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In Italy, cuisine is culture, sharing and, from today, also a powerful instrument of social protest. Faced with severe government cuts to worldwide humanitarian funding, Italy's culinary elite has chosen to mobilize. Under the guidance of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, some of Italy's best-known chefs and online personalities - including Michelin-starred chefs Francesco Apreda and Emin Haziri, Barbara Agosti, and popular food creators Francesco Aquila, Marco Bianchi, Federico Fusca and Francesca Gambacorta - have launched the second edition of "Interrupted Recipes". The campaign unfolds across digital platforms through an idea that is as simple as it is effective: the participants begin preparing a recipe on video but abruptly stop before completing it, leaving the dish unfinished. The message is unmistakable: vital assistance for millions of refugees in crisis areas such as Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is stalled in the same way that a recipe is stalled without ingredients. Only by supporting the campaign with a donation through unhcr.it can users unlock the end of the recipe and receive the full preparation details. The project, part of the national "Torniamo a Sentire" campaign, aims to promote awareness, particularly in light of a recent AstraRicerche study. The data indicates a distinctively Italian paradox: despite the fact that 73% of citizens experience significant emotions in the face of humanitarian crises, roughly 59% end up "scrolling past" the most distressing news in order to protect themselves emotionally. With this movement, the world of Italian cooking hopes to translate latent empathy into actual assistance, demonstrating that solidarity in our country may take many unexpected forms.
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