This morning I was on ABC Radio in Perth talking to Jessica Strutt about Slow Food and telling stories about how my family came to Australia from Italy and grew and preserved as much food as they could. I got asked a lot of questions about how I think about food and it forced me to really process what Slow Food means to me. Knowing how busy life can be with a toddler and part time work, my advice about cooking is try and source ingredients that are as ethically grown and produced as you can afford. Don't be too hard on yourself, you don't need to make every meal a 'slow food' moment. You can start by making things from scratch at first once a month, or only the weekends. You don't need every … [Read more...]