110 countries participate in Intl Slow Food Movement
Torino: “Food is not a commodity. It is a living thing and we have to learn to respect food and especially those who produce it”, said Carlo Pettrini, father of…
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December 10, 2014
Viva slow food!
FOR THOSE who see food only as a means of satisfying hunger will not comprehend what Carlo Pettrini, the founder of the Slow Food Movement, means when he talks about…
December 10, 2014
Daylight saving begins in Italy: Time shock for North-Easterners
TORINO: For North Easterners at the Indigenous Terra Madre it was quite a welcome surprise to be told that winter timings have started since midnight of Saturday October 25 and…
December 10, 2014
Slow Food 2014 ends with happy memories
Torino: The 5-day Slow Food carnival which saw the attendance of 220,000 visitors and 400 journalists from 63 countries (excluding the Italian press) has come to a successful end. People…
December 10, 2014
Mei Ram-ew festival makes it to Lonely Planet
SHILLONG: The Mei Ram-ew (or Terra Madre, meaning mother earth) held in Meghalaya in December every year since 2010 has made it to the Lonely Planet an international tourist guide…
December 10, 2014
5 Must-see Festivals From the Northeast
Mei Ram-ew (or Terra Madre, meaning mother earth) held in Meghalaya in December, gets its inspiration from the Slow Food movement and is modelled on the lines of the global Terra Madre festivals.
December 4, 2014