Grand Tour del Gusto 2026: twenty stops to explore Italy through its flavours

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A journey across the entire peninsula, taking in villages, cities of art, coastlines and inland regions, to celebrate the extraordinary richness of Italian cuisine. The Grand Tour del Gusto returns in 2026: this travelling project, promoted by the Italian Association of Ambassadors of Taste, is set to stage twenty events following the success of its first two editions […]

The new temple of taste under the Sardinian sky

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From contemporary Japanese haute cuisine to auteur crudes and bitter rituals: the 'hidden harbour' of Poltu Quatu has turned into the most vibrant gastronomic epicentre of the season.Poltu Quatu is a place in Sardinia where geography has given a special gift to architecture and privacy: nestled between the pink granite cliffs between Porto Cervo and [...]

Sicily Special. The tale of an island on a plate

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Sicilian cuisine is not just a collection of recipes: it is a layered tale of dominations, myths, superstitions and gestures handed down by word of mouth. It is a cuisine born of the encounter and often the clash of different peoples: Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards. Each has left something behind and nothing has really been erased. In Sicily, the food [...]

The return of regional cuisines revisited. Tradition at the table becomes the new luxury

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There was a time when luxury tasted exotic: distant spices, molecular techniques, unobtainable ingredients pronounced with a French accent. Today, however, the real privilege is to recognise a tomato that tastes like a tomato. And to know which field it comes from. Regional cuisines are back in the limelight, but they do so with a new step: not nostalgic, [...]

Is the new fine dining sustainable?

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Green trends between ingredients, waste and supply chains: a journey through philosophy, concrete practices and real challenges. Here is the text reorganised in a linear and fluid format, eliminating line breaks in the column structure and optimised with clear, scannable formatting: The new Fine Dining: from showmanship to responsibility In recent years, the [...]

Wine for the new generations. Labels, languages and new consumers

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For years, wine has spoken an exclusive, almost initiatory language. Complex terminology, rigid rituals, untouchable hierarchies. Today, however, something has changed. The new generations drink less, but choose better. And above all, they ask wine to tell a different story. For Millennials and Gen Z, wine is no longer a symbol of social prestige, [...].

Comfort food. Why we need comfort food

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Economic, climatic, emotional instability: in the face of all this, food goes back to doing what it has always done best, which is to reassure. Yet today's comfort food is no longer just a nostalgic refuge. It is changing shape, language and responsibility. It is less excessive, more conscious. And perhaps, for that very reason, even more necessary. The comfort [...]

Chefs without a restaurant. How careers change in modern cuisine

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For decades, a chef's career had a clear, almost obligatory path: apprenticeship, brigade, own kitchen, maybe a star. Today that map has fragmented. More and more chefs are choosing not to open a restaurant or to close it, without giving up their authority, their audience, their success. Thus a new professional figure is born: the [...]

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