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Joseph Rykwert
From Poland to the Mediterranean

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Joseph Rykwert interviewed by Elisabetta Moro in Mirandola during the Festival of Remembrance (2017) remembers the food memories of his hometown, Warsaw, and the city where he has lived since he was 13, London. Plus various places he visited for business or curiosity. He also discusses important issues such as Kashrut, the Jewish rules on food, food fads and conviviality.

Interview by Elisabetta Moro
Video by: Elisabetta Moro. Editing by: Annalisa Rascato
Subtitles by: Mariangela Bianco and Francesca Magnani
Document by: Mariangela Bianco
Translation by: Francesca Magnani
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Realized: 09-06-2017
Joseph Rykwert

Joseph Rykwert

Year: 05-04-1926
City: Varsavia
Education: University
Profession:English architectural historian and emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
Language: Italian

Video table of contents

00:07 Food memories of Warsaw
01:52 Discovery of Italy’s architecture and simplest food
03:00 The stuffed carp prepared in his family
03:49 The origin of bułeczki
04:40 A historical architecture in the kitchen
05:14 In Naples between pizza and Acquapazza
06:06 Preview of the new book: "Remembering Places"
07:29 Changes in the Anglo-Saxon cuisine
09:32 Baba Passion: the origin
10:27 The years in London in college
11:21 Eating habits borrowed from other countries
14:53 Conviviality explained to a Martian
18:28 Judaism between faith and food trends
21:40 Propust’s madeleine and the importance of memory
24:24 From Poland to the Mediterranean: food choices

Geographic information

Country: Varsavia

Links and attachements

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rykwert

References

J. Rykwert, La casa di Adamo in Paradiso, Adelphi Edizioni, Milano, 1991
J. Rykwert, G. Scattone, L'idea di città. Antropologia della forma urbana nel mondo antico, Adelphi Edizioni, Milano, 2002
J. Rykwert, La seduzione del luogo. Storia e futuro della città, Einaudi, 2008
J. Rykwert, La colonna danzante. Sull'ordine in architettura, Libri Scheiwiller, Milano, 2010
J. Rykwert, Remembering Places: A Memoir by Joseph Rykwert, Routledge, 2017