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Gastronazionalismo | Michele Antonio Fino, Anna Claudia Cecconi, Andrea Bezzecchi

Today, UNESCO awarded an intangible cultural heritage status to Italian cuisine: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/10/travel/italian-cuisine-unesco-status
On the one hand, good for Italy, and no doubt well deserved; on the other, Meloni and Italian nationalists who have been shamelessy instrumentaling the issue are happy 😖

How serendipitous for #Italy #FoodandLit
@Texreader

Dilara French article (probably behind a paywall) on the politics of it https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/101225/le-gouvernement-meloni-tra... - the tagged book is mentioned 7h

Bookwormjillk Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. 6h

julesG That's interesting, fascinating and somehow very great. But I might be biased by having read the comments under a cooking video about an Italian dish the vlogger butchered. 5h

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Texreader Great timing!! 3h

Dilara @Bookwormjillk You're welcome 😁 16m

Dilara @Texreader We couldn't have asked for better! 😄 15m

Dilara @julesG I can picture those comments exactly! 😂 😅 12m

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Texreader

Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope | Eleanor Herman

😂 ♦️ ♠️ ♥️ 💰😂

#foodandlit #Italy #Jubilee

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Texreader

Food and Literature | Gitanjali G. Shahani

The countries for 2026 #foodandlit have finally been determined!! Hold on tight because we are traveling the whole world again this coming year! We are in the process of assigning countries to each month (it‘s not random—can you guess how we decide when to read which country?). I‘m so excited to share 2026 with you with our new and returning hosts! @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick So keep watching this tag!!

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!!!!!! 1d

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Bookwormjillk

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I pulled out the Dutch oven and made white beans and tomatoes for dinner tonight. It was easy and delicious with bread and salad. #FoodAndLit #Italy

https://bellieskitchen.com/cheesy-white-bean-tomato-bake/?utm_source=pinterest&u...

Texreader, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger

Texreader Yum!! 2d

kspenmoll Sounds delicious! 2d

Tamra That looks like the perfect winter dinner! 2d

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JenReadsAlot That looks delicious! 2d

Lesliereadsalot Yum! 2d

AnnCrystal 😋💝. 2d

BarbaraBB I am Dutch but I always wonder what is a Dutch oven? 2d

Bookwormjillk @BarbaraBB ha! It‘s a big heavy pan that you can use on the stovetop and in the oven. 1d

BarbaraBB Oh wow. I know that kind of pans but bever thought of it that way. Thanks! 1d

Butterfinger This looks delicious. I may copy from you. 1d

Bookwormjillk @Butterfinger It reminded me a bit of lasagna but without all of the work. I will definitely make this again. 1d

MemoirsForMe 😋😋😋 1d

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Dilara

Balade gourmande en Italie | Laura Zavan

On Saturday, I went round the bookshops looking for Fontamara, which I had planned on reading and was on my #10BeforeTheEnd list. Didn't find it, but bought other books anyway 😊. And all my library holds came at once, so here's my pile of books:
- Tagged Italian cookbook: read, liked it;
- Graphic work by Zerocalcare: read liked it;
- Ibn Khaldun anthology: 60 pages still to read;
- Boccace's Decameron: will probably be a year-long read;

and ⬇

Dilara -Le diable amoureux (The Devil in Love) by Cazotte, which has been on my shelves for a while and is also part of my #10BeforeTheEnd list

The Devil in Love

Dilara - Noël by Jean Giono, because there was a pile of those next to the till, and I thought why not? It's cheap and timely (not in the database);
- Une fleur qui ne fleurit pas by Maria Messina, an Edwardian woman writer (not in the database) - one for #FoodAndLit #Italy;
- Salamalecs by Jesuthasan Antonythasan (not in the database);
- L'ultime humiliation by Rhéa Galanaki (not in the database). 3d

AnnCrystal 📚👏🏼🤩📚💝. 2d

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Dilara

No sleep till Shengal | Zerocalcare

I was looking for something from Zerocalcare set in #Italy for #FoodandLit and stumbled on the tagged book, about the democratic Yezidi self-governing enclave of Sinjar/Shengal in #Iraq, and couldn't pass it up. It's one of those places we hardly ever hear about. All you expect from Zerocalcare: self-reflective, left-wing, informative and depressing, with a glint of tempered hope.
@Texreader

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The Old Curiosity Shop | Charles Dickens

Finally posting my November stats

Eight books read last month, four were chunksters: two with 500+ pages and two with 400+ pages! Litsy challenges:

Curiosity Shop for #whattheDickens
Democracy for #authoramonth
Happy Isles for #Samoa and the remaining 5 for #Algeria for #foodandlit

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