Food, its production methods but also the ways of cooking of what we eat are becoming increasingly important in industrialized countries. Probably, it is a way to return to a more healthy and less sophisticated lifestyle.
Today in Italy those who follow a vegetarian or vegan diet is equal to 5.9% of the population that is quite a figure, but another trend is more and more affirming, ie the raw food diet: a form of diet which crosses vegetarian, vegan, demitarian groups and lovers of good food in general.
Surfing the web we found the interesting blog Spaghetti e Mandolino and here we quote:
"Le'ts begin to learn these two words: RAW FOOD. A new frontier?
Well if you think about it it is the diet of Homo Sapiens in its early days when it was not able to discover the benefits of the fire god. Raw food means all those foods which have not been firing through the use of heat to the flame. Who have not lost all their nutritional components due to high temperature.
At SANA in Bologna, the international Organich Food event what has emerged with greater strength is this new frontier. Adopted by many Hollywood movie stars, raw food is becoming a movement much later in our country on the part of women and men especially in vegan version.
And therefore the proliferation of vegetables, dried fruits, legumes creams, cereals, smoothies, etc ... but the raw food apart from its its vegan soul reveals its potential with all those meats that have not been cooked and are many. Parma and San Daniele ham but also of all horse steaks and other dried meat in the pure more ancestral style.
This phenomenon that is sweeping the Western world goes towards the idea of a more healthy and balanced nutrition, nutrient-rich yet easily absorbed and not dispersed in the water of cooking. A world that has its own logic, very appealing existence and very scientifically proven. Not easy for those who love good food everyday. So a cooked raw pasta would be a little difficult to obtain even if you are trying to cooking with cold."
Next SANA - International Exhibition of Organic and Natural will be held in Bologna in September, but in the meantime if you're curious, you can see their page.
Meanwhile, here is a simple but tasty raw food recipe for fans of the genre that you can find on our Recipe Book. It's called Adriatic and was mande for us by the food blogger Alessandra Colaci and accompanied by our EVO oil RoZò.
Enjoy!
