Graukäse – A Woman and Her Cheese
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Graukäse – A Woman and Her Cheese

Fat white globules tumble carelessly from her fingertips into the big blue bucket below as she methodically shovels the rebellious cheese clumps into small plastic molds using her bare, weathered hands. My eyes travel from cheese bucket to cheese mold and back again, dizzied by the rate at which she can pack a mold. In the time it … …read more

Terra Madre Giovani | Who will feed the planet?
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Terra Madre Giovani | Who will feed the planet?

The 1st of May, the World EXPO in Milan will open its doors. The EXPO has always been the place where the world gathers to wonder at the new technological and innovative solutions that will shape our daily lives in the near future. The EXPO is known for it’s icons like Christal Palace in the … …read more

The New Gastronomes | April 2015
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The New Gastronomes | April 2015

Dear readers of The New Gastronomes, just to let you know that novelties are in store for April. We hope you’ll like them! From now on, at the start of each month we’ll be announcing a list of contents and publishing a brief editorial outlining the articles you’ll find over the subsequent weeks. Our idea … …read more

A Trip to Mistura 2014
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A Trip to Mistura 2014

This was it. After five months of meetings, discussions, multilingual communication, worries, excitement, doubts and brainstorming between us South American students of UNISG, we were off to the biggest and possibly the most important gastronomical festival of South America, being held in Lima, Peru. We were going not only to have a glimpse of it … …read more

Belcampo, Belize: An Aspiring Gastronome in the Jungle
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Belcampo, Belize: An Aspiring Gastronome in the Jungle

  Among the wide variety of courses offered by the University of Gastronomic Sciences, the two-year graduate degree in Gastronomic and Tourism Heritage Promotion and Management welcomes students belonging to variegated accademic and professional environments, aiming to mold future entrepreneurs for agricultural and food businesses. The first half of the learning itinerary consists of classroom … …read more

AN so miga FORA: Georgian Winemakers Share Their Traditions in Romagna
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AN so miga FORA: Georgian Winemakers Share Their Traditions in Romagna

As a part of our study trip to Romagna, Italy, we where invited to the winery of Leone Conti where we were introduced to the “AN so miga FORA” project. This is a great cultural exchange project whose aim is to pair ancient Georgian winemaking customs and techniques with wine producers in Emilia-Romagna. This project … …read more

Salviamo quei tesori dagli sfregi estetici
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Salviamo quei tesori dagli sfregi estetici

Mentre attraversavo il Salento non riuscivo a credere che per anni gli ulivi secolari e i muretti a secco che stavano rendendo il mio viaggio più piacevole fossero stati regolarmente estirpati dal territorio per finire in qualche spazio privato. Dopo anni di sciacallaggio del paesaggio (scusate la rima, ma questo è) ora in Salento ci … …read more

Estetica e semantica del menù come atto comunicativo
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Estetica e semantica del menù come atto comunicativo

Un oggetto apparentemente utile ad uno scopo ben preciso come il menù, rivela usi e costumi di una società, vizi e privilegi di associazioni, tradizioni sconosciute e saperi linguistici da salvaguardare

Zafferano, i profumi dell’oro rosso
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Zafferano, i profumi dell’oro rosso

Forse non tutti sanno che lo zafferano che conosciamo oggi praticamente non esiste più allo stato spontaneo, ma quello ottenuto dai pistilli del Crocus Sativus (e un tempo usato anche come medicinale e colorante), continua a sedurre i nostri sensi. Scarica l’articolo!