slow food

noun

Food, in contrast to fast food, that is traditionally prepared and normally a part of a complete meal; especially the traditional cuisine of a region.

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Meanings

nounslow food (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFood, in contrast to fast food, that is traditionally prepared and normally a part of a complete meal; especially the traditional cuisine of a region.

    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.

    1982, William Least Heat-Moon [pseudonym; William Trogdon], Blue Highways, →ISBN, page 16

Origin

From fast food, popularized by the organization Slow Food.

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Translations

Italian slow food, cibo lento
  • slow foodtraditional food as part of a meal
  • cibo lentotraditional food as part of a meal
Welsh bwyd gan bwyll
  • bwyd gan bwylltraditional food as part of a meal
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APA

slow food. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slow%20food

MLA

“slow food.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slow%20food. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slow food,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slow%20food.

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