Slow food

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Food, in contrast to fast food, that is normally a part of a complete meal; especially the traditional cuisine of a region. uncountable

    "I had nothing to lose but the chains, and I hoped to find down the county roads Ma in her beanery and Pap over his barbecue pit, both still serving slow food from the same place they did thirty years ago. Where-you-from-buddy restaurants."

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"I had nothing to lose but the chains, and I hoped to find down the county roads Ma in her beanery and Pap over his barbecue pit, both still serving slow food from the same place they did thirty years ago. Where-you-from-buddy restaurants."

Etymology

From fast food, popularized by the organization Slow Food.

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