12 Apr cateringequipment, Virdex News Prehistoric meatballs Wednesday April 12th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Meatballs are a common dish in a lot of different national or local cuisines. Starting from the Italian polpette (forgive my chauvin...Continue reading
06 Apr cateringequipment, pesce, Virdex News The Turbot and the Caesar’s Palate Thursday April 6th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin In his Satires, Juvenal tells a beautiful story that happened during the reign of terror established in Rome by the Emperor Domitian, w...Continue reading
04 Apr pizza, Virdex News Domino’s and Italy. Was it really a matter of Pineapple? Tuesday April 4th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin In the summer of 2022, after seven years of commercial activity, Domino's Pizza Inc. decided to close its franchise in Italy. On the...Continue reading
27 Mar Virdex News AI’s last supper Monday March 27th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Someone asked AI to generate a selfie of Christ's last supper. Now... ...it would be stupid to point out the anachronisms in such a...Continue reading
14 Mar cateringequipment, pasta, Virdex News We owe our fork to Spaghetti! Tuesday March 14th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Spaghetti was a great invention (no, Marco Polo has nothing to do with it!). On the other hand, there's an invention that we owe to sp...Continue reading
02 Mar bakery, cateringequipment, pizza, Virdex News Pizza from South to North Thursday March 2nd, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin When it comes to pizza, Italy comes to mind. You may wonder, "Why? Isn't that correct"? Well, yes. Anyway... Pizza has a very anci...Continue reading
28 Feb refrigeration, Virdex News Still life salami Tuesday February 28th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Where is it written that a still life must only portray fruit? Giacomo Ceruti, a Milanese late-Baroque artist, must have thought thi...Continue reading
22 Feb bakery, cateringequipment, pizza, Virdex News Popeye: spinach and myth Wednesday February 22nd, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Where does Popeye get his supernatural strength from? I think we all know the answer to that: from spinach, of course. We have be...Continue reading
06 Feb bakery, cateringequipment, pizza, Virdex News Sheldon Cooper and the Pizza Monday February 6th, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin In an episode of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper professes his love for pizza by saying: My favorite shape of food – a ...Continue reading
01 Feb cateringequipment, Virdex News Induction and Chefs. Love and Hate. Wednesday February 1st, 2023 By Giulio Virduci Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Everyone loves induction cooking, right? The induction cooker is efficient, fast, practical, easy to clean, etc... However, the tru...Continue reading