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Abstract Using actor-network theory and the concept of the sociological imagination, this study follows the traces of an ancestral food, namely Karakılçık bread, in the Cittaslow destination of Seferihisar in İzmir, Turkey. Actor-network theory is used to explore economic, social, and cultural relationships and everyday practices in the making and selling of this ancestral bread. Tracing the bread in the networks of human and non-human relations helps towards understanding how slow food justice may be enacted in the hybrid socio-ecological-technological network of slow food tourism. The study shows the importance of local spaces like local farmers' markets that enable the sharing and conservation of food heritage through the social ordering of traditional Karakılçık bread. The festivalization of bread and the co-created experiences in local food places express values like sociality and conviviality that contribute to the well-being of residents and tourists alike. As interpreted in this study, slow food justice is a holistic concept that considers not simply principles like fairness and equity, but also resident and tourist well-being, cultural flourishing, and heritage conservation.