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The IKEA shopper we want today – Italian Cuisine

IKEA dedicates a flag bag to the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexophobia and Transphobia. Long live the rainbow!

More than a limited edition, a symbolic object to make your voice heard. Today, on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) IKEA offers its iconic rainbow version carrier bag, within the #CASAPUOIESSERETU project.

A project that acquires an even deeper value in this period of forced social distancing, where the dream of being able to open one's home and one's heart to others, breaking down barriers and prejudices, becomes even stronger.

And once again, the iconic IKEA bag becomes the perfect canvas for weaving a story, shouting an idea, reflecting together. The bag is available in the store and e-commerce with the name STORSTOMMA and we can't wait to use it to do the shopping, collect the laundry, hold the vases on the terrace and talk about love and rights by fighting hatred and distrust through the power of color.

Coronavirus, the stores and businesses that reopen today – Italian Cuisine

Even if the "phase two" has not yet started, some shops and some activities can start again. With many regional exceptions

Phase two has not yet started. But, as of today, as required by the Prime Minister's decree, some activities start again and some shops reopen. The rules, however, are not valid throughout Italy: they are there several exceptions regional.

Stores

The reopening of bookstores, stationery stores and clothing stores for babies and children. But not everywhere: in Piedmont the resumption of these activities is not allowed. In Lombardy the reopening of bookshops and stationery shops is not allowed: the sale of books, notebooks and markers "is allowed only in hypermarkets and supermarkets", and they can reopen "with the usual rules relating to hygiene and distancing, shops for the sale of items for infants and children ", while the closure of hotels (with some exceptions: the hotels used for the hospitalization of the sick), professional offices (which continue the smart working activity, with exceptions) is confirmed until May 3 for particular deadlines) of the outdoor markets and all non-essential activities ". Also in Emilia Romagna, in the provinces of Piacenza and Rimini, in Medicina and in the hamlet of Ganzanigo, the retail trade activities of paper, cardboard and stationery, books, clothes for children and babies remain suspended. In Lazio the opening of the bookstores has been postponed to April 20 to allow time for exhibitors to organize security measures. Not even in Campania bookshops and stationery reopen, and children's clothing stores will only be able to stay active two mornings a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 8 to 14. The production and delivery of takeaway food remains blocked.

The productive activities

They are allowed to resume: the use of forest areas and forestry, the manufacture of computer, the care and maintenance of the landscape, the hydraulic works, the wholesale trade of paper and cardboard. Companies that cannot work are allowed "the shipment of goods in stock, access to company premises by employees or delegated third parties for the performance of surveillance, conservation and maintenance activities, payment management as well as cleaning and sanitation ".

The rules for those who reopen

Shops and companies will have to respect the distance, provide for cleaning twice a day, natural ventilation and air exchange, make available and accessible i hand disinfection systems next to keyboards, touch screens and payment systems, ensure the use of masks in closed environments and where the distance and use of "disposable" gloves cannot be guaranteed in the sale of food and drinks. In rooms up to forty square meters you will have access one person at a time, in addition to two operators (maximum), while in larger ones, the entrance is regulated according to the available spaces, and, where possible, the entry and exit paths are differentiated.

March 24, today would have been Gelato Day – Italian Cuisine

In ice cream parlors all over Europe for the European Day of Artisanal Ice Cream it would be celebrated by eating strawberry-flavored yogurt. Here because

There is the world day of panzerotto, let alone if there was no one dedicated to homemade ice cream: not only does it exist, but it is a "commanded party" recognized by Europe. In fact, Gelato Day is so far the only day that European Parliament has dedicated to a food and was born to celebrate and promote homemade ice cream.

Artisanal ice cream is a food that not only represents excellence in terms of quality and food safety, but which is also a true asset for the entire supply chain, capable of moving billions across the planet and enhancing the agro-food products of each individual Member State. Cones and cups thus become a unique opportunity to contribute both to the promotion of artisan knowledge, which has always been an expression of quality, authenticity and territoriality, and, more generally, to the enhancement of artisan ice cream – a sector that only in the Old Continent uses more than 300 thousand employees for a turnover of over 9.5 billion euros, which is constantly growing.

The idea of Gelato Day actually took shape in 2009 with the official presentation to the Parliament of Strasbourg, finally established in 2012, thanks to the idea of Longarone Fiere Dolomiti and Artglace – Confédération des Associations des Artisans Glaciers de la Communauté Européenne, the organ representing the European artisan ice cream makers. The confederation is international, autonomous and independent, apolitical and non-partisan and non-profit. ARTGLACE brings together the associations of artisan gelato makers from 7 European Community countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Holland and Spain.

Peculiarity of Gelato Day is the "Taste of the Year": For this eighth edition, it is dedicated to Holland and it is variegated strawberry yogurt, which would have been proposed on March 24, 2020 in the ice cream parlors of numerous Italian and European cities that had prepared themselves to honor one of the most popular products ever. As per tradition, in fact, each edition has its own taste and, after a 2019 in the name of Italianness with the authentic tiramisu, this year it's the turn of the country of the windmills, which has chosen a taste capable of combining both its long dairy tradition as well as the extraordinary quality recognized for its strawberries – which in this country are extremely valuable and practically all year round, from March until late December. Next year is the turn of Spain, and expects to know the identifying taste that will be prepared throughout Europe.

Also with ice cream shops, an appointment with the culture of artisan ice cream. Hoping to return to cones and cups soon.