Recounting food in an unusual way, according to relationships that do not belong to the everyday rules. Recounting art in a manner equally anomalous, crossing the 20th century in forms unexpected and unsettling. A tricky but profound connection that regards the taste within the eyes and the gaze within the flavor. With the freedom of analysis […]
L’Esposizione Mondiale del cibo 2015 ha certamente puntato il riflettore su un tema importante soprattutto in Italia. Come si concilia la storia delle tradizioni culinarie di un Paese con le contaminazioni gustative, ma anche di consumo e creative, che provengono dai processi di globalizzazione? In realtà la questione ha una portata quotidiana e di sperimentazione […]
An interview with Valentino Fabbian, CEO Chef Express Spa. By Ludovico Rossi Purini.
Hosted in Rome, “The elegance of food. Tales about food and fashion” was a one-of-a-kind exhibition that celebrated the perfect marriage between nutrition, the key theme of EXPO 2015 in Milan, and Made in Italy creativity .The exhibition ran until the 1 November 2015 at the Mercati di Traiano Museum in Rome, an archaeological site of […]
Massimiliano Alajmo comes from a long line of successful chefs and restaurateurs. In 1993, Alajmo began to work with his mother, chef Rita Chimetto, at Le Calandre in Veneto, Italy. He was appointed head chef a year later. When the restaurant received its third Michelin star, Alajmo became the youngest chef to obtain the achievement […]
As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water. In the case of Joe Bastianich, traditional Italian tomato sauce is also thicker than water. Bastianich worked with his parents, Felice and Lidia Bastianich, at their Queens restaurant Felidia. Lidia is famous as a beloved television chef, cookbook author, restauranteur and owner of a food and […]
By Claudia PALMIRA ACUNTO
At a recent talk at Rome’s MAXXI Museum, Ferdinando Scianna recounted being asked if he considered himself an artist. Paraphrasing him, he said, No, I’m not an artist, I’m a photographer.
The Michelozzo Library at the Museum of San Marco in Florence reopened after undergoing an urgent one-year renovation, including restoration of the floor’s original design and the addition of panels that depict the library’s history.
British Scientist Peter T. Kirstein, a key figure in the creation and internationalization of the internet, received the 2015 Marconi Prize.
The Whitney Museum of American Art opened its new home in the Meatpacking District between the High Line and the Hudson River with inaugural exhibition America is Hard to See.