Al Old Port of Genoa, a symbol of the city's maritime culture from 1 to 4 June goes on stage Slow Fish 2023, the great event, dedicated to aquatic ecosystems organized by Slow Food and the Liguria Region, in collaboration with the Municipality of Genoa. The chosen theme Coast to Coast underlines how the aquatic environments and land are closely interconnected ecosystems between them. And around this theme for four days there will be educational activities, Taste Workshops, Aperitifs and Street Cuisine. The pleasure linked to taste will be tackled in a conscious way, remembering that both the quality of our life and the health of the planet depend on our choices.
The Coast to Coast concept underlines how aquatic environments and land are closely interconnected ecosystems
I Taste Workshops, hosted in the Sala Reale Mutua of the Slow Food stand thus become opportunities to taste not only fish and mussels, but also wines, oils and products that represent the diversity and richness of coastal agriculture, without forgetting the environmental issues related to the fish world and consumer habits. For example, tasting the renowned Spezzino mussels offers an opportunity to talk about a sustainable form of farming that is dealing with important problems, such as climate change and predation by sea bream, for which mussels are a precious source of food . And problems of this type will emerge from the laboratories dedicated to entire territories, from the island of Giglio to Trasimeno, from the Carso to the Brindisi area and the Conero.
Our Streams Invaded by Aggressive Louisiana and California Crayfish Carrying a Dangerous Disease
Particular attention in this year's edition of Slow Fish will be given to Austropotamobius pallipes, the Italian crayfish, a crustacean that lives in the waterways of our country: it was once very common, but for many years it has been in serious danger. The threat comes from alien species of crayfish, all from very distant places, which are spreading where the Italian crayfish live. The Louisiana shrimp, California shrimp, and American shrimp, in addition to being big, strong and resistant, they are healthy carriers of a very dangerous disease that kills our crayfish. But that's not all: the pollution of watercourses, illegal fishing and the increase in temperatures are other dangers that the Italian crayfish must try to survive.
Slow Fish launches a real SOS for the salvation of crayfish with the LifeClaw project (www.lifeclaw.eu), co-financed by the European Union, which aims to contribute to the conservation of this endangered species, thanks to its breeding, the reintroduction into our waterways and the capture of invasive American crayfish.
Discovering culinary traditions, territories and products with their protagonists: fishermen, winegrowers, olive growers and food artisans
For the food aspect a guiding visitors in the discovery of culinary traditions, territories and products are the protagonists themselves, including fishermen, wine and olive growers and food artisans narrated thanks to the guides and other tools created by Slow Food to promote those who make good, clean and fair food their inspiring principle and obviously the cooks who are part of the Slow Food Alliance and the guide to the Osterie d'Italia. Between these Alessandro Massone, chef at Rosmarino di Genova with its unmistakable brandacujun, an essential anti-waste dish of local gastronomy based on cod or stockfish, potatoes and olives; Simone Circella of the Brinca of Ne, a small scattered municipality in the Genoese hinterland, with its "land fish" transformed with the experience and sensitivity that is its own; Lorenzo Dasso who transforms the fish he catches with his fishing boat Raieu II into unforgettable dishes in the family tavern in Lavagna; lorenzo zappi, chef of the Marcello restaurant in Portonovo, with his cuttlefish in soup which in Genoa is offered lacquered with Conero honey.
Every day at 19 pm, the Slow Fish Arena will host the daily Aperitifs, moments in which to discover unique agricultural stories of our peninsula, paired with wines and oils from the North to the South of Italy. An hour in the company of winemakers and olive growers and their products: from the heroic plots in the Ligurian Riviera del Ponente and Levante, to an exploration of Central Italy, where the wines of the Abruzzo trabocchi meet the oils of Versilia; from the wines of the lagoon of Venice and the island of Mozia combined with the gold of Capri to finish with the urban areas that still remain firmly in the hands of the farmers, such as the vineyards of Campi Flegrei and the olive trees of Voltri. The Mediterranean landscape of daily aperitifs, outlined by the producers who have joined the Slow Wine Coalition and by the oils reviewed in the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Guide, is also completed with tastings of the breads of the Slow Grains network.
The Enoteca sul Porto Antico is back with 300 selected labels, and the area dedicated to Food Trucks is back
In this edition the Enoteca returns to overlook the sea of the Porto Antico, in Piazza delle Feste, where visitors can taste over 300 labels selected by the Banca del Vino team and by the editorial staff of the Slow Wine guide. Without forgetting thearea dedicated to Food Trucks, Street Kitchens and Craft Beers, to taste the many proposals of Italian street food accompanied by a good beer. Curious to know who's there? Here are some names among those who have already confirmed: for Liguria, the ever-present Zena Zuena, with its Ligurian pizzas and focaccias, and Camugin Italian Street Food, with panissa and Italian-style fried food. And then the Novella pasta factory in Sori, a small town on the Ligurian Riviera, with trofie, pansoti, Genoese pesto and walnut sauce, and the ever-present fish ravioli. Directly from San Benedetto del Tronto, Scottadito aboard the classic Ape Piaggio offers his specialties and, ça va sans dire, fried fish. These delicacies are combined, as usual, with a tasting among breweries such as Maltus Faber, Chiocciola from the Slow Food Guide to Italian beers, the Altavia Brewery, with its unmissable labels from the Guide to Italian beers and the Alessandrian Kamun, known acquaintance of the Genoese.
