Gastronomy is about ethics, politics, science, economics and ecology. If a gastronome isn’t an environmentalist, they’re an idiot, because they’ll never know what they’re putting on their customers’ plates.

From the speech In Italy 2022" held at the Università per Stranieri di Perugia, 27 May 2022; as quoted in Carlo Petrini, fondatore di Slow Food, a Perugia: «La gastronomia non è intrattenimento, basta sciocchi in tv», umbria24.it, 28 May 2022.