Exhibition “Fifty Years of Italian Cuisine”

The exhibition dedicated to “Fifty Years of Italian Cuisine” put together by the Accademia Italiana della Cucina and displayed on a series of large colourful panels, illustrates the vicissitudes of the Italian table over the last half century. The exhibition starts with the difficulties of alimentary autarchy and the serious problems of the world wars. It then covers the hard times of the post war period up to the years of the economic miracle, ending with the present which is characterised by opulence, research, innovation and various fads. When he inaugurated the exhibition, President of the Accademia Giuseppe Dell’Osso explained its purpose: “it is a itinerant exhibition, definitely not to be seen as static”. The series of panels, accompanied by an illustrated catalogue, will follow two different routes. The first will travel outside of Italy where exhibitions will be held in the most important foreign capitals and cities at some of the 83 Italian Cultural Institutes, which are part of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Many Institutes have already reserved our exhibition as a vehicle for promoting our gastronomy and food products. Another travelling exhibition will be predominantly used by Accademia, although it too will be available to the outside world. The Accademia’s Delegations will undertake to arrange to display the exhibition in their respective regions as a symbol of our active, cultural and social presence.