The appointments, conferences and meetings that are part of the University of Gastronomic Sciences’ culinary culture and training workshop program, coordinated by Professor Nicholas Perullo, Professor of Aesthetics, continue.
The appointments for the months of November and December are as follows:
November 14 – “Chef, restaurateur, entrepreneur”
The figure of the modern chef is becoming more and more complex, encompassing not just technical skills and knowledge of raw materials and flavors, but also new insight into new needs and management ability. We’ll talk with Antonello Colonna, one of the most famous Italian chefs, owner of Open Colonna in Rome, a place that interprets new trends in gastronomy excellence.
Coordinated and presented by Mark Bolasco, editorial director of Slow Food.
November 16 – “Current applications of biotechnology in non-GMO food”
With prof. Diego Mora, coordinated and presented by Prof. Gabriella Morini.
November 21 – “Community of Pollenzo: voices from within”
Beginning this year, the culinary culture and training workshops open to another essential aspect of their mission: the ongoing dialog among students, researchers, professors of the University. Once a month, the workshop will hold a round table open to all lectures on topics of interest and relevance to the world of food and gastronomy. Discussion topics (10-15 minutes) may be proposed to stimulate debate. Additionally, participants will view documentaries, film clips, and will be expected to read passages considered to be of particular interest.
The meeting will be repeated Dec. 19.
November 23 – “Herbs, food and traditional medicines of” Taliani “Romanian Dobrogea”
In this meeting we will explore traditional knowledge related to plants descended from an ancient Friuli and Veneto diaspora in the east of Europe. Mrs. Liscia Stella, one of the most lively representatives of this small community, will take us on a journey into ancient Veneto in telling her experiences in the kitchen with plants.
Presented by Prof. Andrea Pieroni, professor of Food Botany.
November 28 – “Villa Russiz. To link the farm to the future”
Guests of this meeting are the managers of Russiz Villa, an old Friuli farm protagonist of the “Wine Renaissance” of the nineteenth century. Starting from this economic and cultural reality that draws on the past, we will try to understand how a farm can confront the future. The prof. Pier Luigi Basso will spark a debate with Silvano Stefanutti (President of the Foundation Russiz Villa), Stephen Brancaleon (Sales Manager), John Genie (Cantina Manager) and Giulio Colomba (Slow Food). After the meeting there will be a wine tasting at the Wine Bank.
Coordinated and presented by prof. Basso and Dr. Yann Grappe.
November 30 – “Shaping Oral Traditional Knowledge. Save food from the fridge”
Young Korean designer, Jihyun Ryou will present his project that cleverly connects food with design and traditional knowledge. His works seek to reintroduce the knowledge linked to food that is then transmitted orally in our daily lives.
Coordinated and presented by prof. Nicola Perullo and Prof. Gabriella Morini.
December 5 – “Audiovisual production and documentary filmmaking”
In this encounter with Simon Banks, film producer, the documentary Campania Burning (2010) on tomato crops and the exploitation of immigrants will be screened. We will also discuss documentary film production in Italy.
Coordinated and presented by prof. Basso and Dr. Yann Grappe.
December 7 – “Values, needs, jobs in the post-industrial society”
Domenico de Masi, Professor of Sociology of Professions at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, and scientific director of S3.Studium, is one of the most important Italian intellectuals and well-known author of books like “The creative idleness.” During this meeting with the students, some fundamental points in understanding the society in which we live will be explored.
Coordinated and presented by prof. Nicola Perullo
December 12 – “Recipes for the take off of the green economy”
The ingredients for a new and better world are well known. What is crucial now is to devise plans of action to counter our current unsustainable trajectory before it is too late. The lecture will explore politically and socially flexible strategies for Italy and elsewhere.
With Valentino Piana, presented by Cinzia Scaffidi, director of the Slow Food Study Center.
December 14 – “Is everything pop nowadays? Reflections on art from a musical perspective”
A meeting on the culture of the music of the twentieth and twenty-first century, including avant-garde, classical and pop research, genres that are characterized by permeable boundaries. Musicologist and composer Maestro Marco Lenzi‘s interesting approach will usher in the issues of creativity and language of sound.
Coordinated and presented by prof. Nicola Perullo