Sunday, December 31, 2023

Each region has its own street food...



Social media, dedicated apps, events, books all seem to confirm the unstoppable evolution of a very successful phenomenon: street food. In the wake of the phenomenon, Tag24 presents the map of Italian street food divided by region: from the Lazio supplì to the Emilian crescentine, from the Sicilian bread with spleen to the Umbrian fat pizza, each region presents its local traditions. A predominant sector of the tourist and food economy, street food, as Coldiretti declares, is little subject to the distortion of typical recipes that preserve its tradition and for this reason it proves to be little influenced by passing fashions, surviving thanks to a continuous evolution.

The trump card of street food is to combine the great Italian culinary tradition and the experimentation of new trends, to look at eco-sustainability and organic to meet the needs of the consumer aware that a healthy diet is the basis of psychophysical well-being and that reducing the environmental impact "makes food tastier". Sophisticated packaging, excellent raw materials: street food can be beautiful, good and healthy.

For this reason, at the top of web searches regarding street food products we find the Italian tradition par excellence: pizza. The infographic contains the recipe for this and other most sought-after regional specialties such as piadina, focaccia and strudel. Within the map of Italian flavors of local festivals and culinary events where you can taste them.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, street food is the food choice of 2.5 billion people every day. In Italy, in particular, 75% of the population chooses street food and of this 45% prefers typical local products, 24% international foods and 4% choose ethnic cuisine.

What is the reason for this trend? Certainly, the new and faster pace of life and work and the short time available enhance the functionality and convenience of street food. But also an openness and a curiosity that pushes food lovers to taste different things, preferring several small portions to a single large dish. Finally, the economic aspect should not be underestimated.

A recent survey proposed by Gambero Rosso shows that almost 40% of users say they choose street food for affordability, thanks to the economic downturn of recent years due to which, according to Coldiretti, since the summer of 2013 spending in restaurants has dropped by 11% and there has been an increase in the number of catering establishments that do not provide service but only administration.

 

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