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Bread upside down
There is a superstition regarding bread that seems to be common in Mediterranean countries: never put it upside down on the table.
T...
13
Jun
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12
Jun
Red Basis, White Basis
How many types of pizza are there in the world?
The Pizzarecipe website lists 687.
Among them are those with toppings that I would ...
09
Jun
Potpourri, or “Rotten Pot”
Here we go: chicken with vegetable potpourri.
Potpourri, what a catchy name, innit?
That's right, I'm about to start a boring and...
08
Jun
Renaissance Pizza in Florence
A medieval-style painting depicting gentlemen eating pizza in Renaissance Florence.
Ok, yes, I asked AI to create it...
And it al...
06
Jun
Eat, die, pay
This has got to be one of the most original restaurant marketing ideas I've ever seen...
The New Zealand chain Hell Pizza, which has...
05
Jun
Is Story-telling supposed to tell the truth? The “Pinsa” case
Storytelling is a tool that is becoming increasingly popular in marketing. Briefly, it is the narration of facts or experiences, linked...
31
May
Speaking Macaronic
Hey you, can you speak Macaronic?
Ok, let's be more precise here: there is no such an idiom.
However, there is the expression mac...
25
May
Al dente is better!
How do you like your pasta cooked?
Ok, tastes are subjective, of course. Still...
Al dente has objective advantages. Just be carefu...
24
May
Sugar and Tomato Sauce
There's a trick that every Italian grandmother knows: add a teaspoon of sugar to tomato sauce, so that it doesn't have an aftertaste to...
23
May
Laughter, laughter, mom made gnocchi for supper!
There is an old Italian saying which reads: "Ridi ridi, che la mamma ha fatto gli gnocchi!".
My attempt at a translation would be:
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