Author: Paolo Capizzi
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The world’s largest desert is…white and cold!
Setting foot for the first time on an unexplored land always evokes a certain emotion. If it’s a distant land, unreachable for most of humanity, the last in chronological terms to be explored, and one that even today represents a challenge for human beings, then the emotion doubles, even triples. Antarctica, also known as the…
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The history of beer
The history of beer is long and fascinating, with roots that delve into some of the world’s oldest civilizations. Beer has very ancient origins, linked to the history, religion, and culture of Eurasia. In fact, beer seems to have originated 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia. The earliest evidence of beer production dates back to the…
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Wine and health
In this article, we delve into a very sensitive topic: is drinking wine good or bad for you? On one hand, there’s history, tradition, and also the pleasure of drinking a nice glass of wine, with the positive support of some nutritionists. On the other hand, we find an increasingly large group within the medical-scientific…
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WINE-2: its history
Wine is a story of love and passion, embracing humanity and spanning millennia of history. Over the centuries, it has played a part in tales of love and friendship, has been the protagonist of cultures and peoples, has inspired poets, artists, and scientists, becoming a shared cultural heritage. The history of wine is lost in…
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WINE-1: it is a question of climate!
Writing about wine is an arduous task. Hundreds of books exist in all languages regarding its history, development, and the climatic indications that can be gleaned from the discovery of paintings, writings, and objects related to winemaking throughout the various millennia of human history. And it is for this reason that we will divide this…
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ENDURANCE SPORTS AND NUTRITION
In the “Food Advice” section, we aimed to give suggestions for correct nutrition not only for one’s well-being, but also for the benefit of a specific sporting activity, and for this we make use of sports professionals, specific articles in the nutrition sector, some developed by well-known nutritionist.This article is written by Federico Sansoni, a…
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PASTA CARBONARA
All traditional dishes have a history, but among the most curious and debated is certainly that relating to pasta carbonara. What is its origin? Was it really born in Rome?There is no original recipe, but a recipe that has undergone transformations over time up to the Roman “DOP” one and to which there is no…
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Porchetta: a thousand-year history
Porchetta is undoubtedly one of the most delicious foods in the gastronomic tradition of central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo, Lazio). The rich taste, the soft consistency of the meat, the crunchy rind, the different spices, awaken in us ancestral memories that are lost in the mists of time. In literature we find it in…
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History of pasta
Pasta is the main food for most Italians, perhaps the one that best identifies Italianness in the world. Many believe that the origin is Chinese, but in reality the history of pasta begins in more remote times, dating back, as some say, to around 7000 years ago, or when man began to abandon the nomadic…