Food Education: The Culture of Taste is the theme of the fourth World Week of Italian Cuisine. This event launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation aims to promote quality Italian cuisine and our farm produce abroad, through seminars, conferences, meetings with chefs and cooking courses, tastings and dinners. Italian cuisine will also be described through art, film screenings, concerts and photographic exhibitions.
The Consulate General of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the IACCW in Los Angeles will promote Italy’s culinary tradition and gastronomic excellence, as well as the Mediterranean diet as a healthy lifestyle and a model of balanced nutrition, through a series of events organized during the month of November in Los Angeles. The rich program includes:
Valter Longo: The Longevity Table
November 8th – IIC Los Angeles
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Leonardo 500: Wine Event
November 11th – IIC Los Angeles
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True Italian Taste Masterclass featuring Pecorino Toscano PDO
November 13th – Il Fornaio, Beverly Hills, CA
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Trulli Tales and The Magic of Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Celebrating Puglia
November 14th – IIC Los Angeles
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Great Italian chefs in Los Angeles: Barbara Pollastrini (cooking demo)
November 16th – IIC Los Angeles
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Dinner of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina with Italian Ambassador of Taste Barbara Pollastrini
November 16th – Heroic Deli restaurant Santa Monica
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Trulli Tales and The Magic of Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil at Franklin Elementary Glendale
November 18th – Franklin School Elementary Glendale
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Food in Fellini’s drawings
November 21st – IIC Los Angeles
All events will feature a special spotlight on Prosecco DOCG Wine from the Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene that have officially become Italy’s 55th UNESCO World Heritage Site. For more information and details on each event, please visit www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it
