{"id":51386,"date":"2013-09-09T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T10:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/youth\/the-eat-smart-project-when-food-becomes-a-universal-language\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:51:09","slug":"the-eat-smart-project-when-food-becomes-a-universal-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/youth\/the-eat-smart-project-when-food-becomes-a-universal-language\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eat Smart project – When food becomes a universal language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I<\/strong>n Europe, in Asia, elsewhere, culinary cultural heritage is slowly disappearing. Meanwhile, junk food is continuously spreading, just as obesity or other health risks, without mentioning agro-industrial scandals anywhere in the world, and to what extent environmental future is linked to our eating habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eat Smart project raises awareness about those issues, through a (re)discovery of culinary traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

40 young cooks or video makers from 4 different countries (China, France, Vietnam and Italy) have been involved in the different steps of the project: a training course in Beijing, 6 local workshops in each of the 4 countries, the production of a documentary, a research on traditional recipes and an International Food Fair in Palermo, Italy\u2026 The objective was always to show that sustainable consumption is strictly connected to our culinary tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Food Fair \/\/ September 9th \u2013 12th  \/\/ Palermo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one week video-makers, cooks or just young activists from China, Vietnam, France and Italy will come together in Palermo, Italy, to explore the Sicilian, Italian, and European realities. This international team will lean on the work already done, and promote the project in Sicily, the core of the Mediterranean diet. They will discover the culinary features of the city, and invite the public to take part to workshops, and they will present their documentary, dealing with Asian and European food landscapes and traditions. This event has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Teatro Nuovo Montevergini e della Citt\u00e0 del Gusto \/ Palazzo Branciforte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eurasian cooking workshops \/\/Wednesday  September 11th 10.00 \u2013 13.00 \/\/ Citt\u00e0 del Gusto \u2013 Palazzo Branciforte<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Via Bara all\u2019Olivella, 2 \u2013 Palermo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The participants will run Chinese, French, and Vietnamese cuisine workshops, which will be opened to the public. This will be another good chance to raise awareness about the project objectives, again through cooking. All workshops will be supervised by Chinese, French, and Vietnamese chefs who will exceptionally attend the Food Fair. At the evening public event, these dishes will be offered to the public. These workshops are free with limited places. To join, please write specifying the chosen workshop (Chinese, French, or Vietnamese).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eat Smart Night \/\/ September 11th 19.00 \u2013 22.00 \/\/ Nuovo Montevergini \u2013 Via Montevergini, 8, Palermo<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Via Montevergini, 8, Palermo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this event, we will show the results of the project to the local community in Palermo. They will also promote the importance of healthy and sustainable eating lifestyles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evening Program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n