Michela Becchi

RIP Christian Millau, founder of gastronomic guides and Nouvelle Cuisine guru

The father of restaurant guides Gault Millau considered among the pioneers of nouvelle cuisine movement in the ’70s, Christian Millau – an “impertinent and independent” author – passes at age 88. His publisher gave the announcement.

After Ikea now Muji also goes into food, opening a produce market in Tokyo

Muji is a Japan design institution. The retail company presents its newly remodelled flagship store in Tokyo transformed into a produce market and coffee shop. 

Gelato in Naples: the 3 best gelaterias in town

[caption id="attachment_138529" align="alignnone" width=""]Gelato al lampone[/caption] In the birthplace of pizza, home of robust cuisine and realm of tasty pastry, there is also room for quality homemade gelato. The places for the best gelato in Naples are few, but solid.

Michelin Singapore 2017. Two Italian restaurants added, Robuchon the only three-star

The Michelin guide has presented the second edition dedicated to Singapore, selecting 38 different high quality restaurants.

Tree surgery. How two pruners defeated viticulture's worst disease

Since 2011, pruners Marco Simonit and Pierpaolo Sirch have been working to restore major vineyards by means of the Dendrochirurgia method, or Tree Surgery, a procedure designed to defeat one of viticulture’s most serious diseases. Here's the whole story.

I Drink Pink 2017, rosé wine festival at Città del Gusto in Rome

Top Italian pink wine makers will showcase their products in a pleasant summer evening with tastings and gourmet pairings. Città del gusto in Rome is hosting I Drink Pink, a festival of Italian rosé wines.

Barilla turns 140 years: origins, development and expansion of a grand Italian family

It all started over a century ago in a small family-run shop that sold artisan bread and pasta in Parma, the year was 1877. Sowing the seeds of the family business is Pietro Barilla, within a few years the brand...

Piuarch, the office rooftop garden in Brera: urban farming in Milan

Urban farming is on the rise in Italy. Rooftop vegetable gardens are the latest rage, born from the minds of a team of resourceful Milan architects. 

Coffees – Italians do it better the first ever documentary on the opening of Starbucks in Italy

It’s now more than official: Starbucks Reserve will open in Milan, in piazza Cordusio, in 2018. The wait is fervent. What are the thoughts on this by the Italian coffee-expert community? And the expats? A documentary inquires on the US...

Top 10 Italian restaurants according to the readers of The Guardian, with assorted surprises

Italian food is among the world’s most rich and fascinating. The British know this well, hence the The Guardian has asked its readers to draw a ranking of Italy’s best restaurants.
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