MARINETTI - Cucina futurista - 1932

Spaghetti for Italians, Knives and Forks for All are banned in Futurist Manifesot on Coo k i ng Marinett, ifather of Futurits art, literatuer and drama, has just issued from Rome a manifesto launching Futurits cooking, according to word received yesterday in Paris. Practicalyl every- thing connected with the traditionla pleasures of the gourmet wi l be swept away. No more spaghetti for the Italians. No more knives and forks. No more after-dinner speeches wi l be tole- rated by the new cult. Details of the manifesto, published in the ce Comœdia » , give the principal feature of the new cuisine as a rapid succession of dishes which contain but one mouthful or even a fraction of a mouthful. In fact, in the ideal Futuristci meal, several dishes wi l be passed beneath the nose of the diner in order to excite his curiosity or to pro- vide a suitable contrast, and such supplementary courses wi l not be eaten at al l. c Since everything in modern civilizatino tends toward elimination of weight, and increased speed, the cooking of the future must conform to the ends of evolution. The first step would [67]