Italian City Lucca Bans Foreign Foods To Protect Its Cuisine

Italian City Lucca Bans Foreign Foods To Protect Its Cuisine

Until recently, Italians overwhelmingly ate Italian food, but a decade or more of immigration has seen a surge of new foreign food eateries.

Now, one city has declared that enough is enough. The walled, medieval bastion of Lucca, in the heart of Tuscany, wants no more of the kebab shops and Chinese restaurants that have sprung up along the cobbled streets of its centro storico, or historic center.

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