Human cultures and the Mediterranean diet / Guido, Luca and Paolo Barilla --; Academia Barilla: Italian gastronomy ambassador to the world / Gianluigi Zenti --; Common ingredients in uncommon ways / Todd English --; Queen of the Mediterranean --; The food pyramid and the environmental pyramid --; Appetizers --; First courses --; Second courses --; Salads and vegetables --; Desserts --; Bread and focaccia --; Preserves and liqueurs.
Starting with the triad of grains/vegetables/oil, which remains constant, each culture of the Mediterranean basis has distilled its own elementary model, typical and distinctive. Italy has succeeded in expressing an infinity of recipes and typical dishes.