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Cuisine & Philosophy

CLAY, GRANITE, EARTH

Since elementary school, we have been taught that there are three worlds: mineral, vegetable, animal. We were told that the vegetable and animal worlds are alive, have life inside and
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Cuisine & Philosophy

WHEN BLACK DOESN’T BLACKEN

In 1985, when we started our restaurant, the menu was very traditional, except for some desserts I introduced. When I say “traditional” I mean with the typical dishes served in
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Events & Special Programs

THE ELON UNIVERSITY

Travelling from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Elon has been an experience itself. November 28th, 2022. This is the highway from Charlotte, toward north, almost at the border with Virginia, in
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Cuisine & Philosophy

TO BE A CHEF YOU’D BETTER HAVE BEEN A WAITER FIRST

Cook, chef, cooking teacher are different jobs. Each of them has a peculiar aim: the cook cooks and often the cook is better than the chef at that; the chef
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About Marcella

MY HEART IS ORANGE

This is my orange heart. To like the orange color was a decision. I made the decision to like orange color a long ago, some years before the opening of
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School & Cooking Friends

THEN THEY DO IT AT HOME

Grandmother and granchild. Traveling together throught Italy. Is anything sweeter than this? Nonna Pat sent me the photo. Proud and happy. Here it is: The girl is concentrated on a
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Calendars

OPEN CLASSES – July Calendar

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Open classes are lessons that everybody can join.Joining this lesson is a different experience: there is more “spreading” of the different jobs and there
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Love for Food

THE GIRL OF THE CORN

Each family has its own seeds. Many varieties, each in small plots, each adapting the microclimate of the plot of land. We already know that Italy holds the scepter of
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School & Cooking Friends

NON TI CURAR DI LORO, MA GUARDA E IMPASTA – DON’T CARE ABOUT THEM, BUT LOOK AND KNEAD ( from a famous verse by Dante Alighieri, Don’t worry about them, but look and pass)

Honestly, I didn’t expect that. When they entered, two tall and slightly intimidated Marcantonis ( from the Roman leader Marco Antonio) began to scoff: I don’t even know how to
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Marcella Ansaldo

Native of Giglio Island, Marcella has founded and directs the school GiglioCooking in Florence, with simpathy, passion and energy.