Italian Clubs, Events, Lifestyle; Travel Italy

Slow Food movement is an international society aiming to perpetuate the culture of great food and wine, as opposed to the fast-food culture. The manifesto of Slow Food reads: “…against those who confound efficiency with frenzy [...] against the culture of fast food, let us rediscover local cuisines.”

Slow Food has now become a specialty food conservation society. Its philosophy is enjoying of food and also rescuing “endangered” produce from all over the world.

Italian food and the Italian cuisine with its countless regional recipes and produce, naturally fall into this society. Italian gastronome Carlo Petrini was one of the main founders of Slow Food.

The major Slow Food event is held in Italy. It’s “Salone del Gusto” — “Taste Show”, taking place this week-end in Turin. It brings together specialty producers from all over the world.
Slow Food is not just a biennial food fair, but also an immense restaurant offering visitors the chance to taste the finest food and wine. It’s a five-day gourmet fun.

When: October 23-27, 2008 (biennal)
Where: Turin at Lingotto Fiere.

A concert to celebrate Italian Heritage Month, featuring Italian-american tenor Aaron Caruso, will be held in Brooklyn, NY on Sunday, October 19th, 2008 at 7 p.m.

Gruppo Italiano di Sant’ Atanasio is sponsoring the concert, which will be taking place at St. Athanasius Church, located at 61st Street and Bay Parkway in Brooklyn, NY. For reservations and tickets, please call 718.614-9683 or  718.256-5268. 

Aaron Caruso will also celebrate Italian Heritage Month in a performance at Il Cortile Restaurant, located at 125 Mulberry Street, in the heart of Little Italy in Manhattan on Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 7 p.m. (for reservations, please call at 718.256.6794) and at the White Plains Library on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 7 p.m. The library is located at 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY.