A business developer by trade, Slow Food Seattle member Aimee Hayes is working toward her culinary nutrition certificate and starting up a healthy cooking and food prep company.

• Name: Aimee Hayes
• City: Gig Harbor, a beautiful town about an hour south of the city.
• Member of Slow Food Since: 2018

SFS: What are your favorite spices?
AH: Sumac, Ginger, Fresh Herbs + Salt

SFS: How did you first learn about Slow Food?
AH: I collect cookbooks, and I came across the Slow Food cookbook and instantly wanted to be a part of this movement.

SFS: What do you do to embody Slow Food in your daily life (career, home, hobbies, etc)?
AH: I love to garden. We eat local, organic, real food. I support local farms and our farmer's market, and always try to look back to the old ways of approaching food preparation.

SFS: What is your favorite dish or food that has profound meaning for you and why?
AH: Oven roasted organic, free range chicken. This embodies so many things about how we should consume and care for our food. From a healthy chicken raised on pecking grass and sunshine, we receive eggs and meat. We can slow roast a chicken and make so many meals. We can use the meat, make stock and bone broth, we can make pate and even use the skins and leftover gritty bits for pet food. Nothing should go to waste, and the bird should be raised with care and consumed with respect.

SFS: What is the last great book or film about food that you read/saw and would recommend to Slow Food members?
AH: I've been watching the Paleo Way on Netflix. I was hesitant, but the series is great, and the way the host approaches food is much more than a dietary instructional. There is depth to the series and I recommend it.

Member Spotlight: Aimee Hayes