The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to rediscover taste.

- Carlo Petrini

Any gastronome who is not an environmentalist is stupid, and any environmentalist who is not a gastronome is sad.

- Carlo Petrini

If food was no longer obliged to make intercontinental journeys, but stayed part of a system in which it can be consumed over short distances, we wou…

- Carlo Petrini

Slow Food unites the pleasure of food with responsibility, sustainability and harmony with nature.

- Carlo Petrini

Being Slow means that you control the rhythms of your own life. You decide how fast you have to go in any context. If today I want to go fast, I go f…

- Carlo Petrini

A gastronomer who is not an environmentalis t is just stupid. Whereas an environmentalis t who is not a gastronomer is sad. It's possible to change t…

- Carlo Petrini

Taste, like identity, has value only when there are differences.

- Carlo Petrini

Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as worth…

- Carlo Petrini

I believe that he who sows utopia will reap reality.

- Carlo Petrini