Pasta All'Amatriciana: bucatini or spaghetti, guanciale, tomatoes, pecorino, and dried hot chili pepper

Pasta All'Amatriciana: bucatini or spaghetti, guanciale, tomatoes, pecorino, and dried hot chili pepper

Un Futuro Per Amatrice

In August 2016, central Italy was struck by a devastating 6.2-magnitude earthquake, killing hundreds and destroying remote historical hillside towns across the region. One of the towns most impacted, Amatrice, is the birthplace of the beloved culinary dish pasta all'amatriciana.

Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food, has put out an appeal to support the people affected by this natural disaster and keep them in our thoughts as they begin the long and difficult process of rebuilding:

"With a symbolic dish of the gastronomic history of Amatrice, we hope to spread the values of solidarity and sharing all over the world, typical of the farming culture it was born from. Together with other voluntary initiatives springing up across Italy, we call out to restaurateurs all over the world to take action over the course of an entire year. In this way, we hope that attention will not wane, and will go beyond the emotional wave of the moment: we are overcoming the emergency and beginning reconstruction today."

Restaurants in NYC have joined the call to action. The following establishments have added Amatrice's namesake dish to their menu and will be donating a portion of the proceeds of each sale to restoration efforts. Please show your support by frequenting these restaurants, ordering this dish, and if you're social media savvy, share your meal with your friends by using #NYCforAmatrice

Participating NYC Restaurants
Eataly
Eataly

Every Eataly (both NYC locations and Chicago) is donating $5 for every dish of bucatini all’amatriciana sold in their restaurants to the Red Cross from September 1st to 30th.

Franny's
Franny's

Franny's is donating $3 for every Bucatini pasta dish and $2 for any glass of Le Coste wine from Lazio. Donations will be sent to the Italian Red Cross.

Tarallucci e Vino
Tarallucci e Vino

For every pasta amatriciana sold through the end of 2016, Tarallucci e Vino will donate $2 to the Italian Red Cross. 

Are you a restaurant that wants to help?

It's simple:

  1. Add pasta all'amatriciana or another representative dish of the region to your menu
  2. Start sending donations to earthquake relief efforts through any of the below links
  3. Get in touch with us at jennifer@slowfoodnyc.org to add yourself to the NYC directory

Fund set up by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Directly to the town of Amatrice (IBAN listed at the end of the article)

Don't forget to use the hashtag #NYCforAmatrice to help build momentum for this show of solidarity and sharing through food!