In Puglia, orecchiette have been prepared for generations, with gestures that repeat and find space both in homes and in restaurants.

With Orecchiette d’Autore, Retrogusti builds a journey that unfolds over five evenings, each hosted by a different restaurant.

At the center, the same ingredient always remains, but what changes is the way it is worked, interpreted, and told.

Each event takes shape around a tasting dinner. The chefs work freely on a menu that revolves around the orecchiette by Il Pastaio Maffei accompanied by dishes and pairings designed to offer a personal vision of Apulian cuisine. In the dining room, alongside the dishes, there will also be wine producers, involved in telling the story of the bottles and the work in the vineyard.

The project moves through different places, with timings and atmospheres that change from evening to evening. It is a journey followed step by step, without a single point of view.

During the dinners, guests will be able to leave feedback on the dishes tasted. It is a way to gather impressions, to understand how the same tradition can be read in different ways.

Orecchiette d’Autore was born from the collaboration between Retrogusti Food Tales, the association Le Idee non Mancano, Orecchiette nelle ’Nchiosce and Il Pastaio Maffei.

A project that starts from an iconic dish and explores it from multiple perspectives, following the work of those who bring it to the table every day.