Local and Seasonal Food: The Spaghetti Harvest
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 04. 1.08
It is important to remember that slow and local food is deeply embedded within traditional ways of life. One of the earliest and most important documentaries on local food and cultural practices was the famous 1957 Panorama documentary by cameraman Charles De Jaeger and producer David Wheeler on the Alpine spaghetti harvest. This classic was one of the first studies of the importance of climate (there was a really mild winter that year), culture and food, rolled into two minutes of cinematic history. Presenter Richard Dimbleby notes that ‘After picking, the spaghetti is laid out to dry in the warm, alpine sun’. ::Telegraph
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You are silly. Everyone now knows the Panorama documentary was an April Fool.
That was fascinating! I have never seen a spaghetti harvest before, and now I know. I can't wait to tell all my co-workers about this extraordinary process. Thank you very much!
-HelenWheels
P.S. Happy April!