03-08-2018
Massimo Bottura in a photo by Brambilla-Serrani on the stage of Identità Golose 2018. He has had a unique role in updating our traditions
Enough of winter. For the first time since Claudio Ceroni and I started to think and organise Identità Golose, the congress in Milan will not take place in the winter. Edition number 15 is postponed a couple of weeks, leaving winter behind and taking its first steps into the spring. The event is scheduled from Saturday 23rd March to Monday 25th, again at MiCo, the congress centre Via Gattamelata. We’ve decided the dates, the theme, which follows the one we celebrated last March, as explained in the following presentation. Enjoy.
The Human Factor, the theme of edition 2018 of Identità Golose in Milan, Milano,is as important, globally, as ever. When we chose it, we thought of the Internet galaxy as opposed to daily life and to every form of human relationship, with a focus on cooking and restaurants.And this theme is even stronger and more current now, if we think of the tension between countries and people, with the free movement of goods and people as menaced and compromised as ever by biased interests, by those who put their interest first, before any other common consideration.
Margherita sbagliata, the emblem-dish by Franco Pepe, master pizzaiolo from Caiazzo (Caserta)
Raviolo Aperto, Gualtiero Marchesi’s most famous dish
The truth is dishes are a safe refuge, always ready to welcome our dearest memories, the echoes of people and places we’ve known, experienced and loved. The most innovative chefs and pastry-chefs know this well, and they’re eternally forced to come to terms with the marvels of the past. And often end up justifying themselves.
Verdure essiccate by Carlo Cracco, the emblem dish of the 2007 edition of Identità Golose in Milan
Building New Memories is what chefs, pastry-chefs, pizzaioli, artisans, ice cream makers do. They think and design new dishes, in the hope they will become New Collective Memories.
Translated by Slawka G. Scarso
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born in Milan in March 1955, at Il Giornale for 31 years dividing himself between sports and food, since 2004 he's the creator and curator of Identità Golose. blog www.paolomarchi.it instagram instagram.com/oloapmarchi