Chef Valeria Piccini from Da Caino restaurant in Montemerano, Tuscany had never been to Asia when she got a call from Angelo Agliano to be the first of five female Italian chefs to cook at Tosca di Angelo at the Ritz Carlton Hong Kong. She immediately accepted because she is always of the view that she can always learn something from such events. But the shock of the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2020
A chance to be mentored by Manu Buffara
BERLIN: Creative practitioners and cultural producers working in all creative fields anywhere in the world are being encouraged to apply with projects that could benefit from the expertise of one of the mentors in this edition, and from that mentor’s unique approach to material and knowledge production. In its fifth edition, Forecast selects six different mentors every … [Read more...]
Third edition of Fruto to focus on water and food as health
The third edition of Fruto, Dialogues on Food will focus on water and food as health. Conceived by Alex Atala and Felipe Ribenboim, the annual seminar takes place in São Paulo, from January 24th to 26th, at Unibes Cultural, and will be livestreamed on its official social media pages The seminar continues to be a platform for engagement and mobilisation for dialogues about … [Read more...]
The Sicilian on top of the world in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: If Angelo Agliano’s parents had their way, he would not be cooking today. For five years, while he was at school he would go to work in a restaurant in the weekends and also during the evenings. “They were against me working in a restaurant but I finally won my battle because that is what I really wanted to do.” It was not his perseverance when he was young that … [Read more...]
Face to face with snake soup in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: No one spoke a word of English when we walked in to She Wong Lam, one of the last remaining snake butchers in Hong Kong. We are early. She Wong Lam serves soup normally from 11am till 4pm but Andrea Petrini had promised us a breakfast that starts with what he called a ‘snake cappuccino’. We fill the small room which has been serving snake for more than 125 years. … [Read more...]
