In #Mammamiaaa, thousands of dinners are being held across Italy and Europe to celebrate the role of women in creating meals. At each dinner, the different ways in which grandmothers, mothers, fathers, uncles, and children, prepare, cook, and eat, together, are being collected, and shared. More than 3,500 #Mammamiaaa stories have already been shared online here.
These stories are an invitation to the world: Let’s celebrate food as a medium of social connection and solidarity – and let’s find ways to do this more.
Mammamiaaa is not a one-off event. As a legacy of Matera2019, a Social Food Forum has been launched to help this movement grow. This project has three parts: