The Gift of Korean Buddhism Temple Food

The City of Turin, Slow Food, and the Region of Piedmont in collaboration with MIPAAF (Italy’s Ministry for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies) will hold ‘Terra Madre Salone del Gusto,’ the International Slow Food Festival, along with Slow Food International to offer an experience of temple food, which represents one of health food varieties and the diet of Korean Buddhists when practicing asceticism, from September 22 through 24.
Temple food refers to the diet of the monks at temples that helps the practice of ascetics, characterized, based on Buddha’s teachings, by abstinence from specific ingredients such as five pungent vegetables (garlic, scallions, chives, onions and leeks) as well as meat, and instead includes natural food ingredients in season. It is noted for dishes made of preserving food and fermented food, available for consumption over a long period of time, such as kimchi, to feature a sense of wisdom and health.
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