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Food and the Unification of Italy

Food and the Unification of Italy

FromThe Food Programme


Food and the Unification of Italy

FromThe Food Programme

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 5, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sheila Dillon explores a food story behind the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. In 1861 Italians came together as one nation, but does food reveal a different story? Sheila travels to Sicily where she hears how the island's powerful food culture is seen as evidence by some of disappointment with the creation of a nation state. She meets food historian Mary Taylor Simeti who explains how menus in the 19th century show how Sicilians rejected the temptations of food from the mainland and further afield.Producer: Dan Saladino.
Released:
Apr 5, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

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