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Chocolates that help cancer research – Italian Cuisine

They will be distributed in thousand squares throughout Italy on Saturday 9 November (and in the BPM branches from Monday). With a minimum donation of 10 euros you can receive a 200 gram pack

Chocolate improves mood, helps memory and is also good for the heart. In addition, if taken in measured quantities, it is a valuable ally against cancer: a study conducted by an Italian research group shows this. "It has been proved, on a population of almost 11 thousand subjects, that the consumption of around 20 grams of chocolate dark every two days is able to reduce inflammation levels circulating ", explains Antonio Moschetta, Airc scientist at the University of Bari. If we consider the relationship between inflammation and cancer," a moderate consumption of dark chocolate with a low sugar content could therefore represent a further possibility to reduce the role of the systemic inflammation in aggression and tumor growth ".
It is also for this reason that dark chocolate was once again chosen by Airc to promote his Research Days.

THE Research Chocolates

Tomorrow (Saturday 9 November) Foundation volunteers will be present in more than a thousand squares from all over Italy (find the square closest to your home or call the special number 840 001 001) to distribute the Research Chocolates and collect new resources to be allocated to around 5 thousand researchers working to overcome cancer. With a minimum donation of 10 euros you can receive a packet of 200 grams of dark chocolate and, together with the chocolates, a special guide will also be distributed that contains useful information on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. From Monday the distribution of chocolates will continue at 1,728 Banco Bpm branches, institutional partner of Research Days, present throughout the territory.

Cancer remains a worldwide emergency: estimates say that only in Italy, in 2019, will the number of newly diagnosed cases come to 371 thousand, more than a thousand a day. Italian researchers are working to be able to influence these data and make cancer more and more treatable, leading to increasingly early diagnosis and more effective and targeted treatments.

The good news is that their work is bearing exemplary results: Italy is an international excellence in the field of cancer research and the number of healings is the highest from all over Europe. Five-year survival has increased, both for men (from 51 to 54%) and for women (from 60% to 63%), compared to the previous five-year period. And today, in Italy, there are almost 3.5 million people who have passed the diagnosis of cancer and who often have a life expectancy comparable to that of those who never got sick (The numbers of cancer in Italy, 2019 by Airtum, Aiom and Passi). The researchers are doing their best: today it's up to us to support their work.

A joy in the glass: here are the cocktails inspired by Ferrero chocolates – Italian Cuisine

From the Mon Chéri to the Ferrero Rocher. The special drink recipes developed by the bartender Michele Celozzi

The countdown has now – more or less officially – begun. If nothing else, for the most avid fans of reindeer, snow, gift packages and various songs, they can't wait to rearrange their own sapling in the living room. Yeah, this year too Christmas is approaching by leaps and bounds, with its usual load of good intentions and various and possible illuminations. And so, together with the tour de force of dinners with relatives / colleagues / gym mates / landing neighbors, the "hot" season of the chocolate, ready to enter our apartments in every conceivable form possible.

They know it well, of course, at home Ferrero, where even this year the ad hoc proposals for the Christmas period are certainly not lacking. This is the start of the new Ferrero Rocher Ball, a lovely sphere with golden tones filled – as the name suggests – of the famous pralines. It then passes through the Kinder Advent Calendar, that hides a little chocolate-based surprise behind every numbered window, and one arrives at his majesty la Nutella, covered for the occasion with a special party sweater.

A range of options that adds some pleasant brushstrokes of novelty to the most tried and tested confectionery traditions, in short. But what would happen if, in the run-up to Christmas, the Ferrero pralines leaped from the living room tray and decided to dive directly into the glass? To ask the tantalizing question was the bartender Michele Celozzi of the Penelope at Home from Milan, who decided to create a series of very special ones drink inspired by the four most famous pralines of Ferrero. From the very golden Rocher to the energetic Pocket Coffee, from the candid Raffaello to the intriguing Mon Chéri. Here are the recipes for these cocktails, for a toast to taste.

Gold Touch – inspired by Ferrero Rocher

· 30 ml Caribbean Blend Rum

· 40 ml Hazelnut liqueur

· 20 ml Fresh Grapefruit Juice

· 1.5 teaspoons of Hazelnut Paste and Fondue with Ferrero Rocher

· Seal: Ferrero Rocher wafer

Espresso – inspired by Pocket Coffee

· 45 ml Smooth Vodka

· 15 ml Patron Xo Cafe Tequila

· Espresso Pocket Coffee

· Espresso

· 1 teaspoon of sugar syrup

· Seal: Pocket Coffee and Coffee Powder

Cherry Fizz – inspired by Mon Chéri

· 1 x Sugar Cube

· Cherry puree in Whiskey and Bitter

· 40 ml Whiskey Rye

· 10 ml Bourbon whiskey

· 1/2 teaspoon of Cherry liqueur

· Soda

· Topping: Mon Chéri and Cherries

White Christmas – inspired by Raffaello (non-alcoholic)

· 70 ml Home Made Coco Choco Rice (Raffaello Chocolate Fondue with Coconut Milk and Rice)

· 60 ml Fresh Pineapple Extract

· 10/15 ml Condensed Milk

· 15 ml Lime juice

· Topping: Raffaello and coconut flour

Queen Elizabeth II's favorite chocolates are at risk – Italian Cuisine

Brexit is creating unease among UK citizens and embarrassment in government buildings. But if the subjects are not calm, the Queen Elizabeth certainly does not make joy jump: the chocolates so loved by the English Crown risk the stop

Like his subjects, also the Queen Elizabeth II could have to make a big waiver because of the infamous Brexit: his Chocolates favorite. The political turn of the UK with the exit fromEuropean Union brings with it consequences that are still not exactly clear and the panic begins to be tangible from the precautionary decisions of British producers and not.

The alarm went straight to the chocolate factory Charbonnel et Walker, who took precautions. As the British press reports, the company is stocking up on the ingredients needed to guarantee it Queen Elizabeth II and to the royal family to enjoy their chocolates without interruption even after the advent of Brexit. The link with the English Crown is fundamental to the company's successto chocolate factory, which only last year recorded an increase in turnover thanks to the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The package dedicated to them in a limited edition of chocolate truffles filled with champagne and decorated with edible gold it went like hot cakes!

Founded in 1875, the Charbonnel et Walker is one of the first chocolate factories in the United Kingdom. To encourage society among Mrs. Walker is Madame Charbonnel he was a member of the royal family, Edward VII. The first store was opened at 173 New Bond Street in Mayfair, now housed in the magical Royal Arcade of Old Bond Street, while production continues in the town of Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, about thirty miles from London. Honored by the prestigious Royal Warrant of Appointment, which ascertains the activity for the English Crown, this symbol gives much prestige and cannot be lost or scratched by political change.

Great success for Charbonnel et Walker not only at Buckingham Palace: chocolates have delighted aristocrats as well as British socialites to Hollywood movie stars. Loyal customers are the Princess Diana, Princess Margaret is Wallis Simpson, but also Virginia Woolf, Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant, just to name a few. The English actor Noël Coward he had a selection of cakes delivered to his home every fifteen days in the famous boîte blanche, which since 1909 has been a symbol of quality and luxury. A sweet habit not to be missed for political reasons!

Although March 13 there House of Commons has voted an amendment that asks the government to exclude in all circumstances the Brexit No Deal, this danger remains technically automatic on 29 March, if there was no agreement or extension approved by the EU, as reported by La Repubblica. In a nutshell, if the UK is treated as a non-EU country for customs purposes, it means that all customs formalities will apply, from the application of customs duties to endless declarations and countless documents. Not only that: some goods can also be applied prohibitions or restrictions making it necessary to release import or export licenses.

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