Salento is not only a peninsula rich in natural beauty, but also of a long culinary tradition that has been handed down over time, making the Salento area even more distinctive.

Each dish has its origins, its history and its mysteries that make the flavors unique, mixing the simplicity of the past with the elaborate of today.

Salento delicacies concern both the salty, such as the rustic , the calzone , the pitta , the puccia or the pittule , and the sweet, such as the pasticciotto , the cartaddhate , the pitteddhe , etc.

The culinary aspect is deeply rooted in the territory and represents a very important source for the Salento economy.