The Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Paris organized a series of events to mark the 10th edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, a program promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, this year dedicated to the theme “Italian Cuisine: Culture, Health, and Innovation.” The main event featured Donpasta: a DJ, economist, anthropologist, and food enthusiast, whose renowned Food Sound System show has been bringing a vibrant narrative of Italian cuisine to the world for over fifteen years.
A cuisine firmly rooted in the past, made up of stories, recipes, family memories, and cultural transmission. The New York Times called him “one of the most inventive food activists.”
In welcoming the audience, Ambassador Luca Sabbatucci emphasized how “the extraordinary variety of Italian cuisine, which presents very different traditions and uses of products between North and South, constitutes a unique richness and one of the reasons behind the nomination of Italian cuisine for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The Italian gastronomic tradition represents not only a taste experience, but,” the ambassador concluded, “a true art of living, founded on the balance between pleasure, health, and conviviality.”
