The stuff of life

EAST CORK Slow Food Convivium was established in August 2002 and its latest event was a Slow Food dinner at Café Paradiso in Cork on August 21.

So what's a Slow Food dinner? The mere mention of slow food causes considerable confusion and conjures up images of hearty stews bubbling away on the stove or lamb shanks braising gently for hours and hours.

Not so, although it could incorporate all or any of that. Neither does it mean slow service.