Italian culinary delights highlighted at ‘Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’

Doha, Qatar: On a gentle breezy Thursday afternoon at The Pearl, the Italian Ambassador to Qatar H E Paolo Toschi hosted a live cooking show on the oc...

Doha, Qatar: On a gentle breezy Thursday afternoon at The Pearl, the Italian Ambassador to Qatar H E Paolo Toschi hosted a live cooking show on the occasion of “Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo” (Week of Italian Cuisine in the World) at the residence of Italy in Doha.

The Italian Ambassador took The Peninsula on a tour of his home country’s impressive culinary achievements, beginning the journey from the great Italian plains and passing through Rome, the place many consider to be the cradle of Western civilisation, and then branching out to the rest of Italy.

The Italian palate, as explained Ambassador Toschi, is defined by the pluralistic traditions of the country and some influences from beyond the Italian peninsula itself.

“This of course inspires us as Italians in other walks of life as well, because we come from an extremely diverse country where you have to coexist with different identities, and this helps us understand, in our world today, to be open to what is different,” he said.