Imagine if you could erase all the hate in the world by just replacing it with something beautiful, like art, for instance. It would seem almost too good to be true, and to many this might indeed sound somewhat naive. However, this is exactly what has happened in Verona and its outskirts. For more than a decade, Italian street artist Pier Paolo Spinazzè has been covering neo-fascist graffiti and offensive writings with colorful murals depicting all sorts of foods.

You know Italians. Food is not just mere nourishment for the body. It’s rather something far more sacred than that: the things people put on their table is a token of cultural tradition and identity, and they are proudly shared along with the deep love for their land. So, if on one hand far-right scribbles are placed around to incite discrimination and division, on the other, a smoking hot pizza will bring everyone around the same table. And Spinazzè knows this very well.