Carlo Petrini Quotes

#1. 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 the world even while preserving the concept of the right of pleasure.

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

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

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#4. I believe that he who sows utopia will reap reality.

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#5. 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 fast. If tomorrow I want to go slow, I go slow. What we are fighting for is the right to determine our own tempos.

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

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

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#8. Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as worthy of preserving as a sixteenth-century building.

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