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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..To eat childhood; three degrees of amazement in the kitchen
Magazine -> #23 Emotion and SurpriseAnyone with a minimum of technical ability can be a wizard in the kitchen. The domestic chef, from whom we expect less, can amaze us with the deliciousness of a well-cooked dish. At advanced amateur (or basic professional) level we are surprised by an original recipe, a combination of flavours, or an unusual presentation. The art of surprise for...
continue..Rigor and creativity: the way to success
Magazine -> #1 Timetables and scoreboardsWE HAVE ASKED MICHEL ROTH, CUISINE DIRECTOR OF THE RITZ HOTEL IN PARIS, HOW IMPORTANT TIME IS IN A KITCHEN WHERE DAILY ROUTINE IS CHARACTERISED BY LITTLE TIME AND HECTIC RHYTHMS. Passion does not take time into account. I do not count the hours I spend at work, but I do count the time it takes to do a job: there are time limits that are dictated b...
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...
continue..Authentic Cisneros
Magazine -> #14 RefreshSandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 in a family of Mexican extraction. She's currently one of the most complex literary voices of the United States. Legend and history, poetry and prose, the radio and music, English and Spanish are interwoven in her writings like the threads that go to make up the warp and weft of a caramel coloured rebo...
continue..Learning western ways
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaVittorio's family-given name is Qun, but his love for and knowledge of Italy have led him to adopt this very Italian sounding name. Our meeting with Vittorio is at his interior design atelier in Beijing, where he has been working for eight years now, especially for nouveau rich Chinese families whom he furnishes with many Made in Italy products. ...
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