Weekend full of news about First&Food, the FIRSTonline magazine dedicated to the world of food. September is harvest time so how can we fail to record the record-breaking Prosecco from Veneto, which in 2019 celebrates both UNESCO recognition and the primacy of the most consumed Italian wine abroad, with a sensational 50% increase in exports to France, the land of champagne.
Instead, the chef of the week is Pietro Penna from Salento: passed through the great school of the prestigious George V in Paris, the only Italian in a brigade of 80 French chefs, the cook has landed in Manduria in an early 900s castle where he combines local traditions with international cooking techniques, but without distorting matter. The recipe for him that we propose is: loin of lamb, chamomile, artichokes and wild lampascioni.
Finally, good news for coffee lovers: in the age of pods and capsules, Illy and De'Longhi have developed a new coffee machine for home use, which makes coffee exactly like at the bar. Quality is guaranteed by the two Italian excellences, as are savings: done this way, a cup of coffee costs only 7 cents. And avoid the waste of plastic capsules…
