Pesto alla Genovese is listed among Ligurian Traditional Food Products. In recent years, the Italian people in general have mobilized, activating strong promotional campaigns for traditional Ligurian Pesto al Mortaio, including for it to be recognized as “intangible heritage of Unesco,” but precisely because of this massive participation, Heritage Unesco, the body whose task is...
Basil Mortar and #orgogliopesto: it’s Pesto week!
We support the nomination of the pesto preparation method as an intangible heritage of humanity! From March 12 to 18, Liguria will be colored green-basilico with Pesto Week, culminating on Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18, with collective “pounding” in the squares of many Ligurian municipalities, gastronomic flash mobs and the World Pesto...