The process of fermentation is known, each chemical reaction is studied. We know our good old bacteria, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Lactobacillus bulgaricus. But how much do we know about the world of microbes – the microcosmos – and how we are connected with it?
In 1716, Cosimo III’s edict defined an area particularly suited to winemaking
Pinned to the corkboard over my desk are four plastic sheet-holders bearing e-tickets for Quito, Torino, Minneapolis and Portland, and Melbourne. Behind them is a scrap of paper that reads, in my own writing, “CHANGE FOOD BY BEING SPECIFIC (Jimmy Carter)”. On the floor by my feet is the much-lauded cookery tome, Anita Stewart’s Canada, and next to it, a couple of jars of maple sugar granules and several bags of indigenous herbs and teas.
Wine is not just an object to be smelled and tasted. It is an active protagonist, which involves businesses in a holistic way. Wine is land and ecology, politics and economy, history and law, art and sensibility, responsibility and pleasure. Wine is a narrative and its whole story must be told: This is the challenge of the Master in Italian Wine Culture, this is the opportunity that we are seeking to give to the figure of a “wine-teller.”
Ever since the “Tavole Accademiche” project was presented, one of the most anticipated chefs to visist the University has been Ferran Adrià. Some of his dishes are being featured on the cafeteria menu for the next 5 days and today he spoke to a room full of students eager to listen. Adrià gave a little … …read more
Da due anni, nella civilissima Saluzzo, nel cuore della provincia di Cuneo, la raccolta della frutta vede convergere centinaia di lavoratori africani che vengono accampati alla bell’e meglio in aree marginali della città. […] Vedere questi giovani dormire per terra su cartoni, senza riparo, costretti a cucinare all’aperto, senza luce e servizi igienici, senza assistenza medica (se si escludono alcuni medici volontari) è uno spettacolo indegno per un Paese civile.