(ANSA) – NEW YORK, 11 NOV – PDO cured meats and cheeses to promote Italian taste in the world. This is the theme of the sixth edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World which this year will start on November 15th. This is an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) developed to promote Italian culinary traditions and food and wine knowledge as a distinctive trait of Italian identity and culture, therefore a showcase for Italy and taste. Italian in the world.
The week of Italian cuisine in the world in the United States sees the involvement of the Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE) and eight restaurants across the country concentrated in cities such as New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Houston and Washington A.D.
In New York, the initiative is promoted in collaboration with the Italian Group which brings together hundreds of employees of the catering sector in the Big Apple and will be launched by the Il Gattopardo restaurant, where the consul general of Italy in New York Fabrizio Di will also intervene. Michele and the director of the North American Ice Antonino Laspina. “On the east coast – said Gianfranco Sorrentino, president of the Italian Group to ANSA – three restaurants in New York join the initiative, namely Il Gattopardo, Ribalta and Norma, and one in Washington DC, Cafe ‘Milano. All will propose variations themed on their menu in order to promote our cured meats and cheeses. Our aim is also to raise awareness of the difficulties of small Italian producers in exporting their products to the United States “.
“The participating restaurants – underlined Laspina – will propose a” Platter of Salami and Cheeses “, representing a distinctive trait of Italian identity and culture. The Week of Italian Cuisine is part of The Extraordinary Italian Taste project led by the ITA which aims to promote Italian excellence and the quality of authentic Italian products by educating food lovers to identify and appreciate authentic Made in Italy specialties all over the world “.
Other events are also planned at the Italian Institute of Culture-General Consulate of Italy in New York in collaboration with the Italian Academy of Cuisine, IACE, the School of Italy, ISSNAF, the Pancrazio Association (Rome) , the theme ‘Hands in pasta – The Mediterranean diet at school: educating for sustainability’. (HANDLE).
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