Italian Embassy holds food tasting event in Tripoli, celebrating the “International Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”

Italian Embassy holds food tasting event in Tripoli, celebrating the “International Week of Italian Cuisine in the World”

NNA – Tripoli - Within the framework of the annual week dedicated to Italian cuisine in the world, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon organized today a food tasting event celebrating Italian recipes in the city of Tripoli.

The activity, which took place at the “CROP” restaurant, was an opportunity for the attending guests - mostly Italian-speaking Lebanese who live in the north region - to sample some of the traditional Italian dishes distinguished by their simple and authentic ingredients and their ability to create networks of solidarity and mechanisms of sharing, thus creating an atmosphere of intimacy and joy.

To crown this northern day, par excellence, which the Italian Embassy wished to dedicate entirely to the city of Tripoli, an exhibition of photographs on Arab-Norman architecture in Palermo was inaugurated at the premises of “Al Azm Cultural Center”.

In her delivered word on the occasion, Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, Nicoletta Bombardieri, thanked the embassy’s coordinator in Tripoli, Mrs. Christina Foti, and the attending guests and members of the Italian Embassy in Tripoli for ensuring the success of this event, stressing that this is "the best evidence of Italy's interest and attachment to this city."

She added: "All of Lebanon has gone through very difficult