Slow Food tries to gather speed (The State)
SAN FRANCISCO — A lush, under-the-stars spread of handmade bread, gourmet olives and fine wine made an unlikely launch for a weekend dedicated to ending hunger, empowering poor nations and transforming farming as we know it. Welcome to Slow Food Nation, epicenter of the split personality that is America’s burgeoning foodie reform movement. Some 30,000 people were expected to gather for this …