Daniele De Michele, a bearded and boisterous D.J. and performance artist who is one of Italy's most inventive food activists, is on a yearlong journey to explore and document the country's working-class and peasant culinary traditions.

Mr. De Michele, who is 40 and goes by the nom d'art D.J. Donpasta, is concerned that some of Italy's age-old ways could be lost to processed foods, European Union regulations and the show-offy culture of television cooking competitions.

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