The chef of the weekend on First&Food, the FIRSTonline magazine dedicated to food and wine, is a woman: Cristina Bowerman of the Glass Hostaria of Trastevere in Rome she is one of the 10 starred chefs in Italy. Hers is a strange and intriguing journey: she was a lawyer but in the US she discovered the kitchen and she never stopped. Her recipe, which is proposed to First & Food readers, is an apparently traditional dish but which embraces a slight modernity: cacio e pepe barley, sea urchins and truffles. Mouth-watering, try it to see.
The Food "menu" does not stop here: this edition also talks about homemade beers and what has been a real boom in their business in Italy in recent years. At the end of 2018, in fact, there were 667 craft breweries and 284 beer firms in Italy (producers of beer in third-party establishments). The product brands are instead 8.388. Positive notes also come below the occupational aspect: comparing 2017 with 2015, the realities employing from 1 to 5 employees grew by 57%, with 551 new jobs (+60%), while those with more than 50 employees increased by 36%, with 206 new hiring (+4%).
Grezzo Raw Chocolate arrives in Milan, the first 100% raw food and 100% vegan Italian pastry shop: after Rome and Turin, the opening in the Lombard capital arouses much curiosity. "ORWe offer a pleasurable yet guilt-free experience. The intent is to light a fuse of awareness”, founder Nicola Salvi told First&Food, who now wants to take this all-Italian activity abroad as well. “Researches carried out by various American universities have shown that the level of anti-oxidants in raw chocolate is five times higher than that of chocolate processed at high temperatures. And that also applies to the other raw materials used,” he assures.
