With an exclusive dinner at Villa Firenze, yesterday the cycle of events organized by the Italian Embassy in Washington to celebrate the X edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World ended. “Celebrating the Week of Italian Cuisine here in the United States means contributing to make the American public know even better our agro-food excellences and the principles of the Mediterranean Diet”, commented the Italian Ambassador in the United States, Marco Peronaci. Recalling the words of the Vice President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tajani on the universality of the language of Italian cuisine, Peronaci stressed that “Italian cuisine is a cultural language, a lifestyle, a heritage handed down from generation to generation; tells the story of our land and our people, of the deep links between food, environment and community.”.
The dinner hosted by the Ambassador at his Residence has seen the protagonist of the cuisine of Chef Pasquale and Gaetano Torrente of the restaurant “Il Convento” of the province of Salerno, who has collaborated with the Chef of Villa Firenze Roberto Grazioli to create a special menu for the occasion. There were important guests such as the Honorable Deborah Bergamini and Carlo Fidanza, the Judge of Supreme Court Samuel Alito, and prominent members of the American Administration as the Deputy National Security Councilor Andrew Baker and the Undersecretaries of Foreign Affairs Allison Hooker and Science Dario Gil.
The event of yesterday is added to the others realized by the Italian Embassy in the past weeks, which have given particular importance to the experience and talent of important Italian and Italian-American cuisine, such as the chef Massimo Bottura, guest of honor of the gala of the Italian Cultural Society last November 8, and the famous television character Lidia Bastianich, guest of exception of an evening of presentation of his last book held in Florence on November 11.
With the “Festival of 5 Colors” of 19 November, organized in collaboration with the Fondazione Pancrazio, a program dedicated to food education for more than 130 children was created in the capital of the United States and a panel was organized on health and food issues with the participation of managers of the Higher Institute of Health and Italian and American university professors. The famous Italian-American chef Amy Riolo has also intervened, known for its action to disseminate Italian food and wine culture in the United States.
The Week of Italian Cuisine in the United States, through the activities of our Consulates and Italian Institutes of Culture, has been articulated according to a busy calendar of appointments that involved many American cities. The initiatives have been developed in synergy with the companies of the agri-food sector, consortia, chefs and Italian restaurateurs, the academic world, representatives of the media and influencers, as well as with the traditional partners of the Week, including the Accademia Italiana della Cucina, the Association “Ambasciatori del Gusto” and ALMA (the international school of Italian cuisine).
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