The “Days of Bread” project in Wolnica Square, Krakow, Poland at the UCCN XII Annual Conference, on June 9-10, 2018 was a great success. This project, supported by ITKIUS, Krakow Creative City of Literature, and Tucson Creative City of Gastronomy, featured bakers from 27 different Creative Cities across 6 clusters of the UNESCO Network. Utilizing the Creative Knowledge Platform, Creative Cities ...

To commemorate Tucson’s designation as the first American City of Gastronomy, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Gala will feature beautiful blossoming succulents and ancestral crops dating back over 4,000 years, reinterpreted with a delicious contemporary twist for the evening’s menu!

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The menu and recipes of the dinner:

Chef Holland’s recipes

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Different cultures have different breads

In concurrence with the UCCN XII Conference in Krakow- Katowice, ITKIUS is promoting a common, trans-network project (i.e. not only Cities of Gastronomy but all 180 Creative Cities), supporting the “Days of Bread” program, June 9-10, 2018, Wolnica Square, Krakow, as proposed by the UCCN XII Committee. The inspiration for ITKIUS’ project derives from the words of the organizers: “… bread is a symbol of fecundity and miracles, generosity and sharing … bread fulfills a specific function in social ...

For the UNESCO Creative City Network Conference held in Paris on November 3^rd 2017, ITKI-US, in collaboration with the “Centro di studi e documentazione sulla storia della cultura dell’abitare tra il XIII e il XX secolo” and the “Franzoni Foundation”, presented, within the framework of Carrara Creative City project, a series of images that demonstrates the diffusion of the Carrara Marble in the world.  Ideal chronological paths have been developed that can be followed using a dedicated application (Crative Knowledge ...

The TRusT^TM for ITKIUS project supports the initiative “The Resiliency of Hopi Agriculture: 2000 Years of Planting” (click here to discover more) by Michael Kotutwa Johnson (Hopi Community) and the Arizona State Museum (University of Arizona), which narrates the story of Traditional Knowledge behind the Hopi’s farming practices.

On March 3rd, 2018, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s new “Farm to Table Event” brought together community leaders, supporters, and friends for an evening of fun and fine dining. With the support of “TrusT for ITKI US”, guests could explore the specific histories of ingredients, production timelines, locations, cultivation methods, and Chef Wendy Gauthier’s biography and recipes.

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San Cristóbal De Las Casas (Mexico), a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts & Folk Arts, hosted the festival “Sabores y Saberes”, the first festival dedicated to two different categories of Creative City Fields: Gastronomy and Crafts & Folk Arts. During the meeting, ITKIUS created a booklet and interactive information about Popayán City of Gastronomy (Colombia) (click here to discover more) and its Chef Pablo Gúzman.

The event featured several artisans from Paducah (Quilt) and Icheon ...

From 7^th to 11^th of November, representatives related to gastronomy from around the world met in Belém, a Unesco City of Gastronomy in Brazil, to celebrate the “World Meeting of the Creative Cities of Gastronomy”.

During the food festival, participants could find information about the traceability and traditions of the unique ingredients from Belém (click here to discover more) as well as other cities attending, thanks to the TRusT^TM platform and the promotional materials distributed by the TRusT^TM Team. ...

From September 30^th to October 1^st 2017, representatives related to gastronomy from around the world gathered in Dénia, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, to celebrate the D*NA Dénia Food Festival.

During the food festival, attendants were given booklets that contained information on the traceability and traditions of the unique ingredients of Dénia (Click here to discover more). In the booklet, the history of each ingredient could be accessed through a Qr code linked to TRusT^TM, an information ...

Enghien-les-Bains (France), UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, hosted the Network’s XI Annual Meeting from 29^th June to 2^nd July 2017.

ITKIUS, during the meeting, presented the first TRusT^TM for ITKIUS booklet, based on the regional ingredients of Tucson City of Gastronomy. (Click here to discover more)

Inside the interactive booklet, guests could discover the traceability and traditions of culturally and regionally significant ingredients, using scannable QR codes.

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