Forlimpopoli, home of Artusi, for 9 days is the capital of Italian gastronomic culture: Artusian Festival 24/06 - 02/07

Nine days with the "beautiful and the good" and solidarity . From 24 June to 2 July Forlimpopoli , the birthplace of Pellegrino Artusi, is transformed into the capital of Italian gastronomic culture with the XXVII edition of the Festa Artusiana . Dedicated to the father of Italian cuisine, the Festa offers about eighty appointments including meetings, cultural events, reflections on food, guided tastings, show cooking, shows and much more.

To enrich the festival more than thirty typical restaurants located in the streets and squares of the center, to which are added about twenty stands of associations and twin cities, together with another twenty producers always of the typical in the market area.

The leitmotif of the nine days is the gastronomic culture with a view to a strong solidarity imprint with the agri-food world, in the aftermath of the flood that severely hit Romagna, because as Carlo Petrini (Artusi Prize 2016) said, " solidarity passes even for food ”.

In fact, in Piazza Garibaldi and in via Saffi, between the stands and the kitchens of the associations (cultural and category) and of the cities (Romagna and twinned), there will also be the kitchens of some associations particularly involved in the emergency phase (such as the Protezione Civil and the section of the Alpine Association of Forlimpopoli) and a kitchen made available by the municipal administration to restaurants that are temporarily closed due to the flood but who wish to give a sign of their presence and willingness to leave as soon as possible.

Casa Artusi, between Unesco and aperitifs at the court

There are many centers of gravity for the Festival, starting with Casa Artusi, a center of gastronomic culture that enhances the work of the father of Italian home cooking. Saturday 24 June (5.30 pm), a large conference on ' Italian cuisine and the Unesco candidacy' , in the presence of the greatest scholars of national gastronomic culture, welcomes the Festival. At the center of the day were the themes of biodiversity and sustainability, the two cornerstones of the candidacy of Italian cuisine for UNESCO intangible heritage, an initiative that also involves Forlimpopoli.

Also at Casa Artusi every day at 19.00 the Aperitifs at the Court of Casa Artusi return, together with narrators of stories, products and projects. It starts on Sunday 25 June with Luca Cesari, one of the greatest historians of pizza, author of the book Storia della piazza da Napoli a Hollywwod . Following a themed tasting accompanied by a fundraiser to support the reconstruction of O Fiore Mio Hub in Faenza hit by the flood. Monday 26 is the turn of Graziano Pozzetto with his Tonino Guerra, food and childhood. We continue to eat mother's dishes, Tuesday 27 ' Communicating Artusi today' with the launch of the new Casa Artusi website and the opening of the new multifunctional space on via Costa. Martina Liverani, Debora Manetti and Francesco Canovaro present two new communication projects on Artusi. Wednesday 27 is the bicycle at the center of the aperitif with Claudio Gregori, Thursday 28 ' The Italian of food: continuity and news on the 'Artusian language' . The finale is dedicated to the encounter between Parmigiano Reggiano and Gin Primo di Romagna (Friday 30), while Giulia Ubaldi talks about the anthropology of food (Saturday 1 July). Last act with a comparison of homemade Nocini (July 2).

Italian cuisine between Romagna and the world

Still on the subject of reflection on today's cuisine and its relationship between local and global identity, some evenings are dedicated to the program at the Chiesa del Carmine and in Piazza Fratti in line and in synergy with the show cooking: Sunday 25 the protagonist of the Formula 1 Luigi Montanini; Monday 26 Silvia Bernardini presents the Gastrowiki project on online communication of Romagna food and wine together with her colleagues from the University of Bologna; Wednesday 28 the head of gastroenterology Carlo Fabbri will deal with well-being between body and mind; Friday 30 'What will we eat in the future' with Marco Della Rosa, professor at the Bolognese university; Saturday 1 July the language and cultural-gastronomic memory of Italians abroad with Anabela Ferreira from the University of Bologna. On Tuesday 27, Thursday 28 and Sunday 2 there will be round tables on typical products organized by the CheftoChef EmiliaRomagnaCuochi association which will involve chefs, producers, doctors and gastronomy experts.

Show Cooking

Also at the Artusiana, every evening the suggestive courtyard of the Rocca Ordelaffa hosts show cooking with important names in the kitchen thanks to the collaboration with the Artusian Chefs Association Forlì-Cesena and with the CheftoChef EmiliaRomagnaCuochi association. The protagonists are prestigious starred restaurants and venues which present the secrets of their recipes and signature cuisine to the general public, which starts with the enhancement of regional products, elaborated with cutting-edge techniques and technologies, in compliance with the Artusian assumption which invites you to choose “always for raw material stuff of the finest”.

Marietta, amateur cooks and Honorem

The birthplace of Artusi pays homage to today's Mariettes. Men or women it makes no difference, the important thing is to be amateur cooks animated by the sacred fire for the stove. All this is the Marietta Award, the national competition promoted by the Municipality of Forlimpopoli, in collaboration with Casa Artusi and the Mariette Association, dedicated to the famous housekeeper of the gastronome, Marietta Sabbatini. In the morning in the Casa Artusi cooking school the finalists from all over Italy challenge each other with their original recipes for a first course inspired by Artusi's home cooking. The winner is proclaimed on Sunday 25 June at 20.00 in Piazza Fratti. Up for grabs is a prize of 1,000 euros offered by Spazio Conad, while all the other finalists receive 5 kg of pasta, also made available by Conad. Also on Sunday, the Marietta ad Honorem Awards are presented, assigned to Stefano Pransani of the Pransani mill in Sogliano al Rubicone, and to Cettina Vincenzino, Sicilian by origin and German by adoption, a great popularizer of Italian cuisine.

Forlimpopoli, city of cheeses

Forlimpopoli, awarded the title City of Cheese in 2022, on the occasion of the Artusian Festival dedicates a small square to cheese meetings thanks to the collaboration with Onaf, the National Association of Cheese Tasters . At the center are tastings and narrations to discover Italian territories told through their dairy culture. Many appointments always scheduled at 20.30 (apart from the first and last, set at 19.30): the dairy tourism network (Saturday 24), the Shepherding Festival (Sunday 25), Parmigiano Reggiano (June 26), Fattoria La Pulcina (June 27), Brisighella cheeses (June 28), Piedmontese cheeses (June 30), guided tastings (July 1), Squacquerone di Romagna (July 2).

National Archaeological Museum “T. Aldini”

For those who want to take a stroll through history with their palate, we invite you to enter the “T. Aldini” in Forlimpopoli , where you sit at an ideal table in the ancient world . The guided tour (lasting about an hour, admission 5 euros) leads to the discovery of foods and ways of experiencing conviviality from Prehistory to the Renaissance, starting from the numerous Roman amphorae with a characteristic flat bottom, unique in their kind and produced exclusively from the furnaces of Forlimpopoli and intended for the transport of wine and oil.

Among the novelties in collaboration with ArkeoGustus from 29 June to 2 July every evening (6.45 pm) the initiative History and archeology at the table - Roman aperitif , experimental archaeological experiences with gastronomic archeology laboratory is proposed. The itinerary ends with a tasting of the recipes dedicated to Marcus Gavius Apicius, Cato, Columella and other historical sources, edited by ArkeoGustus.

Shows

The program of shows is rich with about thirty events over the nine days located in various parts of the city: the Fossato della Rocca with the children's stage and entertainment along the streets thanks to the magical street artists, between dream and fun. In addition, this year, for the little ones, on Sunday 25, Tuesday 27, Thursday 29 June and Saturday 1 July, free workshops with building bricks at the municipal brick library