Archive for 'Slow Food'

Why not try some of the culinary produce that Tuscany prides itself on calling ‘Slow food’, which are traditional tasty homemade foods that have been passionately promoted in their native localities in a nationwide movement against fast food chains and processed ready meals.

There's a wealth of superb villas and holiday rentals in Grosseto Maremma and Florence in Tuscany to choose from where the following delicacies originate. A visit to these areas would be the ideal opportunity to explore the history and culture of the people and towns which preserved this traditional produce with such passion!

If you have a passion for food then there’s no better place to come than Tuscany for your dream culinary inspired holiday! Learn about the ‘Slow Food Movement’ which took place in Italy during the 1980s. It was a stance against the fast food industry which was threatening to smother traditional high quality food products that were made in small towns and areas across the country.

There's plenty of beautiful holiday rentals in Garfagnana, Pistoia and San Giovanni Valdarno to cater for visitors wishing to stay and explore the area for a few days. These areas also provide wonderful examples of the following exquisite slow food products

Learn all about a famous ‘Slow Food’ Movement that was founded in Italy in 1986 which took a powerful stance against the ever growing fast food industry.

The pioneers of this association vowed to relentlessly promote delicious and nutritious food that was produced at a normal rate and sold at a fair price by the farmers, cheese makers and vegetable growers who provided them to shops and restaurants in their localities.

If you would like to holiday here and learn more about Slow Food in person then why not choose from a gorgeous range of Tuscany vacation rentals that are scattered all across the region?


As more men and women worked outside the home than ever before, a growing trend of the generation was going to the supermarket in the evening to pick up a ready meal or cheap processed food made from poor quality ingredients.

A unanimous decision was made among founding members that something radical had to be done to preserve the rich cultural importance of traditional Italian food, made from the finest ingredients and prepared with patience and lots of passion!

Tuscany is a true patriot of the famous Italian called Slow Food Movement. A lot of the foodstuffs that are produced in Tuscany are not exported but rather they are distributed among the region that they are grown and used by the people of the area.

This is why in Italy you will find many different species of fruit, vegetable cheese or salami that are not found anywhere else in the world.

The places in Italy where this movement occurs are called 'Slow Towns' or 'Slow Cities', such as Norcia, and they are bursting with amazing cuisine, of which all the ingredients are local.

There are even specific culinary traditions and ways of preparing certain foods that cannot be found anywhere else.