Have you ever wondered how the sandwich bread was born? I am talking about that squared bread cut into slices that we all use to make sandwiches, everywhere on this planent. Like many recipes, from every culinary tradition, there is a story behind it origin, which in this case is pretty sad but turned out into a product that is now consumed by billions of people, on a daily basis, in 5 continents.
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Bucatini al Forno…delicious!!!
Todays' recipe is one of my grandmother's favourite as well as the tastiest pasta ever: Bucatini al forno. It is basically a baked pasta cooked directly into the tomato sauce which thickens and reduce so much that the surface of the pasta gets soaked with it....delicious.
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Dante: the father of the Italian Language
The reason why the Dante's Inferno is so successful is the ability of the author to depict in such an imaginative way the punishements that await the sinful people in hell, in such a way to impact, still today, on the collective imagination of us all. There is no representation of heall, in the arts, in movies or theatre shows which doesn't make reference to Dante's Inferno
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Let’s talk about Coffee…
Before 1819 coffe was made with the "canovar" method by immersing a canvas bag containing the coffee powder, tied with a cord, in water. Pretty much the same thing we do nowadays with tea
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The New York Times praise Italy: the first (almost) covid free Country
While Covid is outbreaking dramatically is some Countries all around the world, Italy is recording a very low rate since a couple of months.
