In honor of this weekend’s Slow Food Nation event in San Francisco, here are my Top 10 Slow Food Movies (in alphabetical order):
1. Babette’s Feast (Axel, 1984)
2. Big Night (Scott and Tucci, 1996)
3. Eat Drink Man Woman (Lee, 1994)
4. Fast Food Nation (Linklater, 2006)
5. How to Cook Your Life (Dörrie, 2007)
6. Mostly Martha (Nettlebeck, 2001)
7. Ratatouille (Bird, 2007)
8. Sideways (Payne, 2004)
9. Spanglish (Brooks, 2004)
10. What’s Cooking? (Chadha, 2000)
In case you haven’t heard, Slow Food is an international movement trying to combat “fast food” by emphasizing conscious eating (i.e., sustainability and fair trade as well as mindfulness), communal dining, quality food, etc. (For more on the concept of “slow food”, check out the international movement’s website.) What do you think? Have I missed any movies that should be on the list?
Video Ut Intellectum 
Since writing this post I have discovered this (allegedly) comprehensive list of food movies:http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/foodmovies.htmlSee also its sister page on food documentaries:http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/fooddocs.html