My Kitchen, Fratelli Guzzini

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My Kitchen, is a new collection for the kitchen that includes a range of food preparation accessories that meets with the latest consumer demands, requiring ever greater efficiency, versatility and aesthetic design for the objects surrounding them. My Kitchen boasts important names on the international design scene, such as Ora-ito and Design Continuum. This new collection sees Guzzini once again paying careful attention to the kitchen environment, and it does so with products of innovative concept and function. It offers an extremely varied range of accessories that share the desire to do what has not been done before, not only as concerns materials, but also performance and aesthetic solutions.

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Giorgio Fabiani Spring Summer 2013

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Giorgio Fabiani Shoes, as other producers in Le Marche Region, got inspired by the fabulous 60es but in this case the only style icon chosen is Barbarella, the wild, naughty space traveler first appearing in a French comic book and later immortalized by Jane Fonda in the 1968 movie of the same name. The movie was not so popular at first being quite wacky and liberal, but over time it has become a classic, as has the outrageously futuristic style of the silly and spaced out heroine. A clear influence on the Spring Summer 2013 runways, metallics, color combinations, optical effects, chunky high heels, ties or buckles or showy accessories on the vamp.

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Italiaans model Claudia Romani doet temperatuur stijgen

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Het Italiaanse model Claudia Romani doet de temperatuur stijgen tijdens een sexy fotoshoot op Miami beach.

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Gnocchi di Ricotta al Pesto di Rucola - Ricotta Gnocchi with Arugula Pesto

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Try out this recipe for Ricotta Gnocchi with Arugula Pesto and you’ll be surprised at how homemade pasta can be on the dinner table in less than an hour.

Ingredients

For the gnocchi:

14 ounces ricotta cheese1 cup soft wheat flour (such as Bob’s Red Mill Semolina pasta flour)1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese1 eggGround nutmeg, to tasteSalt and pepper, to taste

For the pesto:

6 cups arugula2 small, very ripe tomatoes8 to 9 almonds or pine nuts1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil1/2 clove of garlicSalt and pepper, to tasteDirections

Put the ricotta in a large bowl. Mix it with the flour, egg and Parmigiano. Season with salt, pepper and ground nutmeg. Transfer the dough to a work surface and roll it out to 1/2-inch thick. Cut it into small diamonds.

Wash the arugula and combine it with the almonds, cheese, oil and salt and pepper in a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is homogenous and has reached a smooth consistency.

Wash the tomatoes and cut an X into the bottom of each one. Drop them into a pot of boiling water for about 10 seconds and then submerge them in ice water to remove their skins. Peel them, remove the seeds and liquid, and dice them. Combine them with the pesto in a bowl.

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Wine Tasting: What Are Tannins In Wine?

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What Are Tannins in Wine?

In wine, tannin is a textural element that makes wine taste dry.

Tannin is a naturally occurring polyphenol found in plants, seeds, bark, wood, leaves and fruit skins. About 50% of the dry weight of plant leaves are tannins. As a characteristic of wine, tannin adds both bitterness and astringency as well as complexity. Wine tannins are most commonly found in red wine, although white wines have tannin from being aged in wooden barrels.

What Does Tannin Taste Like?

Tannin tastes dry and astringent and you can feel it specifically on the middle of your tongue and the front part of your mouth. Unsweetened black tea is a great example of nearly pure tannin dissolved in water.

Where do Wine Tannins Come From?

Tannins in wine come from two possible places: wine grapes and wood.

What Are Grape Tannins?

Grape tannin comes from the skins, seeds and stems of a wine grape. For this reason, red wines tend to have higher tannins than white wines because the extended contact of the grapes to the juice gives the tannin time to dissolve in the alcohol and water in the wine.

Some types of wine have higher tannins than others. The Nebbiolo grape used in Italian Barolo, is a high grape tannin wine.

What are Wood Tannins?

Wood tannins dissolve into wine through contact. Most commonly this happens when wine is stored in wooden barrels. Oak barrels are the most popular choice because of the flavors they add to wine such as vanillin.

Tannin powders, oak chips and oak staves are growing in popularity because they are more affordable. It is hard to say which is better since an oak barrel can be used in winemaking for up to 70 years.

Which wines are high vs low in tannin?

We picked out a few examples to help illustrate wine tannins. It’s helpful to remember that winemaking style greatly affects how much tannin is in a wine. In general, high production wines are deliberately created to have ’rounder’ feeling tannins.

High Tannin Wines

NebbioloCabernet SauvignonTempranilloMontepulcianoPetit VerdotPetite Sirah

Low Tannin Wines

BarberaZinfandelPinot NoirPrimitivoGrenacheMerlot

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Panoram Italia - Venice In Vegas

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Travellers don’t usually associate charming Italy with the bright lights of Las Vegas, but The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino succeeds in being the perfect pairing of Sin City and La Serenissima.

Situated in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Las Vegas Boulevard, the 1.5 billion dollar complex is considered one of the largest and most luxurious resorts in the world. Rising 36 stories above the strip and boasting more than 3,000 elegantly furnished hotel suites, The Venetian, along with its equally impressive sister resort, The Palazzo, occupy an unmistakable spot in the Vegas skyline.

It was while honeymooning in Venice with his wife Miriam that inspiration struck Sheldon Adelson, CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the company that owns The Venetian. Naturally, the couple was enchanted by Venice’s romantic atmosphere, and Adelson was moved to combine the romance of Venice with the luxuries of Vegas in a new project.

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Telefoniebedrijven Italië praten over fusie

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Telecom Italia wil mogelijk fuseren met 3 Italia. Het telecombedrijf voert daarover inleidende gesprekken met de Chinese eigenaar van zijn concurrent, Hutchison Whampoa, zo maakte het vrijdag bekend.

Omdat de gesprekken zich nog in een zeer pril stadium bevinden, wil Telecom Italia verder niets kwijt over de inhoud ervan. De kwestie staat op de agenda bij een bestuursvergadering volgende week.

Verscheidene media hadden eerder al gemeld dat over een samensmelting zou worden gepraat. De Chinezen zouden in ruil voor hun Italiaanse dochter een belang krijgen in Telecom Italia.

In december sloeg Telecom Italia nog een investeringsbod van 3 miljard euro van een Egyptische zakenman af. Het bedrijf zei zich op zijn eigen kracht te willen focussen en onderdelen te willen verkopen.

Het Italiaanse telecomconcern heeft veel geld nodig om te investeren in het verouderde breedbandnetwerk in Italië. Daar staat echter tegenover dat het bedrijf gebukt gaat onder een schuld van bijna 30 miljard euro.

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Vier Italiaanse journalisten ontvoerd in Syrië

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Syrische rebellen hebben Italiaanse journalisten ontvoerd

In het noorden van Syrië zijn vier Italiaanse journalisten ontvoerd. Het gaat om een verslaggever van de publieke zender Rai en drie freelance-reporters.

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Testende Maserati Ghibli's vastgelegd

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Testende Maserati Ghibli’s zijn in het noorden van Italië op de gevoelige plaat vastgelegd. De auto’s zijn nog steeds licht gecamoufleerd, maar in grote lijnen is het uiterlijk van de nieuwe sedan al te bewonderen.

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La Cucina, nieuwe Italiaanse kookstudio - Barbara Valetta

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Wie van Italiaans eten houdt kan nu terecht bij La Cucina aan de Ootmarsumsestraat 299. Daar hebben moeder en dochter Valetta een kookstudio ingericht waar kookworkshops voor jong en oud worden gegeven voor maximaal 12 mensen.

Ze willen mensen laten zien dat je met een paar goede basisproducten heerlijke gerechten op tafel kan zetten. Het hoeft niet duur en moeilijk te zijn maar wel lekker.

Barbara Valetta heeft Italiaanse voorouders die uit de streek Abruzzo komen en is verliefd geworden op alles wat Italiaans is. Ze heeft van haar oma geleerd hoe je verse pasta maakt. Maar ze heeft er ook vele andere gerechten leren bereiden. Ze trekt een paar weken per jaar heel Italië door om nieuwe recepten te leren van de streekkeukens of van een oud vrouwtje waarvan zij weer de liefde voor het koken van leert.

De meestal biologische ingrediënten die Barbara in de workshops gebruikt zijn allemaal te koop in onze supermarkten. Verse kruiden groeien in haar eigen tuin. De wijnen komen wel uit Italië.

Barbara en haar dochter Nathalie geven ook kookworkshops voor volwassenen en voor kinderen. De recepten krijgen de deelnemers mee naar huis zodat ze thuis nog eens aan de slag kunnen.

Haar website: kookstudioalmelo.nl

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