Discover Italy 
As well as restaurants, the osterie and agriturismi from Paestum to Palinuro and Alburni al Vallo di Diano and from Alto Sele to the Gulf of Policastro were all visited.
The final work features 50 bread recipes, 151 pasta recipes, 153 authentic vegetarian dishes from the herbs and products of the orchards and fields, as well as fish, meat and dolci proposals.
The secret of the 'cucina cilentana' is an 'absence of time' and a profund relationship with the rhythms of nature from season to season. The concept of 'Slow' has been with us a long time.
It is for this reason 60 years ago Ancel Keys based his Mediterranean diet studies in the Cilento.
He spent his winters by the beaches of Pollica and was impressed by the life of the local people far away from smog and stress.
We still buy books inspired by his theories while we get ever fatter and move ever quicker.
