From globalized Alpha cities to small peripheral towns, street food is a powerful marker of the food landscape of urban spaces. It’s also a fascinating laboratory of culinary and commensal innovations.

In fact, the interest in street food has never been so strong. Books, articles or docuseries are now giving back their letters of nobility to these cuisines popular around the world.

Observing them not only allows one to understand how products, tastes and eating habits are distributed throughout the world, but also to grasp and predict current & future developments in the food systems.