The Italian Radio Hour - The Quest to Save the World's Rarest Pasta & Ancient Traditions of Sardinia

This week on The Italian Radio Hour - Welcome to a special edition of The Italian Radio Hour, presented in collaboration with Istituto Mondo Italiano in celebration of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World.
This year, we invite you to travel with us beyond the well-trodden tourist paths and into the heart of ancient Italian food traditions—those flavors, stories, and techniques that many first-time visitors to Italy might never encounter, yet are among the most precious treasures of our culinary heritage.
Today, we bring you to the extraordinary island of Sardinia, a land of rugged beauty, deep silence, age-old rituals, and a cuisine that is as tied to its landscapes as it is to its people.
In the first half of the episode, we welcome Luca Floris, a young artisan and explorer who is dedicated to preserving one of the rarest pastas in the world: Su Filindeu — “the threads of God.” Only a handful of people on Earth know how to make it, and I was fortunate enough to spend three days learning this extraordinary craft with him. Luca’s journey intertwines tradition, adventure, Sardinian identity, and a deep personal philosophy beautifully expressed in his book Sa Sebaba Mea, dalla tradizione alle Mucadores.
In the second half, we continue our exploration of Sardinia with Alessandra Guigone, author of the newly published Enogastronomic Encyclopedia of Sardinia, a monumental work that captures the island’s flavors, stories, rituals, landscapes, and cultural soul.
So sit back, relax, and let us guide you into a world of ancient pasta, unforgettable landscapes, and Sardinia’s culinary wisdom.

To learn more about Luca Floris and Su Filindeu Nugoresu, visit:
https://www.sufilindeunugoresu.it/
To learn more about Alessandra Guigoni and order "Enciclopedia Enogastronomica della Sardegna (in Italian only), visit: https://alessandraguigoni.sellfy.stor...

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