listen     Visit our new multimedia section! 22 Jun 07 Where you will find audio, video and text files to listen to, watch and download. ...           Slow Talk 24 Jun 09     Hong Kong Icon by John Brunton I have been coming to Hong Kong for more than 20 years, and have witnessed a quite incredible transformation since the colonial British administration handed power back to China in 1997. It is as if the local residents have rediscovered their ‘Chineseness’, becoming both confident and proud again of their nationality and heritage. The result turned the city into one of the most exciting and cosmopolitan destinations in Asia. The inhabitants of Hong Kong possess their very own ingrained food and drink culture. This is a people who eat out on average over six times a week, who rather than talk about politics, football or fashion, prefer to discuss their favorite restaurant or their latest foodie discovery, which no one else knows about. In the age of the I Pod, a fun local pastime is to snap amazing dishes you just ate to show friends or post on Facebook. And there are an awful lot of restaurants to choose from, around 12,000 at the last count, meaning you can pretty much eat what you want, where you want and at any time, 24 hours a day. The bar scene is just as eclectic. In the heart of Hong Kong island, you can join the jet set crowd on the 23rd floor penthouse Sevva Bar to sip cocktails and look out over a futuristic vista of towering skyscrapers. Or back down below, plunge into murky backstreets, which don't seem to have changed in centuries, and join the locals at a gritty tea shop for a glass of Leong Cha, a '24-flavor herbal tea' that is meant to keep every illness away. But the part of town that is most seductive right now is Wan Chai, once the sleazy red-light bar neighborhood that inspired the cult 1960s movie, The World of Suzie Wong....             United States - 02 Jul 09     Sustainable Stocks     Greenpeace has released a report this week that ranks US supermarket chains on their performance in providing consumers with reliable sustainable seafood. The stores have been ranked...         News archive     Spain - 30 Jun 09     Subsidized Overfishing     EU subsidies build overcapacity among fishing fleets with consequent depletion of valuable fish stocks, according to new research ...     United Kingdom - 26 Jun 09     Journey to the Origins of Taste     From Oxfordshire to Torronto, Slow Food convivia bring sensory education to community festivals around the world. ...     Jamaica - 25 Jun 09     Get Up, Stand Up for Your Food     New Slow Food conviva launched in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Cuba… ...     United States - 24 Jun 09     Time for Lunch     SF USA launch a national campaign to bring real food to school lunch canteens ...     United States - 23 Jun 09     Food Influences Green Building Rating     U.S. Green Building Council adds sustainable food strategy to LEED certification ...     Vietnam - 22 Jun 09     Fighting for the Mekong     International petition to protest against the building of a dam along the Mekong River ...     Archive       Slow Talk Archive       Previous news archive   Slow Food 2006 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab