<story><title>Sauce that survived Italy’s war on pasta</title><url>https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/italian-futurist-pasta</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>borroka</author><text>There is an obvious mistake in the article that could be misleading for readers not well versed in 20th century Italian culture and politics.&lt;p&gt;In the article, it is written :&amp;quot;The essay [Manifesto della cucina futurista] was one of many fascist-leaning Futurist manifestos published in the early 20th century that called for the destruction of the old in favor of the new in fields such as poetry, painting, and cinema&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;It is important to keep in mind that Futurism as an artistic, much more than political, movement--but some might say that all art is political anyway--&amp;quot;officially&amp;quot; started in 1909 with the publication of the &amp;quot;Manifesto del Futurismo&amp;quot; in the Figaro, the French newspaper. Fascism, on the other hand, as an organized political movement, started in 1919, after the end of the First World War. The Manifesto della cucina Futurista was written in 1931, but it was, overall, forgettable: much more relevant for art and politics were the pre-WWI manifestos.&lt;p&gt;Futurism, as a movement of some influence on the Italian cultural life, was already in decline in 1919, in part because some of the best known and liveliest futurist representatives were killed during WWI (Boccioni, Sant&amp;#x27;Elia, Erba).&lt;p&gt;Despite all the problems associated with some of their message--unfortunately those were the most visible and the signature of their political and artistic position--, Futurismo was an avant-garde that saw most of their prediction, or desires, come true. Not many artistic or political movements could say the same.</text></comment>
<story><title>Sauce that survived Italy’s war on pasta</title><url>https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/italian-futurist-pasta</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gabythenerd</author><text>&amp;gt; ...He wanted to wean Italy off of foreign wheat imports, which were becoming increasingly difficult to acquire amidst international sanctions and a suffering domestic economy. Rice grew well in Northern Italy, so Mussolini sent free rice samples throughout the country and bombarded Italians with pro-rice propaganda.&lt;p&gt;How did pasta get so popular if they had to import the wheat? Seems they cannot produce enough for the whole population without imports even now, I would think that would make it expensive over staples thay they can grow themselves.</text></comment>