Dining - Oct. 3, 2008
How Slow Food is gaining momentum in Milwaukee
As a concept, Slow Food is much more complex than just the opposite of fast food, but that is part of it. Slow Food is a system -- and a way of living -- that is based on the principals of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability and social justice. Today it's expanded globally to 122 countries, and in the U.S., the 16,000 members of Slow Food USA work to promote local and traditional food products.
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Marketplace - Sept. 10, 2008
Braise's RSA helps restaurants source locally
Chef David Swanson, owner of Milwaukee's Braise Culinary School, is expanding the reach of local CSA farms by organizing the state's first Restaurant Supported Agriculture (RSA) system.
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