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What to eat at the First of Milan's Scala on December 7th: the whole menu – Italian Cuisine

For the 500 guests of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, on December 7th, Daniel Canzian will cook. We went to try the preview menu, from yellow risotto to panettone to dessert with chocolate ball

This year to cook for the 500 guests of the traditional Gala dinner that will follow the opening show of the Scaligeri season on 7 December, there will be Daniel Canzian, chef and owner of the Daniel Restaurant in Milan. For the occasion, the chef has created a menu inspired by the work "Attila" and the passions of Giuseppe Verdi, drawing a geographic-culinary journey choosing seasonal ingredients and traditional preparations to be updated.

The work as an inspiration
The dishes were designed based on three main inspiring elements. Two of them directly concern the work and the two geographic paths it has inside: on one side the Adriatic, which goes from the Ottoman area from which the condottiere came to the Friuli lands of Aquileia, theater of the prologue of the work, with the sweet and sour flavors that recur in the menu; on the other side Rome and Lazio, where the rest of the drama takes place, with the flavors that become more savory, Mediterranean.
The third inspiring element is, finally, Giuseppe Verdi himself, to whom the references to the Parmesan gastronomic tradition and the Milanese risotto, which he loved a lot, are enriched with the special touch of the chef. "I wanted to think about the menu as a series of taste sensations able to tell the work and its author even at the table"Explains Daniel. "Naturally, the dramatic suggestion from which the story and the stage sequence are born have played a large part in the selection of ingredients and cooking methods that I have chosen to offer, but I have not neglected to "mention" the Verdian spirit. His style is therefore recalled by the simplicity of the dishes and their cleanliness: Verdi was not a chef, but a great gourmet, with an excellent palate capable of distinguishing the quality of the ingredients and the fullness of the flavors. A lover of good food whose work I decided to pay homage to dishes inspired by the places where the drama "Attila" is set and with an eye to the homeland of the famous composer and his passion: risotto with saffron. There could be no better opportunity to remember that Giuseppe Verdi did a great deal for Italian gastronomy, bringing the secrets with him on his every journey around the world. For example, we know that he was the one who minutely conveyed the Milanese risotto recipe to Camille Du Locle, impresario de l'Opéra Comique in Paris, and then to the French".

The menu, from the yellow risotto to the chocolate dessert
Gained gastronomically next to Maestro Gualtiero Marchesi for nine years, as Executive Chef of the Marchesi Group, Daniel Canzian is a magician of risotto and in fact proposes it as a first course, in reserve version and with flakes of panettone. In combination, Bellavista bubbles in the special Franciacorta label at La Scala Brut 2013 and Ferrarelle Platinum Edition.

PRELUDE
Broccoli mousse, purple cabbage and apples
Toc 'in braide Friulian
Panzerotto alla Romana with cheese and pepper
Anolino alla parmigiana in onion broth

ACT ONE
Risotto Gran Riserva Rooster with saffron and flakes of panettone

SECOND ACT
Veal cheek in Italian sauce with quince and pomegranate

GRAN FINALE WITH BRINDISI
The Amedei dark chocolate sphere with passion fruit sauce
Amedei meditation pralines
Coffee

THE WINES
Bellavista Franciacorta Teatro alla Scala Brut 2013
Petra Tuscany red Petra 2014
Bellavista Franciacorta Nectar Demi Sec
Ferrarelle and Natìa Platinum Edition

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10 years of "Twilight": the vampire-proof menu – Italian Cuisine

Exactly ten years after the release of the first film in the saga, many are wondering if the dishes offered in all five chapters of the franchise are (only) based on human blood. This is not so and here we explain why

Vampires love blood. They smell the smell, taste its essence and appreciate its acidity. In this the Cullen family is an exception, a unicum in all the species. In fact, at home, they drink only animal blood, convinced that a life far from homicide can assure him of salvation, happy and trouble-free cohabitation in a quiet town like Forks, between the cliffs and mountains of Washington State, where it rains almost all year. It is here that the vampire Edward and the human Bella meet for the first time, the intertwining looks and the cheeks approaching, but not too much, careful not to awaken in him the thirst for blood that throbs, hot and dense.
It happens exactly ten years ago, when the first chapter of Twilight arrives at the cinema, enjoying a global success. Hence the passion between the two protagonists, divided by that very thin line in which love could turn into tragedy, into an appetizing dish to be consumed immediately, before the liquid congeals. But are we really sure that the saga does not propose more "edible" alternatives for the public?

In reality it happens often, and in all five films. Like when Edward himself, unwillingly, agrees to taste a slice of pizza and a piece of his wedding cake in the fourth chapter of the epic. The sacrifice is not cheap: the Cullens, like all vampires, have no appetite and the only thing that can quench the hunger pangs is blood, in whatever form it is present. This is why he and Emmett often go hunting for grizzly and mountain lions, the animal species that they prefer to be able to refresh. Speech, however, that certainly does not apply to Bella, at least until (Spoiler!) do not turn into a vampire too. Before that, at the home of his father Charlie, the girl carries on absolutely common eating habits: the cereal soaked in milk in the morning for breakfast, the steak with the potatoes preparing for the first time in the new house and the blueberry muffins looking stupid during the first visit to the Lycanthropist headquarters, sworn enemies of the vampire race.

For the rest, on the first date with Edward, the girl is content with a glass of lemonade, without being able to consume anything else. A little 'for the shyness towards the rider who likes it a lot and a bit' for an appetite that will learn to appreciate only with time. Like when, during a romantic dinner in Port Angeles, he ordered a plate of ravioli with mushrooms just because they were the first thing he read on the menu. If there is someone who does not disdain the food is, instead, Jacob, the man-wolf in love with the girl and ready to do anything to conquer his place in the territory. Memorable scene in which, on the final of Eclipse, feeds on a whole cow to placate his throat. Of his own clan, also Seth does not go down light: the delicious omelette with cheese and cinnamon that devours in New Moon, just before Bella discovers the existence of the vampire killer wolves, it is the most vivid proof. For the rest it seems obvious that blood is the main ingredient of the characters' diet Twilight, even if something tells us that Edward himself would not disdain a good plate of steaming spaghetti. Always that to prepare them is his Bella and not Jacob.

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New Years Menu

Celebrate the New Year in style with the people you love best. Our delicious dinner menu will be a hit with the whole family…The menu is for 6 people and includes a salad, starter, main course, 2 side dishes, a dessert, a cocktail and a mocktail for kids and non-drinkers. Happy New Year from goodtoknow!