Categoria: MEMO | Maddy Bee

In this period, I wondered what is behind the dish we order online? How much has food delivery contributed to supporting the catering sector and how has the life of restaurants changed in this long period of pandemic? And then, what alchemy will owners and chefs have invented to survive all these prohibitions? Indeed in Italy we have to thank all the food delivery that is actively contributing to the restaurant business, and to please all our palate. In such a complex phase as the one we are experiencing, now close to the Christmas holidays where we still do not know how to organize ourselves, we only hope that the future scenarios of catering, currently strongly tested, will be more rosy than those of the last year , and we hope for everyone, that they do not stop exclusively at a digitized service.  In anyway Merry Christmas!

The volume “Three Michelin Stars” saga of haute cuisine has been published with the beauty of 700 pages which tells the story of the three-starred restaurants that have appeared on the pages of the red guide from 1933 to today. There is no shortage of insights into Italian haute cuisine places that have been the absolute protagonists of the Michelin Guide. In this difficult year for everyone, due to the various restrictions, perhaps the most affected sector turns out to be precisely this, we hope that the 120th anniversary of the guide can bring good to the restaurant world at least for the year to come.

Bentley has recently celebrated its 100th anniversary by announcing that by 2030 it will only produce electric cars. The world’s largest manufacturer of 12-cylinder luxury engines renews its green commitment with the first production of hybrid models shortly. Luxury customers who are attentive to the environmental impact in their purchases will, as usual, reward brands that have always shown a commitment to innovation and sustainability. We just hope to be able to return to travel soon.

Also with Covid After the summer season, it awarded the Alps and the Dolomites as ideal destinations for an outdoor holiday, in contact with nature and in safety. The pandemic advances, and now the challenge is for this winter season. The mountain resorts are now ready to open for weeks despite the various restrictions. The ski capitals, however, do not give up, also canceling festivals and Christmas markets. The season is about to start but with a series of strict rules, even on the slopes, to be respected on spacing and masks to avoid any infections.

In the phase of this new lockdown and the rules introduced, the tourism sector has been further paralyzed by the lack of tourists and not only, and is now looking for new strategies. Among the many, some hotels, villas and agritourisms are inventing themselves as an alternative to smart working, giving the possibility to move your workplace out of your home. Various structures, including luxury ones, provide dedicated spaces at discounted prices. Initiatives already active in Tuscany with the aim of combining the possibility of staying in the midst of nature by doing one’s profession in the best possible way.

Young designers are increasingly the creators of projects that draw on the world of craftsmanship to create contemporary design products with complex and ancient processes. All very young designers such as Pellicano and Giammarioli, founders of Millim Studio who have recently presented the Twins enameled coffee tables, born from the idea of ​​giving “architectural and three-dimensional dignity” to clay. A relaunched historical workmanship is also the Palladian, typical of floors and today a source of inspiration for Marble Patterns, a collection created by a duo of thirty-year-olds based in Treviso who also involved Lebanese peers David / Nicholas in the project.

The Castello di Rivoli, from last month until January 2021, celebrates Giulio Paolini’s eightieth birthday with a personal exhibition homage to the long career that began in 1960. The project reinterprets 60 years of artistic production by choosing the retrospective gaze as a guiding criterion. The heart of the exhibition is the work that gives it the title “Le Chef-d’oeuvre inconnu” (2020) donated on the occasion to the Castello di Rivoli.

Da domani ricomincia un nuovo e strano periodo di lockdown anche per la nostra penisola, e sicuramente come nello scorso, molti si dedicheranno maggiormente ai fornelli. E a proposito di cucina, è stato celebrato da poco il World Pasta Day dove è stato analizzato che il rapporto che lega i cittadini italiani alla pasta è “amore”. In quest’anno difficile una persona su quattro ha aumentato il consumo di pasta pare complice sia l’emergenza coronavirus. All’estero però le cose cambiano ad esempio per i francesi «si conserva facilmente»  mentre per i tedeschi  «è buona e mangiare». La pasta, un alimento sano che rispetta benessere ed equilibri alimentari, ma non abusatene in questo periodo, la bilancia potrebbe lamentarsi.

A collectible stamp celebrates Pininfarina’s ninety years, an emblem of made in Italy design with a history of industry and design based on innovation. The car chosen for the stamp, a model made on a Ferrari mechanical basis, is the Modulo concept car born in 1969 and used as a symbol of made in Italy in the Italian pavilion of the Osaka Expo. A still futuristic car with overlapping body shells and an essential interior with two elongated seats and rotating spherical elements to support the controls.

A wood in the city, with free access, the Milanese Food Forest project, which is being born in the North Park. 2000 plants among fruit trees, vegetable crops and shrubs. An idea that takes shape from the desire to raise people’s awareness of a more sustainable and healthy diet. Plant growth that will take place according to the permaculture method, which is a system that allows you to take advantage of the different heights of crops by optimizing the use of resources and their maintenance. An educational path useful to learn about plant species together with the possibility of exploring their history and uses in the kitchen.