Food is not merely a source of nourishment but also one of survival for human beings. Depending on production methods, food can also become a cultural reference point, an element of regional development and a tourist resource. This occurs with “local” food, representing a model of production and consumption that suggests a strong link with the region in which the food is produced. Over the last few years, the field of geographical studies has seen the rise of a specialised branch – the geography of taste – concerned with the study of links between the production of food, seen as a phenomenon of organisation of production, and the territory of reference. The production of food with these qualitative characteristics engages all five senses, assumes cultural significance and thus represents an element of emotional richness – the “gaze” – capable of being transformed into the tourist attraction defined in this paper as the “taste of geography”. These phenomena have been studied in a region of Italy – Abruzzo – in order to obtain the necessary data to plan a training and research centre for the promotion of enogastronomic culture and tourism.

Geography of taste and local development in Abruzzo (Italy) A Project to establish a training and research centre for the promotion of enogastronomic culture and tourism / Montanari, Armando. - In: JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM. - ISSN 1743-873X. - STAMPA. - 16(2):(2009), pp. 222-233.

Geography of taste and local development in Abruzzo (Italy) A Project to establish a training and research centre for the promotion of enogastronomic culture and tourism

MONTANARI, ARMANDO
2009

Abstract

Food is not merely a source of nourishment but also one of survival for human beings. Depending on production methods, food can also become a cultural reference point, an element of regional development and a tourist resource. This occurs with “local” food, representing a model of production and consumption that suggests a strong link with the region in which the food is produced. Over the last few years, the field of geographical studies has seen the rise of a specialised branch – the geography of taste – concerned with the study of links between the production of food, seen as a phenomenon of organisation of production, and the territory of reference. The production of food with these qualitative characteristics engages all five senses, assumes cultural significance and thus represents an element of emotional richness – the “gaze” – capable of being transformed into the tourist attraction defined in this paper as the “taste of geography”. These phenomena have been studied in a region of Italy – Abruzzo – in order to obtain the necessary data to plan a training and research centre for the promotion of enogastronomic culture and tourism.
2009
agrotourism; culinary heritage; food; geography of taste; taste of geography
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Geography of taste and local development in Abruzzo (Italy) A Project to establish a training and research centre for the promotion of enogastronomic culture and tourism / Montanari, Armando. - In: JOURNAL OF HERITAGE TOURISM. - ISSN 1743-873X. - STAMPA. - 16(2):(2009), pp. 222-233.
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