is an Italian monthly magazine focused on gastronomy and food culture.
First published in
Milan on 15 December 1929 on the initiative of the journalist and literary man Umberto Notari, at the suggestion of his
wife Delia Pavoni, who directed it until her
death in 1935, the magazine was first created with the purpose of enhancing and promoting the traditional recipes of the Italian culinary
art, as explained by the official name of the magazine. At the same time, dietary changes in the
popular diet are also encouraged by proposing innovative and cheap culinary solutions, in line with the historical reference period. In each issue of the monthly magazine appear dozens of recipes, proposals for the
table, old and new rules of etiquette, all embellished by personal recipes of artists and writers "dressed" with stories and poems.
La Cucina Italiana interrupted its publications in 1943, but returned to newsstands in 1952 published by the Gosetti sisters (Guglielmina,
Anna, and Fernanda) and in 1986 was bought by Editrice Quadratum.4 The Director since
January 1981 was Paola Ricas who, since 2001,
