Angelo Ripoli

The man who looked after the gardens of the doctors of the Mediterranean Diet

Angelo Ripoli played for about twenty years the work of the vegetable gardener of Prof. Ancel Keys and his wife Margaret Haney, Jeremiah Stamler and Martti Karvonen to Minelea, the small village of houses founded by Keys in Pioppi, in Cilento . His personal and constant attendance of the doctors of the Seven Countries Study, which led to the discovery of the benefits of diet and lifedata-style Mediterranean said, makes it one of the key witnesses for the preservation of the memory of the presence of Keys and his colleagues in Italy. Through the memories of Angelo Ripoli, which are complemented by those of Delia Morinelli, cook and housekeeper of the brim home, they can trace the uses, habits and attendance with the community of Pioppi by scientists. For the first time on video, Angelo Ripoli lets go to the memories and nostalgia of the past, remembering especially Ancel Keys with affection and devotion still unchanged.

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Angelo Ripoli

Date of birth: 09-01-0029
Year: 1929
City: Poliica
Profession: Other
Languages: Dialetto cilentano

Document by: MedEatResearch Centro di Ricerche Sociali sulla Dieta Mediterranea, diretto da Marino Niola ed Elisabetta Moro, intervista,scheda tecnica a cura di Valerio Calabrese, Daniela Palma, Donatella Valente, sottotitoli a cura di Daniela Palma
Video by: Valerio Calabrese, Daniela Palma, Donatella Valente, Daniela Palma
Created: 05-08-0016

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Mediterranean granaries, curated by SOB University in Naples

Mediterranean granaries, curated by SOB University in Naples

On the 16th November 2010 The Mediterranean diet was nominated Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The MedEatResearch, Centre of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet by University Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples, directed by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro, was founded in 2012 to nurture, promote and spread Italian food heritage and to boost cultural exchanges on wines and foods from various- Mediterranean countries. Within this project the specific archive Granaries of Memory was created to present the results of the researches conducted by the Centre.
Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa

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