By and large, gastronomy has been considered an indispensable complement to tourism. All travelers have to meet that biological need in the course of the day: eating. However, today this need can be viewed in a variety of ways: as a critical part of the feeding system, as a healthy lifestyle and –under a broader and newer light- as Immaterial World Heritage. That explains the need to understand and recognize the true scope of gastronomy as a main driving force behind the planning of a tourist trip.).