Cuisine & Philosophy

Cuisine & Philosophy

NO BALANCES ONLY PROJECTS

2022 hasn’t been a year of “writing”, which is the only thing I regret about it. It has been, instead, a year of action. Lot of action. Maybe because the
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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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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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Cuisine & Philosophy

ITALIAN CUISINE IS JAZZ

Far from the elaborated recipes shown on glossy cooking magazines, in the daily life cooking is IMPROVISATION. What do people cook every day? Their “culinary elaborations”  reflect the market, for
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THE LONELY BAY LEAF

A philosophical thought of Miles Richard Callaghan. ..Such a full distinctive aroma After having spread its fragrant, untouchable treasure, and refined every single morsel with an ethereal fullness, the bay
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JULY 1th, 2021

it is July 1st, 2021. It is the beginning of a new year. In an unconventional way, the new year begins now. The year will begin with something special and
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WHERE YOUR FOCUS GOES IS WHERE ENERGY FLOWS

If you look at the whole world and if you think about all the positive things happening at this moment and you compare them  with the bad things, the bad
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IT’S TIME TO MAKE ART

When I have time, I spend it like this: I write or hang out with friends who are a little crazy, like me. There are Fine Arts Artists such as
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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.