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In Milan water bottles as a gift for elementary and middle school children, the idea of Beppe Sala – Italian Cuisine

Less than two weeks before the start of the school, the news of a "precious" gift waiting for them on their return arrived for all children enrolled in primary and secondary schools in Milan. This was announced on his Instagram profile Mayor Beppe Sala, making himself proud with two aluminum flasks in his hands. Here it is gift for the 100,000 elementary and middle school children in Milan: an aluminum water bottle to strongly reaffirm that Milan is becoming increasingly plastic free. And what is more sensible than starting from them, from children, to convey the message that a world without plastic is possible, with the effort of everyone and with small but important new habits to be acquired?

In September, therefore, 100,000 children (60,000 enrolled in the primary school and 40,000 in the lower secondary school) will be distributed as many aluminum water bottles, probably bearing the logo of one of the participating companies that the Mayor Sala is involving in the project (A2A or Mm). Thus the Mayor of Milan announced and explained this initiative on the pages of the Republic: "To set a good example we will start with our subsidiaries and public services. And we will also do symbolic actions that will help to reflect: the City will give all the girls and the children of the elementary schools, and the boys of the middle schools, on their return to school, an aluminum flask to mark our will to fight the plastic. We need signals and, above all, examples ".

We need signals, and examples. All parents know that they learn quickly how much their children learn more from their gestures than from their words. And even Beppe Sala (and the municipal administration) knows this very well and has realized how fundamental it can be to teach children a reduce the use of plastic in favor of a healthier and more livable environment.

And then in Milan the mayor's water is good and controlled, what better way to carry it around in the "mayor's bottle"?

The first step has been taken, now we are waiting for the next projects of respect and care for the environment that Milan intends to launch to be able to tell them and who knows, to hope that they can be "signs and examples" also for other Italian cities and beyond.

The first school in Italy to learn how to cut sparkling wine is born – Italian Cuisine

The Sabrage Academy inaugurates its courses that will tell the world of bubbles, starting from the secrets to open a bottle with the spectacular sciabolata

The secret is all in the gesture. And yes, even in love for the bubbles quality. There is no alternative that takes, the sabrage – for friends "The sciabolata" – it is without any doubt the most suggestive and scenographic method to open one sparkling wine. The saber caresses the neck of the bottle, back and forth, back and forth, until the decisive moment in which the click of the wrist finds the exact point where the blade and the glass must meet: it is then that the ring and the cap come off suddenly, and the magic of this fascinating ritual it takes place between toasts and collective applauses.

Yes, but learning to manage everything, in total safety, and without wasting bottles on bottles to proceed with various attempts and errors, can prove to be a bit difficult. For this reason, thanks to the idea of the journalist, writer and wine tutor Francesca Negri, the very first is ready to be born Sabrage Academy Italian: a traveling school that will take care not only to teach the secrets for the perfect slash, but also to give its students the basics to make their way in the fascinating world of bubbles. "Sabrage Academy is born from the desire to divulge the sabrage ritual, to understand its meaning and value, in a historical moment in which saber has become more of a show, if not a freak", underlines Francesca Negri.

Here then is that with the participation of a team of industry professionals, including also Manlio Giustiniani, professor FIS (Italian Sommelier Foundation) and great Champagne expert, lesson participants will be able to learn more about Franciacorta, Trentodoc and other European excellences on the sparkling wines front, discover the secrets to best serve a glass of sparkling wine, learn the differences between the Classic Method and the Martinotti Method (already, the one with which prosecco is produced). In addition, of course, to deepen the history and technique of the sabrage, with a lot of practise.

At the end of the intensive course, of a total duration of about 2 hours and with a cost of 250 euros, participants will receive a Sabreur diploma, a saber-printed saber "Sabrage Academy" and a pair of gloves to perform the ritual even at home with elegance and maximum security. The very first lesson is scheduled at Trento for September 5, and then away, with a full calendar of dates throughout Italy that will be gradually communicated on official website of the initiative.

School canteen, no sandwich at home: the Cassation decided it – Italian Cuisine

According to the judges, it is an educational and socialization issue, but also to promote equality among all pupils

At school, when you have lunch in the canteen, you have to eat the dishes offered by the meal service: it is no longer permitted to bring a sandwich from home. This was established by the United Sections of the Cassation, accepting the appeal of the Municipality of Turin: the Court of Appeal's ruling was reversed which allowed parents to prepare a meal at home for pupils who preferred it at the canteen. The judges thus explain (here the complete sentence) their decision: «La pedagogical function of the canteen time it can only be predicted in terms of collective catering in the context of an educational offer for this purpose ".

It is an educational and socialization issue, therefore, but also of promoting equality among all students: «The introduction of various and different domestic meals in school premises undermines the right of pupils and parents to the full egalitarian implementation of the training project including the canteen service, with possible violation of the principles of equality and non discrimination based on economic conditions. In addition to the right to health, "taking into account the hygienic and health risks of an untested individual meal".

Not only that, the judges write: the school is «a place where the development of the personality of individual students and the enhancement of individual diversity must be carried out within the limits of compatibility with the interests of other students and of the community, With« rules of conduct and« duties to which the pupils are bound , with« mutual respect, sharing and tolerance . And «parents are also required, with respect to the parents of pupils with opposing interests, to fulfill the duties of social solidarity, as well as economic .

The Councilor for Education of the City of Turin, Antonietta Di Martino, tried to reassure the disappointed parents of the sentence: "In light of the new pronouncement of the United Sections, the Administration will proceed to support the families and the schools in the next delicate organizational phases that follow from the aforementioned pronouncement .

But the parents who carry on the battle for the sandwich from home, on the Facebook group CaroMensa Turin, they replied: «The Cassation to Joint Sections has decided: the compulsory schooling free from the Constitution is to be thrown into the toilet, from now on, either pay the soup or skip the window (if they don't take the house away due to default) . However, families still have the right to bring their children home and bring them back to school after lunch.