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The (greedy) alphabet of 2021, looking to 2022 – Italian Cuisine

From sweetbread to pumpkin: clubs, cooks and trends of a year that marked a (good) recovery for food & drink. Here's what's left of 2021 and in some cases it will happily continue …

What grade to assign to 2021 of food and drink? If we compare it with 2020, we think that a good 8 fits everything. If we look at the last year of normality, it must be lowered to 7. But not so much for the passion – back high, but basically it had never gone away – if anything, for the fact that there are aspects of the 'system' in search of a new identity: the old one is really gone.

A few examples: the room of the premises (practically to be rebuilt), the end of the avant-garde (right? wrong? but it is essential there is), the approval of products and dishes. That said, the food & drink in Italy remains one of the few elements that make you smile, where excellence is not a rarity – as in other fields – and we are admired, envied, copied around the world.

That's why, as per the tradition of La Cucina Italiana, we liked to remember – in an alphabet, very personal and not necessarily shared – clubs, chefs and trends of the year that is about to go into the archive. With the certainty that, in some cases, our choices will be protagonists also in 2022. Best wishes (intense and tasteful, of course).

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The (greedy) alphabet of 2020 – Italian Cuisine – Italian Cuisine

From A to Z: clubs, chefs and trends of a unique year (for better or for worse) for food & drink. Here's what's left and we'll bring (only the best, hopefully) after New Year's Eve …

Let's face it: by instinct, almost everyone at midnight on January 31 – to be spent strictly at home or at most in a hotel room – will hope that 2020 will be forgotten, totally and as soon as possible.

But resilience requires that you always have to find something positive. Even in a terrible time, where insiders have always faced (and are facing) the worst crisis of the post-war period and food & drink enthusiasts have been deprived, more or less half of the time, of their favorite places or places they wanted. to discover. This is why we decided to relive – in an alphabet, very personal and not necessarily shared – clubs, chefs and trends of the year that is about to go to the archive. With the hope that re-reading the article in a few years, some terms will be a bad memory and others will make you smile.

Auguroni (greedy, of course) from all of us.

The (greedy) alphabet of 2019 – Italian Cuisine – Italian Cuisine

From artisan to sugar: locals, chefs and an intense year's trends for food & drink. Here's what's left of 2019 and (easily) we'll take it even after New Year's Eve …

What will remain of 2019? So many good dishes, so many good cooks, so many new ideas. You can always improve but the food & drink in Italy remains one of the few elements that make you smile, where excellence is not a rarity – as in other fields – and we are admired, envied, copied in the world. Maybe we don't make a system yet but we can't complain. That's why we liked to remember – in an alphabet, very personal and not necessarily shareable – clubs, chefs and trends of the year that is about to go on file, with the certainty that in some cases, our choices will also be protagonists in 2020. Auguroni (gluttonous, of course ).