Grani&Pani - Expo 2015

  • Marta Staulo
In the occasion of Expo2015, the Accademia dei Georgofili (Firenze, Italy) hosted an historic-documentary itinerary with the exhibition entitled ‘Delle Specie diverse di frumento e di pane siccome della panizzazione’ (‘On Different Species of Wheat, on Bread and on Bread-Making’) enhanced by a information-teaching presentation covering three theme areas: Wheat, with a selection of samples of ancient varieties cultivated in Tuscany and in other regions of Italy: Flour, exhibiting different types of flour alongside models of mills and historic illustrations; Bread, illustrating the different ways bread is made in Tuscany and other parts of Italy. Concluding the itinerary, a collection of proverbs and folk sayings relating to the exhibition theme.