Petrini

Farinetti took a strong interest in Petrini’s Slow Food from the start, and has given money to the organization’s new University of Gastronomic Sciences, some of whose graduates he already employs.

The Supermarket of the Future 2007

Farinetti took a strong interest in Petrini’s Slow Food from the start, and has given money to the organization’s new University of Gastronomic Sciences, some of whose graduates he already employs.

The Supermarket of the Future 2007

Mr. Petrini says Cook It Raw isn't just a culinary think tank, but something that offers a real chance of cultural exchange.

Where the Wild Things Are Bruce Palling 2011

Andrea Petrini, the creative director of Cook It Raw, believes it is more difficult for the chefs than it appears.

Where the Wild Things Are Bruce Palling 2011

As Slow Food matured and went global, Petrini realized that he would need to train future leaders — of the movement itself, of the food and tourism industries, and of the government ministries capable of putting into practice many of the changes Slow Food advocates.

Slow Food, High Gear 2008

In his stump speech Petrini often derides “idiots with spoons” on television who offer an endless succession of “recipes, recipes, recipes.”

Slow Food, High Gear 2008

POGGIOLI: Petrini says Italy is not in the same boat with Greece, not even with Spain or Portugal.

Italians Fear Following Greece Into Debt Crisis 2010

For a campus, he chose a gorgeous Romanesque-revival castle built in the 1830s by the Savoy royal family as a summer lodge and agricultural research center in Pollenzo, three miles from Bra, the cozy but active small city 45 minutes from Turin where Petrini was born and where Slow Food is headquartered.

Slow Food, High Gear 2008

He guessed it was Carlo Petrini or Alice Waters, but in fact the line belongs to Wendell Berry, the Kentucky writer and farmer, who wrote a wonderful essay on the theme of this blog that I recommend to everyone interested in these issues.

Your Comments and Food Haikus (Guest Blogger: Michael Pollan) 2008

Petrini was not the first to want to put gastronomy on a par with other liberal arts.

Slow Food, High Gear 2008