You Eat What You Are: Cultivated Taste and the Pursuit of Authenticity in the Slow Food Movement (original) (raw)

The paper explores the interplay between cultivated taste and the pursuit of authenticity within the Slow Food movement. It discusses how culinary practices serve as markers of cultural identity, particularly through the lens of traditional foodways. The historical context of pasta in Italy exemplifies the negotiation of regional and national identities, while the Slow Food movement challenges mainstream nutritional ideologies by advocating for local food production methods against corporate homogenization. This work highlights the social activism embedded in Slow Food, linking gustatory pleasure to cultural and ecological consciousness.