"And his mission is to disrupt the foundations on which we Italians have built our famous, and famously inflexible, culinary culture"
My initial thought is considering how much modern Italian food was meant as a way to unite the various regions, I'm not sure he wants the outcome that may come with it. I always found it interesting to hear comments about people from other regions of Italy by commenting on how/what they eat. Like the rice eaters in the North.
"Fabio Parasecoli identifies and defines the phenomenon of “gastronativism,” the ideological use of food to advance ideas about who belongs to a community and who does not. As globalization and neoliberalism have transformed food systems, people have responded by seeking to return to their roots. Many have embraced local ingredients and notions of cultural heritage, but this impulse can play into the hands of nationalist and xenophobic political projects. Such movements draw on the strong emotions connected with eating to stoke resentment and contempt for other people and cultures."
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"And his mission is to disrupt the foundations on which we Italians have built our famous, and famously inflexible, culinary culture"
My initial thought is considering how much modern Italian food was meant as a way to unite the various regions, I'm not sure he wants the outcome that may come with it. I always found it interesting to hear comments about people from other regions of Italy by commenting on how/what they eat. Like the rice eaters in the North.
I keep meaning to read this book "Gastronativism" but I haven't gotten around to ordering it http://cup.columbia.edu/book/gastronativism/9780231202077
"Fabio Parasecoli identifies and defines the phenomenon of “gastronativism,” the ideological use of food to advance ideas about who belongs to a community and who does not. As globalization and neoliberalism have transformed food systems, people have responded by seeking to return to their roots. Many have embraced local ingredients and notions of cultural heritage, but this impulse can play into the hands of nationalist and xenophobic political projects. Such movements draw on the strong emotions connected with eating to stoke resentment and contempt for other people and cultures."
Roland Barthes had an interesting take on the semiology of steak-frites in his book Mythologies.