Parma nominated to enter the Unesco list for gastronomic cities

Aug 27, 2015 914

by Claudia Astarita

The city of Parma, known abroad for its delicatessen, was nominated among the gastronomic creative cities for the Unesco list. This category includes a variety of resourceful municipalities, but only eight experts in food and none of them (before Parma nomination) was Italian.

The other cities are Popayan (Colombia), Chengdu (China), Ostersund (Sweden), Jeonju (South Korea), Zahle (Lebanon), Florianopolis (Brazil), Shunde and Tsuruoka (Japan). The common denominator is the local expertise in the old style methods of cooking, food markets, gastronomic festivals, contests and awards. Moreover, the city culinary tradition should be sustainable and nurturing of public appreciation – all of which should be promoted through school curriculum.

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Fonte: This is Italy

 

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