It all begins with an idea of Gianni Carbone, on a day when Federico Rebora (son of the departed
Giovanni) was dining at the renowned “Manuelina” in Recco with his friends Gloria (daughter of
Gianni) and her husband Paolo.
The acquaintance between Gianni "L’OSTE" [the Innkeeper] and Giovanni "U PRUFESSU" [the
Professor] dates back to many years ago, when – talking strictly in Genoese dialect – they started
conversing on pansoti and fugassa, true and invented traditions, Barbera wine.
Being "U PRUFESSU" gone, his friend Gianni Carbone desired to promote the establishment of a
prize named after Giovanni Rebora, an award for a work on the civilization of dining as close to the
"way of thinking" of Rebora, on the same wavelength of the "historical and gastronomic thinking"
of the Carbone family.
By a singular circumstance, odd years hang over significant instants in the genesis and history of
the Rebora Prize.
In 2007 the Professore passes away; in 2009 Slow Food Publisher releases “Selected cuts” as a
breeding ground for the award to be instituted thanks to Manuelina. In 2013 and 2015 sections
Young Researchers and Food Bloggers were switched on respectively.
Next edition will take place in 2017: the Prize keeps exciting.
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Awarded 2012
Enrico VIGNA, descended from Pavese, Fenoglio
and secular misery of Langa, deeply devoted to
Rebora, with “La società rurale e i suoi
protagonisti. Lineamenti di antropologia culturale,
economia e storia nelle campagne tra le Bormide e
il Tanaro” [Rural society and its protagonists.
Outlines of cultural antropology, economics and
history of the countryside among Bormidas and
Tanaro], Contea.
and
Laura GRANDI – Stefano TETTAMANTI, with
“Sillabario goloso. L’Alfabeto dei sapori, tra cucina
e letteratura” [Gourmande Syllabary. An Alphabet
of flavors amidst cookery and literature],
Mondadori
are the ex-aequo Winners of the Giovanni Rebora
Prize 2012, section “Authors”.
Massimo Montanari, professor of Medieval
History and History of Eating at the University of
Bologna, internationally reputed as one of the
leading specialists in food history, has been
awarded the Prize for the "Career" in the first
edition of the literary contest dedicated to the
distinguished Genoese scholar.
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Awarded 2013
In 2013, the "Authors" section award is attributed to
the cooking Middle Ages explored by Antonella
Campanini, professor at Gastronomic Sciences in
Pollenzo, with “Dalla tavola alla cucina. Scrittori e
cibo nel Medioevo italiano” [From the table to the
kitchen. Writers and food in the Italian Middle
Ages], Carocci.
Dario Liguoro, presenting his thesis entitled
“L’allevamento ittico medievale” [The medieval fish
farm], is the first winner of the award as "Young
Researcher"; the reward includes a contribution
donated by “Manuelina”.
Folco Portinari, an essayist and polemicist, critic and
historian of literature, university teacher, inspirer of
the Slow Food Manifesto, is awarded the prize for the
"Career".
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Awarded 2014
John Dickie, an English scholar of the University
College of London, author of " Con gusto. Storia
degli italiani a tavola” [Delizia! The epic history of
Italians and their food], Laterza, is the winner of
the" Authors "section of 2014 thanks to his talent
in narrating – through a superb Tyrrhenian accent the incomparable charisma of Italians at eating.
Alice Mortarotti wins as the "Young Researcher"
for her paper on “Analisi dell’alimentazione
tradizionale contadina e delle pratiche della
medicina popolare della metà del secolo scorso a
San Salvatore Monferrato, in raffronto alla
letteratura scientifica medica e nutrizionale
contemporanea” [Analysis of traditional rural
nutrition and folk medicine practices at mid
twentieth century in San Salvatore Monferrato…],
University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo.
Giovanni Ballarini – a.k.a. John B. Dancer - professor
emeritus of the University of Parma, President of
the Italian Academy of Cuisine, is given the 2014
award for the "Career".
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Awarded 2015
Tom Mueller, an American of German heritage
educated in Oxford and Harvard, passed through the
guitar school in Seville till discovering heaven among
the olive trees of the Riviera di Ponente, is the winner
in 2015 of the fourth edition of the "Authors"section
for his compelling “Extraverginità. Il sublime e
scandaloso mondo dell’olio d’oliva” [Extra virginity.
The sublime and scandalous world of olive oil], EDT.
The "Young Researchers" prize is awarded to the
twenty-four Andrea Casero from Arese (Milan) with
a bachelor’s degree thesis on “Ristorazione spaziale:
storia, esperienze, nuove tecnologie e sviluppi per
una moderna ristorazione” [Spatial Catering: history,
experiences, new technologies and developments for
a modern catering], supervisor Prof. Antonio
Montanari (University of Gastronomic Sciences in
Pollenzo).
The 2015 has seen the celebration of the
extraordinary human and cultural journey of Carlin
Petrini by conferring him the “Career” award. Carlin
did commemorate his friend Giovanni Rebora with
words of intense sentiment.
Valentina Scarnecchia, food blogger and race
marshal of the TV show “Cooks and Flames”, wins
the first contest for food bloggers dedicated to "A
recipe for Biodiversity", with the cooking recipe
"Khorasan wheat pappardelle with cheese & pepper
and bottarga on a bed of crushed Bronte pistachios.
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