Dietary patterns change rapidly all over the world. The body of available local food
knowledge, which forms the basis of many local traditions, is decreasing dramatically. At the …

The use of non-cultivated plants in a daily diet based on local cuisines is potentially of
considerable interest to nutritional scientists, because of the plants' role as local products …

A comparative food ethnobotanical study was carried out in twenty-one local communities in
Italy, fourteen of which were located in Northern Italy, one in Central Italy, one in Sardinia …

Abstract The Contribution of Wild Edible Plants to the Mediterranean Diet: An Ethnobotanical
Case Study Along the Coast of Campania (Southern Italy). Wild edible plants, an essential …

In this work, we present a summary of an ethnobotanical research carried out in the whole
Administrative Region of Apulia (southern Italy). The main topic of the investigation is the …

The Mediterranean basin has a long and multifaceted cultural history and harbors a high
biodiversity. Epidemiological studies have drawn attention to certain traditional …

Background Wild vegetables in the Mediterranean Basin are still often consumed as a part
of the diet and, in particular, there is a great tradition regarding their use in Sicily. In this …

Despite the extensive bio-scientific literature concerning the Mediterranean diet, which
emerged in the last three decades, systematic ethnography-centered investigations on a …

Background This research was carried out in a scarcely populated area of the Middle Agri
Valley (Basilicata region, southern Italy). The aim of the study was to record local knowledge …

Background: Research was carried out in the years 2002–2003 into food, flavouring and
feed folk traditions of plants in the Tyrrhenian part of the Basilicata region (southern Italy) …