Antonio Cesarano is a professional pasta producer. He is the owner of a little company located in Gragnano, a small town in Campania, which is very well known for the presence, in the countryside, of some factories that produce handmade hard wheat pasta.He tells us the story of this ancient art, which has been lasting for centuries, and  has been passing on from generation to generation. In comparison to the past,the production processes have changed, but the taste and the flavor of the food traditions are still the same.

Document by: Centro di Studi Sociali dell’Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, diretto da Marino Niola, Giuseppina Iaccarino, Lucia D’Angiò, Roberta Fraola, Rossella Galletti
Video by: Giuseppina Iaccarino, Lucia D’Angiò, Roberta Fraola
Created: 12-05-2012
Antonio Cesarano

Antonio Cesarano

Year: 15-11-1963
City: Gragnano (Na)
Profession: Entrepreneur
Languages: Italian

Video table of contents

- 00:09 Antonio Cesarano,the "Maccheronaro"
- 01:25 The pasta producers art
- 03:40 The modern machines
- 04:04 Childood memories
- 04:49 The "Cuoppo"
- 05:19 The production in the past
- 06:55 The production today
- 08:39 The Gragnano cooperative
- 09:14 The future of pasta producers

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
City: Gragnano
District: Napoli
Altitude: 141m s.l.m.

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