Italiano
The painting’s enigma
Is the old lady frying the eggs? Or poaching them?
This is the dilemma lying behind this splendid painting that Diego Velázquez, a S...
15
Jul
cateringequipment
14
Jul
Pasta, water and salt
How much salt should you put in the pasta water?
The "1-10-100 rule”
First thing first, a necessary premise: “gastronomy” is not an...
12
Jul
Hot and Cold Pizza
Do you know why hot pizza is better than cold pizza?
And no, you can’t answer “it just i...
07
Jul
Crescent of the moon
"Croissant", a pastry named after the moon.
Well, not exactly the moon, rather a lunar phase.
Yes... its name derives from the expr...
01
Jul
Alien pancake
April 18, 1961:
Joe Simonton was loitering on his farm in Wisconsin, when his attention was suddenly grabbed by a "whining sound".
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10
May
The colour of the meat
One of the most clever pieces of diet advice I ever heard comes from Tom Smothers, part of the musical comedy duo "Smothers Brothers":
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06
May
Meat or Fish?
Meat or fish?
In my experience, it seems like the former has more supporters.
Anyway... the answer, of course, depends on tastes....
21
Jan
Nietzsche’s sausages
Despite what he wrote was provocative and aggressive, in real life Nietzsche was a good-natured boy, even submissive sometimes, tremend...
18
Jan
Frying paradox
Do you know the definition of paradox?
"A statement that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually...
17
Jan
Chicken and “Auspicia”
The ancient Romans firmly believed in auspicia: observing natural phenomena and connecting them to the will of the Gods.
A very popu...
