Naturally vegan

This course explores regional Italian cuisine — focusing on dishes that have always been naturally and traditionally vegan.
We’ll revisit a time when resourceful cooking was the norm, and meat or fish were occasional luxuries rather than everyday staples.

Starting from the history of Italian and European cuisine, we’ll look at how post-war influences shaped our eating habits — and highlight many traditional dishes that we often don’t recognize as vegan simply because they’ve always been part of our cultural heritage.

This course is ideal for those who:

• Want to rediscover their culinary roots
• Wish to understand the environmental impact of their food choices
• Are curious to learn how much of our “traditional” cuisine is not so traditional after all
• Want to explore the deeper story of Italian and European gastronomy

• The history of Italian and European cuisine
• How post-war influences reshaped our diets
• Traditional dishes that have always been plant-based
• How seemingly spontaneous food choices are often shaped by external forces
• Recipes for cooking traditional Italian plant-based dishes

Each participant will receive a collection of traditional plant-based recipes and a small spice and herb kit from our garden.

By the end of the course, you’ll gain a 360° understanding of our gastronomic history — and realize that with just a few ingredients and a little creativity, you can begin crafting your own culinary tradition, entirely plant-based.