Are you vegetarian? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. If you are, you might have a high IQ or at least want to be perceived as smart.

A new study in the Social Psychology Quarterly March issue has linked high IQ, or measured intelligence, in adults and adolescents to “increases [in] adult liberalism,” including a tendency to be vegetarian, atheist and approving of same sex marriage.

Previous research had shown an even stronger link between high IQ teens and eventual vegetarianism.

Is this sheer snobbery and …

Tags: conservative , Eating Animals , Ellen Degeneris , IQ , Jonathan Safran Foer , kanazawa , liberal , omnivore , Sandra Maclean , slow food , Slow Food NYC , vegan , vegetarian

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Morning coffee to get you up and running by 6:30am, a quick scan of the news, a rapid fire session of midday email, a “break” for lunch eaten in front of your computer while you hit Facebook, an afternoon of back to back meetings, a race home to change and grab your mat for a yoga session, an evening dinner date, and all the while, checking your Blackberry for work emails.

Sound familiar? If your average day looks a little like this, you’re not alone. Technology has …

Tags: cuisine , food , slow fashion , slow food , slow movement , slow travel , travel , voluntourism , wwoofing

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You gonna eat that? Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that once planted in the wild, genetically modified organisms, such as bio-engineered fruit, grain or vegetables can change native, wild plant neighbors’ DNA. In the future, food activists worry, you might not even have a dietary choice.

A flurry of news stories, blog posts and Tweets have “cropped up” in recent weeks around this study and related events. Even teenagers are dialed into the debate over the merits and dangers of GMOs, says Jenny …

Tags: agriculture , Automotive High School , crops , EcoMeme , environment , farming , food , foodie , GMO , modified , organics , slow food , sustainable

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Slow down and take time to smell the rosés.

That’s our highly recommended approach to the eco-sensual pairing of artisanal food and terroir-expressive wines at this Sunday’s Golden Glass Wine Event at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Pavilion.

It’s also the prevailing philosophy of sponsor Slow Food USA, an organization dedicated to advocating the importance of sustainable farming practices that respect traditional knowledge and taste.

Complementing more than 100 no-pesticide wines from around the globe …

Tags: artisan , event , Father's Day , Golden Glass , San Francisco , slow food , wine

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The benefits of using a slow cooker are being gobbled up by the green world as we look for ways to cut down on the energy used by a conventional oven of which only six to 13 percent goes towards the actual cooking of your food. That’s why in the book Cooking Green, Kate Heyhoe refers to the oven as the Humvee of the kitchen.

“The kitchen is ripe with opportunities for going greener,” she writes. “It’s the place where people can make real choices, and take direct control of their impact …

Tags: crock pots , green , green cooking , ovens , saving energy , slow cookers , slow food

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