That said:
There is nothing more peaceful on Earth than talking about good food and sharing thoughts on good food. To savor the delight of a delicious dish or an exotic flavor once more in one's mind, to share it with others, and to revel together in the imagined pleasure - what could be more peaceful?
We need many more celebrations like this!
Festa Artusiana - a festival dedicated to good taste.
Festa Artusiana in Forimpopoli
For nine days, visitors taste, sample, feast, savor, and tuck in until - pardon the pun - they're stuffed to the gills.
If there's such a thing as a mecca of good taste in Italy, it's surely here in Forlimpopoli, not far from Rimini.
Every evening, tastings take place, offering culinary tours through the region's diverse and varied specialties. So if your heart beats for Italian cuisine,
you shouldn't miss the Festa Artusiana.
For aspiring culinary artists
Dear fellow foodies, Artusi's book *Science in the Kitchen* is also available to read online / Google Translate
Every June, starting on the second-to-last Saturday of the month, Forimpopoli pays tribute to a man, Pellegrino Artusi, who has rendered such outstanding service to the culinary arts as only Antonius Anthus once did with his lectures on the art of eating / translated
Mind you, this is not about the art of cooking, nor by any means about gluttony, but truly about the art of eating.
Indeed, this is how it is written in the exquisite Opus Maior of this great connoisseur of gastrosophy, L'arte di mangiar bene ("The Art of Eating Well").