05/04/09 Greenwich Roundup's Food And Lifestyle Coraspondent: Teatro Naturale

Year 1 n. 4 04 May 2009 Director LUIGI CARICATO

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EDITORIAL Will the global economic crisis prevent us from achieving food and environmental security? by Mariann Fischer Boel

All you must know about quality and origin marks A useful guide to understand what Pdo, Doc, Aoc, Tsg mean. Natural and traditional products must be safeguarded and should be recognizable Knowledge

Do we eat enough extra virgin olive oil? The question leaves space for considerations that can reveal and raise troubling concerns. One study by Massimo Cocchi and Giovanni Lercker sheds light on a reality that urge to be thorough Health

Swine flu: the influence that has made the world fear The latest news indicate the virus showing little staying power. The steps to take to stay healthy and the symptoms. The real risks about a pandemic flu Health

Laura Bosio: "What about the countryside people? Rough and silent, but they laugh" She wrote a novel set in rice fields. "From the rural world, the writer says, I learnt the idea of weariness and determination. And the sense of freedom, too" Interviews

The bubbles that delight: Franciacorta Row upon row of vines, gently rolling hills, little towns, castles and abbeys, battlemented towers and historic homes set in ancient green woods that makes the Franciacorta a superb, sparkling, land Tastes

Heinz Beck, character and firmament The german chef hates who proposes for italian what is not with unrecognizable ingredients and loves pasta "cooked in any possible way" Gastronomy

The rurality against the homologation of urban societies In the countryside, looking not only for lost tastes and smells, but also for satisfying the eternal desire of self knowledge. The route of "Via Francigena" in Italy let discover the essence of the places it crosses Album

The final declaration of the first G8 agricolture Ministers of agriculture approved a document to develop proposals on food security, to prevent future crises linked to prices of agricultural primary commodities and input factors Italy

Wine lists of American restaurants speak Italian Made in Italy reaffirms as the leader among import wines in what is going to be the main enologic market in the world. Wine consumptions increases among women and young Americans Tastes

How to choose among the hundreds of oil varieties? Numbers and characteristics of a huge genetic heritage which has to be known in order to characterize and differentiate one's own extra virgin oil Olive & Oil

Identifying the characteristics and the origin of honey with a simple analysis The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is able to analyze the chemical composition of honey which is strongly influenced by the production territory environment and the flora Tastes

A good pruning prolongs the life cycle of the vineyard An old philosophy in the vineyard management is back in vogue. With small cuts on the younger wood the grapevine can be productive for more than 50 years Grapevine & Wine

Irrigation and oil accumulation (inolition): the two sides of the same coin The diminution of rains and the raise in temperature present issues for the yield of oil from the fruit. There is still remedy Olive & Oil

The relationship between pollution and cloudiness The particulate produced by the human activity, especially in industrialized areas, has a direct effect on the rain Science News

A business man and farmer: Enrico Rana A definition of farming? Passion and devotion. An adjective for defining the world of farming? Fascinating and concrete Rural people

A Megalith Site for Prehistoric Grape Growing Varchignoli, a high Piedmont Northern Italy village, is a fascinating evidence confirming ancient peoples' technical skill in a passage period between the Bronze and the Iron Age History

What about the man? He is more inclined to good than to evil The writer Maurizio Cucchi comments on two extraordinary books by Albert Camus: L'étranger and La peste Books

The Coca Cola ingredients In Turkey, the secret of the famous Cola receipt, jealously kept by the Company since 1886, has been finally discovered Tastes

A clarification about high fructose corn syrup In the letter from the President of Corn Refiners Association some useful indications about a product used in the food supply because of its many functional benefits Your voice

Violent, unbridled, wild and repulsive sex Unbeknown to us, in our bedrooms incredible and terrible rapes take place. In comparison, Sodoma looks like the Vatican Whispers

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