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The longest tiramisu in the world: the unmissable challenge! – Italian Cuisine

The challenge to which we would all like to participate, at least as spectators!
Saturday, March 16 Galbani Santa Lucia to try the business from Guinnes: Galbani together with the pastry cooks of the Cooking School Teatro7 | Lab will be in fact at CityLife Shopping District in Milan to prepare the tiramisu with the aim of beating the current record of 266.9 meters. A spectacular event dedicated to the city of Milan where, starting at 2.00 pm, people will be able to watch the setting of the record-breaking Tiramisu, entertained by La Pina, Diego and La Vale – Radio Deejay's top voices – and, at the end of the test , can taste a slice of the # TiramisùDaRecord that will be # official of the event.
Galbani Santa Lucia, attentive to the territory and to the people, will make use of the collaboration of Last Minute Market, which since 1998 supports companies and institutions in the recovery of food and its reuse for social purposes, and that will make the event Zero Waste: the tiramisu not consumed on site will in fact be packaged and distributed in the various cafeterias in Milan that support the most needy. Counting on the historic collaboration with Banco Alimentare, he will donate all the ingredients for the creation of another 15,000 portions (equivalent to those estimated for the creation of the record Tiramisu) at the tables of Lombardy, Tuscany and Emilia Romagna, dedicating a moment of sweetness to those in difficulty.

The ten most expensive vegetarian ingredients in the world – Italian Cuisine

If you thought that a vegetarian diet was necessarily cheaper, you did bad things. This is demonstrated by the prices of the ten most expensive vegetarian ingredients in the world

Although the vegetarian diet is now widely spread in Italy and in the world, in many people is still rooted the prejudice that it is not only an unhealthy and unbalanced diet, but that is even poor in economic and quantitative terms. Nothing could be more wrong: to prove it, in addition to the not always low costs of the raw materials purchased, even those of the ten most expensive vegetarian ingredients in the world. To draw up the ranking of these gastronomic delicacies that are also real luxury goods is one of the world's most authoritative sites in the luxury sector, namely Luxurylaunches, based in Mumbai. Let's go then to discover these expensive vegetarian foods, starting from the most expensive.

1. Yubari King, Yubari, Japan Melons – US $ 12,000 / kg (€ 10,600)

Incredible but true: in the first place we find a fruit, or the Japanese melon Yubari King. This type of melon is a cross between two types of cantaloupe and is produced exclusively in the Yubari, northern region of Japan. The Yubari King is known to be perfectly round, to have an exceptionally smooth crust and for its sweetness and its unique qualities.

2. Saffron Absheron, Absheron, Azerbaijan – US $ 11,000 / kg (9,700 €)

The saffron, oriental spice known for its innumerable and extraordinary beneficial properties, is a very precious ingredient not surprisingly nicknamed "red gold". Although the main producing country is Iran, it is in the Azerbaijan, the oldest center of the saffron market, that the most prized bulbs and the most expensive variety are found. This country is expected to earn over $ 142.6 million from saffron industrial production in 2019.

3. Red swiftlet's nest, China – US $ 10,000 / kg (8.800 €)

This vegetarian ingredient, as expensive as it is bizarre and unknown, is much appreciated in the Chinese culture and much sought after by local collectors. Also known as Caviar of the East, this nest is a sort of solidified salivary secretion of the swiftlet bird, so proteinic and rich in mineral salts as rare and valuable. To collect these nests it is in fact necessary to climb the rugged limestone cliffs of the Palawan resort, and climb up to 150 meters in height.

4. Bali Peri honey, Saricayir Dagi, Turkey – US $ 7,000 / kg (€ 6,200)

This exotic and delicious honey it is also known as "fairy honey" or "elven honey". Originally from the mountains of Saricayir Dagi, in the north-east of Turkey, it is in fact extremely rare, as it is collected and extracted from inside a cave and can not be reproduced elsewhere.

5. Alba white truffle, Piedmont, Italy – US $ 6,000 / kg (€ 5,300)

In fifth place we finally have a renowned Italian vegetarian ingredient. If the saffron is called "red gold", the name of "gold of the earth" is given to the refined truffle. The most expensive ever sold in the world is a rare Piedmontese white truffle weighing 1 kilo, beaten in an auction in Italy and bought at the amazing price of over 5,000 euros. He was the owner of a luxurious restaurant in Florida, in the United States.

6. Watermelon from Densuke, Hokkaido, Japan – US $ 5,000 / kg (4,400 €)

After the most expensive melon in the world, we find another fruit among the most expensive vegetarian goods on the planet. This time it is a particular e rare Japanese variety of watermelon from the city of Toma, coveted by connoisseurs and collectors all over the world for its unique nature. This watermelon has in fact a perfect circular shape, a very dark skin without streaks, but above all a taste that is defined as "a new level of sweetness".

7. Black truffles Perigord, Dordogne, France – US $ 2,500 / kg (€ 2,200)

The truffle, an increasingly expensive ingredient as well as king of tables all over the world and loved by chefs, triumphs also winning the seventh position. Here we find, in fact, a particular French black truffle, a rare gastronomic delight with an unmistakable aroma that, despite a relatively short shelf life, has a very high value.

8. Kopi Luwak Coffee, Indonesia – US $ 1,000 / kg (887 €)

The Indonesian Kopi Luwak is a unique type of coffee in the world, as derived from coffee beans partially digested by the coconuts of Asian palms, known locally as luwak or rattoscimmia. After the grains are ingested and fermented in their intestines, they are defecated and carefully harvested by local farmers. Since the first discovery this product has had an extraordinary success on the market, with very high prices. If you are interested in buying this unique commodity, pay attention to the many imitations, and document the great drama of the exploitation of Asian civets.

9. Cheese Pule, Macva, Serbia – US $ 1,000 / kg (887 €)

For cheese lovers and experts, the Serbian Pule is considered among the most exquisite in the world. This exotic wonder, not particularly seasoned and with a grainy consistency, is an exceptionally rare product with inevitably very high costs (almost € 1,000 per kilo and around € 100 for a taste). The pulle, in fact, is produced by milking of endangered donkeys who live in the Zasavica nature reserve. As if this were not enough, pure donkey milk is famous for being the most complex in the world to make cheese.

10. Potatoes La Bonnotte, Noirmoutier, France – US $ 600 / kg (€ 530)

At the last place we find a vegetarian food usually famous for its affordable prices, or the potatoes. In fact, this list is one rare variety called Bonnotte, cultivated only and exclusively on the French island of Noirmoutier. These potatoes are appreciated for their complex and unique flavor, which includes hints of lemon, land and sea, thanks to the soil enriched with algae in which they grow. Their difficult growth process, the small production (only 20,000 kilos a year) and the demanding hand harvesting that takes place one week a year and involving the approximately 2,500 inhabitants of the island are the other factors that justify the price so tall of these rare vegetarian gems.

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Paris: the night of The World Restaurant Awards – Italian Cuisine

Here's what happened at the first edition of "The World Restaurant Awards" in Paris, at the Palazzo Brongniart. Awards and winners

It was fun to participate in this first edition of "The World Restaurant Awards"Last night in Paris, in that Brongniart Palace that was once the stock exchange. The prize created by the English journalist Joe Warwick among the founders of "The World's 50 Best Restaurants" and ours Andrea Petrini, influencers and talent scouts of gastronomy, together with the event agency IMG, covered the most disparate and creative categories.

Joe Warwick and Andrea Petrini (GettyImage).

With music, including Pink Floyd, and with the television presenter Antoine de Caunes, explosive and funny as always, who spoke a perfect English-speaking guy making the audience laugh (of the series you have to speak French to understand his English), they are nominated shows and winners of 18 categories.
The most surreal were the "Tattoo free chef of the year" award Alain Ducasse, which was rewarded for the skin completely diaphanous and free of tattoos with an equally white plate symbol of the event. Monsieur commented that he does not even think about getting a tattoo in this life (too busy with his Ducasse sur Seine, the Bateux Mouches gourmet that has just inaugurated) but that, if it were, you would tattoo a little square of chocolate.
Strange also the prize assigned to Alain Passard for the best Instagram profile: the three-star Michelin chef of L'Arpège in Paris, famous for his vegetables, won the award with great confidence: «I do not do anything special, every day is like the first, I love my work".
Among the presenters there were also mega musicians like Laurent Garnier, hero of French techno who awarded the prize for the best atmosphere at Jordan Kahn Vespertine, the Los Angeles restaurant with a unique concept where dishes are a magical game, sometimes even empty … "I called architects, noses, musicians to invent my concept," he says.
Bravo too Riccardo Camanini Lido 84 in Gardone Riviera, which won the "House special" award with its cheese and pepper cooked in the pig's bladder; and good too Lara Gilmore that with Refettorio and its "Food for Soul" initiative (the non-profit association created to fight social inclusion waste), it received the "Ethical Thinking" award.
The restaurant of the year is Wolfgat in Paternoster, South Africa, above Cape Town. Kobus van der Merwe, the chef, every morning he goes to the beach in front of the restaurant to look for the raw material. I think it's worth the trip.