“Bite into Florence”, or “Firenze a bocconi”
How many times were you suddenly surprised by a chain of pleasant memories brought by a random feeling, a smell or flavor? Just like the flavor of the madeleine for Marcel Proust, the taste of a dish or drink is capable to immerse oneself into the past, transforming it into the present. To paraphrase the famous French gastronome and philosopher Brillat-Savarin in his “Fisiologia del gusto” from 1825, we can state “tell me what you eat and I will tell you where you are”.
