Food is fuel

Food is fuel

First of all food is the fuel of our physical machine, without food we would not exist. Food is a natural necessity of the body, because eating is a basic life function. Besides, food is expression of “animality”, something that human beings have in common with...
Chocolate&Chocolate banana hearts

Chocolate&Chocolate banana hearts

#dairy-free I tried this cake for the first time thanks to Daria, who baked it during our master in Gastronomic Sciences and she lovely adapted it for Martina, our flat mate, into a lactose-free version. The original recipe comes from Smitten Kitchen blog. Since then...
The queen of soups: Pumpkin and Lentils

The queen of soups: Pumpkin and Lentils

#gluten-free #dairy-free If they call me the “queen of the soups” (this is just the beginning, you will see many others recipe) and in my turn I should declare the queen of my beloved soups, then I will vote this! It comes from the union of my two passions: pumpkin (I...
THE VALUE(S) OF FOOD

THE VALUE(S) OF FOOD

If we waste food, does it mean that food has no value for us at all or that it has very low value? Moreover, did we also lose the value of fruition’s act? Eating, as food, has a complex value done by various stratified meanings: agricultural, nutritional, historical,...