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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
New kaizen italian cuisine
Magazine -> #22 KaizenLook in the most authoritative Italian dictionary, and you still won’t find the word kaizen. Italy’s cuisine, however, is one step ahead of its language and the coining of neologisms: it tends to reduce or eliminate the superfluous and concentrate on the essential. In the 2004-2005 edition of the Dizionario della lingua italiana by Giacomo D...
continue..Flavoursome blunders
Magazine -> #26 Re-Evaluate The ErrorSeveral years ago, before cordless phones were a standard household appliance, I was busy cooking a starter – crunchy lentils salad with shrimps – when the phone suddenly rang. The caller turned out to be someone with whom I’d had a misunderstanding. It was important and urgent that the matter be ironed out, and I didn’t think it advisable ...
continue..Online experience
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeCan you tell us how your blook was created? The process was different from the traditional route followed by Italian publishing and media. In 2005, we read an inquiry in El País entitled La Generación De Los Mil Euros: young people aged 25-35 forced into temporary jobs with a salary of 1000 euros a month. It was a similar situation to what we h...
continue..Fatto in casa ≠ home made
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeIn Italy and the rest of the Mediterranean, the expression “fatto in casa” is paying the price of a very recent history that the older generations have not forgotten: the post-war economic hardship that continued up until the 1960s, which dictated that “home made” equated to not being able to buy the product ready-made elsewhere. “Home...
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