On August 21, 2023 an exciting "Nostos," a return journey to discover territories at the crossroads of peoples, cultures, and traditions that have called the Mediterranean home in different phases of history will take place at Max Enoteca Trattoria in Cirò Marina, Calabria. 

During the day long forum, Arcadians, Oenotri, Achaeans, and then Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Normans will be recalled by not only archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and linguists, but also by a qualified team of "Pythagorean cooks."

Led by Chefs Salvatore -Sasà- Murano, Gaetano Alia, Luigi Ammirati, Vincenzo Murano, Daniele Viola, Luigi Quintieri, and Pierluigi Vacca who will illustrate, with their dishes, how Calabria is a land of cross-cultural encounters and contaminations, each of which contributed to its food and wine heritage. 

The original event is an all-round narrative that will involve, among others, the Greek scholar Pasquale Casile, Professor Giuseppe Sommario (“root tourism” scholar), the anthropologist Alfonsina Bellio (École Pratique des Hautes Études-EPHE -PSL), Professor Daniele Castrizio (University of Messina), the archaeologist Roberto Spadea and Dr. Battista Liserre (Professor at the University of Picardie and Consultor of the Calabria Region in France). 

The event will be hosted and moderated by the journalist Gianfranco Manfredi, an expert in food and wine, with the contribution of "Chef of the two worlds" Amy Riolo, who is of Calabrian origin as well as an author and TV personality in Washington D.C. and Silvestro Parise, Consultor of the Calabria Region in Germany. 

The day long forum offers an opportunity to discover and rediscover the story of Calabria as it has never been told before.  Being the  first -interdisciplinary and initiative event of its kind, La Calabria Attraverso I Racconti’s purpose is to stimulate initiatives related to root tourism. To reserve a table at dinner contact Max Enoteca Trattoria directly.