Pasquale Palamaro, starred chef from Ischia, presents to MedEatResearch a journey through the flavors of the Mediterranean sea. In his training, he mixed the flavors of his land, the strength of their culinary tradition, the maternal love that Mediterranean cuisine carries inside and a great passion for research and contamination.


Interview by: Marino Niola
Video by: Elisabetta Moro
Video Editing by: Antonio Puzzi
Document by: Anna Pallotta
Subtitle Ita/Eng: Martina Leopardi
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Realized: 16-09-2021
Pasquale Palamaro

Pasquale Palamaro

Year: 1978
City: Isola d’Ischia
Profession: Chef
Language: Italian

Video table of contents

00:35 The birth of a calling
01:13 Mediterranean food, expression of love
01:50 Gastronomic memory
02:50 Training
05:49 The Mediterranean diet grandmasters
06:20 Tasting and Discovering
07:05 Five courses to narrate the Mediterranean
08:30 The birthday course
09:02 Spaghetti with clams
09:58 Meat in the mediterranean diet
11:18 Fish: cooked or raw
11:37 The cook as food educator
12:42 Mediterranean way to raw
13:34 Algae Rediscovered
15:10 To find yourself in contamination
15:25 Authenticity in the kitchen
16:45 A timeless tradition
17:30 Italy and his gastronomic treasure
19:30 From north to south

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
City: Lacco Ameno (NA)
Altitude: 70 s.l.m.

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