Food: A Citizen’s Manual

Food: A Citizen’s Manual

I was recently shopping at the Trionfale market in my Roman neighborhood of Prati. The place is brimming with all kinds of produce and products, mixing the artisanal and the industrial, the convenient and the traditional. The market is now inside a recently built...
Becoming Citizens in the Global Food System

Becoming Citizens in the Global Food System

Within a week, two important professional events have taken place for me: my new book Food has been published by MIT Press in its Essential Knowledge series; and the exhibition Food: Bigger than the Plate, for which I was an external advisor, opened at the Victoria...
Polish Cuisine on Display in Warsaw

Polish Cuisine on Display in Warsaw

Interest in Polish cuisine is growing fast, and it has started putting itself on display. In mid-May, 50 of the most visible Polish chef got together for the Taste Masters event, which we previously announced on Gambero Rosso. Organized by Justyna Adamczyk, director...