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The new training courses start to become food bloggers – Italian Cuisine

Salt and pepper, presents the new ones professional training courses to become food blogger.

Our magazine directed by Laura Maragliano proposes a path of two modules, respectively dedicated to beginners and experts: the theoretical lessons will alternate with practical exercises and workshops aimed at infusing all the necessary skills to carry out independently the activity of food blogger.

"We are excited to be able to put our contents and our experience at the service of those who want to turn their passion for food into a professional activity", said the director of Salt and pepper and of the Mondadori Group's Kitchen System magazines, Laura Maragliano. "With this course we want to transmit to an even wider audience the know-how of Salt and pepper in digital, a fundamental part of the development path undertaken by the brand ".

The course of Salt and pepper to become food blogger will be held on the following dates:

Basic level course: Saturday 4 and 11 May, from 9 to 18
Advanced level course: Saturday 18 and May 25, from 9 to 18

The basic course, entitled "How to design a Blog in the Food sector, with Salt and pepper", will involve the participants in a multimedia communication project, teaching them the job of "writing for the web" and the figure of the blogger. From marketing elements to advertising communication techniques, from videomaking to the graphic setting of the blog, up to the foundations of editorial legislation, the students will acquire the basics to build their own food blog and master the most useful features.

The advanced course, entitled "A successful food blog with Salt and pepper", is aimed at creating and enriching an editorial plan with quality content, through the creation of one storyboard of product and the promotion of the portal on social networks, deepening also the analysis of the data and their interpretation (SEO and SEM). Furthermore, the techniques of food photography and effective selection of images suitable for recipes.

The meetings are organized in collaboration with Yous Srl, a training body accredited by the Lombardy Region that offers guidance services for active job search, continuous support and meeting between supply and demand. At the end of the two modules, Yous will release to each participant the certificate of multimedia designer (specific course for food bloggers / social media food sector).

How to register and costs are available at the site www.scuoladicucina.it within the "calendar" channel.

For additional information you can send an email to info.scuoladicucina@mondadori.it.

Children at the table: 8 good habits to start the year to the fullest – Italian Cuisine

The year has begun and each of us has certainly focused on his good intentions for the months to come. The real difficulty? Keep them!

Yes, because, especially when it comes to children, habits change so quickly that it makes it really difficult for a mother or father to adapt to the situation. If then they concern the welfare and behavior of children at the table even more. We have collected 8 tips for you to try and establish one positive routine for the whole family.

Create a weekly menu

The real problem of the routine of work and family is to find time to dedicate itself to the table and so often we find ourselves at the last to put on fire the usual pot of water for a quick pasta. Creating a weekly menu and consequently stocking fruit and vegetables, and buying only what we really need for meals, already organized, of the week, saves money and avoids waste and jitters.

Let's meet

If you know that the menu for the next meal does not exactly contain your child's favorite dishes, do not be discouraged or forget about it. Come to terms with children, especially if they are older and therefore able to understand your proposal. For example? Offer in the same lunch a dish that they love very much, like Mickey Mouse Croccomagie of Pizzoli, combining them with ingredients that they appreciate less.

Do the shopping together with mom or dad

Do you think you have a baby in the supermarket that looks like a nightmare? Not even if this moment of sharing becomes an important habit to make the child understand the value of food and in general of the purchase. Involving children in spending is useful to choose together, of course with the guide of the adult, which products will be consumed during the week and encourage children to eat in a more varied and balanced.

A full of vitamins

Speaking of spending, do you know what the seasonal ingredients are? Always ask to buy fresh products, rich in vitamins, colorful and tasty (and even cheaper). For example, in the first months of the year, give priority to citrus fruit, for great sweet desserts, ideal for breakfast. And for a snack? Try the funny juices Santàl with Mickey and his friends, 100% of natural origin, with apricot, pear and peach flavors.

Go ahead to the imagination!

A simple greenish vegetable soup turns into a dinosaur soup, carrots and zucchini become nose and eyes of a hamburger, and so on. There are many ways to make children happy in the kitchen and ensure that they accept to eat even what they do not usually appreciate. Choosing products suitable for them then is essential, like the ravioli Squirrel-fresh pasta studied by the Marco Bianchi Foodmentor to taste Zucca & Carote or Pomodoro & Mozzarella in the version with Disney Frozen or with Spider-Man. To bring the magic to the table you can also try the fun pasta From the Costa, which incorporates Mickey Mouse, the Disney and Cars Princesses.

Cook together

To each his role: the little ones can set and clear the table, the biggest ones cut vegetables or other ingredients, mum and dad are the chefs. Turning the kitchen into a game it also makes meals easier and lightens the loads of effort of the whole family.

Short but intense lunches

It is useless to pretend that children stay at table for a long time and, often, parents' requests turn into whims and moments of crisis. Better to have short, well-organized lunches and dinners, both on weekdays in the family and on weekends with friends and relatives. Let the children behave as such: it is right that the time of lunch is respected and shared, without however requiring an effort that goes against their nature.

Television at the table goes out

It should be a fixed rule, but it is not always possible to respect, for the weariness of all the members of the family and for the whims of the little ones: television at the table does not look. Focusing on a cartoon will not allow the child to share the meal time with parents and siblings, or even to understand and savor what's on his plate. Rather, treat yourself to a sham rule every now and then. For example? A pizza in front of a film on Sunday evening to regenerate all together before the start of the week.

January is not the right month to start the diet – Italian Cuisine

Because the first month of the year is not the right one to lose weight and how to behave here in February, the perfect month to work on your body

The parties are over and you've started to face that terrible feeling of heaviness and swelling. A sentiment confirmed by the figures read on the weight scale that do not seem to want to forgive the excesses of Christmas and New Year and even the stocking that you have emptied for the Befana. How to get out of this situation if not with a diet?
The program is right, but if you're thinking of starting it in January, you're off the road. Here because.

The festive air

Second Andrew Shanahan, the author of the Man VS Fat book, one of the reasons that prevent us from starting to think seriously about our weight loss in January, is the festive air that still breathes. All those little things like doing them happy new year to those who have not yet met or the slow return to the usual rhythms that have not yet been restored, takes us away from the good road, leading us to constantly regret what we have left behind. Including that panettone that we are keeping for San Biagio and continues to tempt us from the dispensation.

The stress

During the winter holidays we relaxed, rediscovered and granted some greedy whim. But now it is time to return to the usual life and this raises stress levels. The work that falls back in our days, the alarm early in the morning and the physical collapse in the evening, not counting the lack of free time. Anxiety, dissatisfaction and the awareness that for the next holidays we will have to wait for the arrival of Easter, still make it more difficult to deprive oneself of the only comfort that never fails in dark times: food.

The cost of training

January is the perfect month to enroll in the gym combined with the diet. But it is also the ideal time to subscribe to season tickets at exorbitant prices without taking advantage of promotions reserved for months when there is less demand such as February.

It takes a period of decompression

It is right and normal to want to run for cover after a period when we have taken alcohol, sweets and fats at will, but it is not necessary to do it abruptly. The month of January is in fact perfect to return to normal giving the possibility to our body (and our weight) to find its way and provide us with a more realistic view of things.

What to do

If you have felt relieved by reading that you do not have to go on a diet right now, do not relax too much. It seems in fact that the ideal month to start your weight loss program is already February. You will use the time that separates you from its beginning for plan, make a preliminary visit from the nutritionist or rely on the diet you had chosen among those of the moment. In this period you will also have to keep strong motivation that prompted you to look for a solution e always keep an eye on your weight. Also avoid overdoing and start reducing the use of salt, sugar and sauces. During the preparation for the diet, you will not have to do themistake to give you all the food you want or you will be facing a steeper climb than you expected.

In the gallery below, the mistakes not to be done in view of the great challenge of February

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