New Book
- The Landscapes of Italian Food: Local Development and Healthy Practices The book examines contemporary food systems in Italy, paying particular attention to the landscape, innovative local practices and local cultural history. It illustrates the utility of the value chain concept in navigating the complexities of comparative advantage in an advanced market setting. It establishes the connection between the landscape and individual food practices, and how they have responded to the commodification of the agri-food system, maintaining a distinctive local character while ensuring development and a healthy diet.
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About Culture and Cuisine: Italy
This guide provides selective resources for MET ML636: Culture and Cuisine: Italy.
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A traditional Italian Panettone cake, shaped as a piggy bank with a four-leaf clover in its mouth to bring good luck against the economic crisis and good wish for the upcoming 2010, is displayed at the Cova Cafe' in downtown Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec.28, 2009. (Associated Press Images Collection)
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This guide was originally authored by Chris Smith, April, 2023.