Foodscapes: cibo in città

Abstract

Reading the city from a gastronomical point of view means observing the multiple relationships that the language of food and the language of space have with each other. It means selecting and making relevant some areas of the urban text and some parts of food discourse, electing them as representative segments of wider social dynamics. From this perspective, the city becomes a litmus test of the food and wine scene, a reflection of dishes and tastes, food orientations and consumption trends. On the other hand, food outlets become a mirror of urban flows, of ways of living in neighbourhoods, of social and convivial practices. And of their transformations, because it is clear that the city evolves, just as the places of food consumption encompassed within it do.