“…the pale sun welcomes us in an unexpected backlight behind the first greenhouse, the one destined to welcome customers with a nice tea before dinner, the fire is lit in the fireplace…”

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PURE HOSPITALITY CONCEPTS

Milan|Zurich|Stockholm|Ascona|Como|Nha Trang|Cala Violina|Forte dei Marmi|Cortina d'Ampezzo|Ostuni

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The sea, its scent, the sound of waves, the wind. All inside a shell

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You are always part of a journey, somewhere, you are part of what we encounter and can give and you are part of a silence that makes you discover the sounds

Perhaps people come into your life when you are ready, when you are able to listen a bit more, and to tell without much else.  They arrive like all things do, some arrive like fog, they leave you breathless and precisely, for this reason, they will never leave you, just like her, whom I always remember and I mean always, yet without being friends, partners, nor anything more.  I met her gaze, and I heard her walking lightly, she was silent but present, I never understood how she did it, sometimes I thought that in reality she did not exist and it was simply my soul’s longing.
She told me with grace and intensity the stories that got stuck to her life.
You can find a story – she told me –  in every corner you find it at every encounter, it has happened to me often, traveling around the world, breathless and never satisfied,  I met eyes, lovers, disappointments and nights at the harbour, I met stories that belonged to others, of dimensions and colours that I accepted without understanding and only today, inside the room, the big one, the one with the windows that have opened and closed a thousand times before, overlooking a thousand worlds, I collected the thoughts that were flying around.
By being in silence I could perceive them clearly, distinctly, only the heart drum, every now and then, like punctuation, interrupted this rhythm.
Today I collected what I heard and while the windows played with light and shadows I was barefoot, but I wasn’t cold and the thoughts were there, waiting for me”

Nino, who recognizes good wine and beautiful eyes,
He allowed himself to be carried into her story,
he put the pieces together,
the things he didn’t know,
her math,
the construction,
the construction of her, her fragrance, she smelled good and smiled.
They had found a rhythm
Their rhythm, Nino recalled it clearly.

Styling and Set Design: Sara Farina

Starring: Mayuko Ohinata

This project has been made possible thanks to the precious collaboration of Homewood that has specially designed and built an entire kitchen, Lacanche Italia that has brought and installed on the set one of the largest and most beautiful cooking units we have ever seen.
Paolo Mezzadri who hosted us in the ‘world’ where his works of art come to life every day.
Sen-Factory who created the Kimono using scraps of fabric from old Japanese kimonos.
Society Limonta who has lent her precious fabrics and ceramics
Francesca Reitano who with her jewels and material ceramics always makes us happy.
And finally, thanks to the Spaggiari family for their hospitality.

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Mediterranean Herbs lend flavor, color and important micronutrients – all without adding fat or calories – to home cooking.

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Picture yourself walking a narrow road through the woods every morning. Imagine the tall fir trees, the grazing cows, the sound of the stream and the scent of resin….

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By choosing a wonderful natural scenario for her new holiday houses, Barbara Corti recovers a typical rural building, enriching it with cosmopolitan influences and clever suggestions.

Issued on:   REAL LIVING AUSTRALIA,   IDEAT FRANCE,   CASA VOGUE BRAZIL,   MARIE CLAIRE MAISON ITALY,   SVENSKA DAGBLADET SWEDEN

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LIFE COULD BE SO SIMPLE by HOMEWOOD

On the Fourth of July 1845, eight years after his graduation from Harvard, the writer, philosopher, naturalist Henry David Thoreau left the town of Concord, Massachusetts, to go and live in a log cabin, built by himself on the wild banks of Lake Walden. There he lived for two years, two months and two days.
A copy of his journal, Walden, or Life in the woods (Boston, 1854), will be given free with every Homewood Field Kitchen.

Homewood Bespoke Kitchens and Cabinets: www.homewood.it
Delicius: www.delicius.it
art direction: Stefania Giorgi
movie making: Leonardo Mariani
styling: Sara Farina
food Styling: Alessandra Avallone

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I didn’t even think I wanted to leave. Instead, I ended up having a hard time going back home. There is a thin thread that is created between you and this universe, breaking it is not easy at all.

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A visceral relationship with his land, Cortina, the pearl of the Dolomites, and an unconditional love for its traditions and cuisine, have turned him into a very special chef and – without doubt – one of the best emerging chefs in Italy.

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Angela Frenda’s new cookbook ‘the perfect dinner’ is out today.
It has been a pleasure to work with her and the whole team of people with whom we shared this project.
The long time we spent together has turned us into a big family and now we are waiting for a new opportunity to gather it.

I cook for the love of myself

It’s one of the few things that makes me really happy and allows me to get my mind off. I tried yoga and meditation, but nothing happened, while they tell me to close my eyes and breath; I’m there to fill out sheets virtually, list of to do things for kid’s school, phone calls to make…

Instead, give me 1 kilo of flour, a little bit of yeast and a glass of water and while I’m kneading, magically, the anxious traces of my ‘to do list’ disappear from my mental blackboard.

I cook to feel better. And to make others feel good. But be careful, the right phrase is: to understand how good I am at making others feel good. Behind the concept of dinner, in fact, there is a rather selfish world made up of self-affirmation and female egocentricity. There is an ancient pleasure in receiving, welcoming, feeding and caring. There is a desire to be a protagonist of the show that only you can demonstrate that evening. By combining the scriptwriter, the director and the main actress in one person.

And also by choosing the rest of the company. Creating a perfect dinner is a dream of every cook. To be able to create an ideal environment where food mixes with laughter, glances, and emotions. Where the lights soften the traits and words run lightly like the comics are running after. And you’re there, in the kitchen, looking at all that beauty and pleasing you while you drink a glass of Barbera wine.

Your perfect dinner is the painting that you have in front of you. You have painted it with your eyes in the previous days while you were thinking about the possible menu, calling your friends to ask and understand their tastes and allergies, trying dishes you didn’t know. This painting is you who has cooked for a whole day, searching perfection which doesn’t’ exist, everyone knows it. But that’s you, you can’t escape from your destiny of eternal pursuit of everything.

Angela Frenda – La Cena Perfetta 

home economist: Manuela Conti
styling: Vandersandestudio
art director: Michele Lovison
editor: Tommaso Galli
editorial coordination: Martina Barbero

SOLFERINO i libri del corriere della sera  © 2018 RCS MediaGruop  S.p.A Milano

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On the hills of Lake Maggiore, an ancient 16th century stone dwelling is the perfect set for a menu rich in farm-to-table delicacies

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Blue, the color of travel, infinity,  freedom, inspiration and sensitivity, the heaven and sea. Has a calming effect, it induces stillness and slows down the heartbeat. Blue is out and inside of us.

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nordic Christmas food:  

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pure Iceland, purity of life. 

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 Seaweed, which requires neither fresh water nor fertilizer, is one of the world’s most sustainable and nutritious crops.

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Duc’s house – Tam Dao, Vietnam. A New-Yorkese style loft over the jungle

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Hectic, active, very different from how it’s depicted in movies and distant from war memories. Vietnam looks at the future but it holds firm roots in its culturally rich millennial past. Everyday life unfolds in an open air street theater made of colonial mementos and a strong and stubborn nature.

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…There are no doors. Each space, big or small, is private, cozy though. I really wanted each part to be original, that’s why the walls bear “signs” of the past working life, a memory of human lives…

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Paired with tasty sauces, short shaped pasta will worm your kitchen in these first cold days 

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