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Last Supper’s menu
Among all the artistic works depicting meals, the most famous is certainly "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci.
As you well know,...
20
Sep
Tag Archives: Professional Kitchen
19
Sep
The Poor Artedi
One can't help but feel compassion for that poor soul called Peter Artedi.
Swedish scientist of the eighteenth century, he spent his...
08
Sep
Cook’s stress
Working as a cook has always been stressful.
And, once again, the proof comes from a work of art.
"Trinkender Koch" (a drinking coo...
07
Sep
Energy-saving and Pasta? Yes, but…
When it comes to cooking, there is a practice of energy saving that, despite being quite simple, has never caught on too much: turning ...
02
Sep
What’s good about wholemeal pasta
Wholemeal pasta certainly has benefits, although sometimes one tends to exaggerate them.
It has more fibers than ordinary "white" dr...
31
Aug
A pretty expenive Salt Cellar
The most valuable tableware article ever?
A salt cellar!
Well, perhaps it is more appropriate to speak of sculpture, despite the sm...
30
Aug
Carrots’colour
What color are carrots?
Well, the answer isn't that simple...
They can be orange, or yellow, white, purple, black...
The externa...
29
Aug
Pastafazool
When the stars make you drool,
just like pasta fazool,
That's amore!
I have always been amazed by the fact that one of the typical...
26
Aug
Arcimboldo’s dishes
One of the most eccentric artists of the sixteenth century was certainly the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Arcimboldo was fam...
05
Aug
Campi’s kitchen
This is what a professional kitchen must have looked like in 1580.
Two men quarter a calf, two women make pasta with a rolling pin, ...
