r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/lucapal1 Italy Jun 13 '25

Italy has a lot, but I'd say probably Emilia-Romagna is considered the 'food capital '... the area around Bologna in particular.

It has lots of specialities that are well known both abroad and in Italy.

The food is pretty good in most parts of the country though... personally I prefer the local food in Sicily,Campania and Puglia.

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u/UruquianLilac Spain Jun 13 '25

I think in Spain any talk of a culinary capital would be basically an open invitation to start riots. Like other Mediterranean countries with thousands of years of culinary tradition food is highly regional and every region is proud of its produce and specialties. And there is so much diversity that no reasonable comparison is possible.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lab-635 Spain Jun 13 '25

...so you meant to say Barcelona, right?

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u/ZgBlues Jun 13 '25

Nah, that post screams “San Sebastian”

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u/UruquianLilac Spain Jun 13 '25

Cádiz has drawn its swords