Slow Food launches Amatrice quake relief

(ANSA) - Turin, August 25 - The founder of the Slow Food movement on Thursday launched an earthquake relief campaign for the mountain village of Amatrice, which was flattened by an earthquake yesterday.
    The village in the Apennine mountains in the Lazio region in central Italy is also the birthplace of the world-famous 'amatriciana' pasta sauce based on cured pork cheek, pecorino cheese, and tomato.
    The 'A Future for Amatrice' campaign - launched by Slow Food in agreement with Amatrice Mayor Sergio Pirozzi - calls on restaurants around the world to put pasta all'amatriciana on their menu for a year, with two euros from every dish served to go to the quake relief fund.
    "We want to contribute and to avoid the risk of the initial generous impetus and attention wearing off after a couple of weeks," said Slow Food founder and chief, Claudio Petrini.
    "Amatriciana pasta is a humble dish, symbolic of a farming culture that is based on solidarity". Fund-raising for Amatrice must be "lasting and constant", Petrini added.
    The donations - with one euro coming from the restaurateur and one euro from the client for every amatriciana dish served - will go directly to the City of Amatrice, whose International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is IT 28 M 08327 73470 000000006000. Petrini will present the campaign in Copenhagen at a symposium with over 400 chefs from around the world.