Italian food – many of you love it. But do you really know the stories behind it?

Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast!

We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages.

Our podcast in mixed English and simple Italian helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey.

We’d like to share with you our conversation with Martina Bartolozzi, an Italian American trained butcher and food expert, who was born and raised in Tuscany.

If she’s not busy sharing her anecdotes on the local food scene and food customs of Italy on Instagram, you can find her working on her personalized or ready-to-go interactive maps and writing stories of women in food.

We personally had a great time chatting with her about her life story, the struggle of Italian women in the food business, and the contrasting food culture between Italy and the States.

This episode will conclude our first season of the Italian Escape Podcast. Next month we will disappear for a brief period as we take a break to recover and prepare for the next season. The format of our episode will be a bit different compared to the first episodes.

This episode will give you an idea of what you’d expect when we return this November.

Listen NOW and learn about the importance of sharing stories of the food we produce, cook, and eat here in Italy.

Find Martina Bartolozzi:

• Instagram

• Map Shop

• Free map (best panini in Florence)

Show Notes:

• Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food

• Samin Nosrat: Salt Fat Acid Heat

• Dario Cecchini: Chef’s Table Season 6

• Martina Bartolozzi’s article: Environment first: women in food, wine and beer

Music credits: storyblocks.com

Photo courtesy of Valeria Raniolo

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