The local food of Ricadi is made up of a
combination of simple dishes and strong flavours.The choice of food is natural and has been dictated for
centuries by a poor,peasant
economy,the role of the
woman in the kitchen,a
patriarchal-type family and by the rhythm of work in the fields.
Pork has always been an
essential element of the Calabrian economy and cuisine:
“He who kills a pig is
happy for a year he who marries is
happy for a day”