Extraordinary

My photocamera stayed at home, so I used a picure of this company  who gave us to try delicious strawberry (!) ketchup Last week(end) w...

I have a dream

One of my dreams is, that this plant grows delicious tomatoes soon ‘I have a dream’. The famous words first spoken by Martin Luther ...

Doubts and uncertainties (part II)

Who can resist this beautiful, colorful tajine filled with only vegetables, potatoes, chick peas and dried fruits The article reminde...

Doubts and uncertainties (part I)

Without any hard feelings I ate this 150grams of beef for lunch...... Last weekend was a weekend full of contradictions. Not only beca...

Il fuorisalone - The must have sees

I know I am bit too late with this news, but I still like to share my experiences which I had during the Salone del Mobile 2013. It ...

Communal eating

The feast ended with everyone happy, content and an inbox of new friends Food has always been the right place for people to sit ...

Publicity

Authentic of large scale industrial production? Foto from this blog Most food publicity has been done by the big companies selling the...

Abundance

Last saturday in Milano, the line before the gelateria Each religion has something with food : Muslims shouldn’t eat pork meat while f...

From the field to your doorstep

‘They’ want to bring farmers closer to their clients. The supply needs to get closer to the demands. Interesting. I’ve already talked ...

Sweets

You have to resist a lot when you live in Italy. There is wine, delicious pasta’s, wood oven pizza and many, many pastry shops offering t...

Fear of water

Almost ready to take off and serve water to the Milanese Yep. It is a new year. A year full of new opportunities. A new start in which ...

A short history

After I discussed some examples of growing food in the cities, I think it is now time to look back. Not because I am such a traditiona...

How to grow food in the city

Don’t expect a solution after reading this title. This post is to inspire you. I did some research, talked to some people and collecte...

The Dutch examples

Creativity is needed when space is scarce Oke. Let’s start this research on green in the city in The Netherlands. The country I’ve l...

Where is the green

This garden shows that you don't need that much space to grow food Ok. This is maybe not the time to complain about a lack of gr...

Hunting the Streets

Signs telling us hunting is allowed You must have noticed it’s autumn. While most people decide to slowly crawl back in their houses (...

Birra, bier, beer, biere

Beer can also be romantic thanks to these guys  Beer and wine are in a way comparable. They both contain alcohol – although the percent...

Cultivate diversity

The cities inhabitants are as diverse as the tourists on La Piazza di Spagna As you might have notices after almost two years of posts...

Almost there

A typical farm yard in one of the many cascine around Milan Milan has around 60 farms within the borders of the municipality. Many of t...

Cascine aperte

A typical Milanese cascina I do not know a European city which has so many farms within its municipality borders than Milano. After lo...