Our pasta between design and food festivals

It’s the 15^th of May and has been already a really busy month for Pastificio dei Campi.

Milan can’t stay without the southern vibe of this pasta and any excuse is good to bring back the brand in the city and to place it under the spotlight.

At the beginning of the month in fact Pastificio dei Campi has been the protagonist of an interesting show: I “Campotti” one of the latest interesting shape created by the brand, has been chosen by ADI (association for the industrial design) to be part of an exhibition about 30 design objects connected with food: Dal cucchiaio al cucchiaio. The shape designed by Mauro Olivieri is in fact pretty innovative, beautiful and functional to highlight all the quality of this pasta.

And it’s not all: from the 17^th of May Pastificio dei Campi will be also present at Taste of Milan the first of the international taste food festivals that will take place in the main cities all around the world.

Between demonstrations from famous chefs, cooking classes and lots of good recipes to try, you will find our pasta too and if it’s not enough come to "taste" it in one of the shows of the Saturday night.

Are you planning a little foodie break? Maybe now you know where to go.

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When furniture and the right design can really create a special dining experience

Also this year the Salone del Mobile has started in Milan and everyone is speaking again about design, new furniture, space solutions and great inventions.
I normally tend to focus my attentions on the new kitchen products presented there, the little tools that make your cooking easier or nicer, funnier or just great. This year instead I'm thinking about furniture and interior design and how much the environment of a dining room is important for a special dining experience. I had the true prove of it, when I went this winter to the event 'Too much is never enough'.

More than a supperclub, more than a shop and more than a unique experience: Disappearing Dining Club with 123 Bethnal Green have organized this original dinner format really entertaining and delicious!
For just 50pounds they were offering a 3 course meal + drinks and a vintage shopping night, all in one shot and in a unique environment.
123 Bethnal green is a really nice and old building in a corner of an East London street with a weird past (they said these premises harboured London’s most notorious illegal gun supply – selling hundreds of lethal weapons to villains all across Britain at the rate of one a day). The house has really old pieces of furniture all over the three floor and they organized the night in a way that everyone could go around the place in freedom.

The aperitif was served in the first floor and in the vintage cloths part. Up at the third floor there was the starter: chicken liver and a great salmon pate’ served with a spiced punch! This was the boys room full of weird objects and old arms of course!
In the second floor was served the main: a delicious veal stew cooked with mushroom and potatoes and accompanied by lots of rice salads “Ottolenghi style” and wine. The cosy room was showing women outfits and a big cupboard was offering in sale beautiful vintage plates and cups.

Finally in the basement between discs and old book was served the dessert and the final cocktail. Everything was really tasty because cooked by a proper chef and served by weathers and nothing was left unthoughtful. The place was so peculiar but cosy at the same time that was impossible to don't fell in love with the concept :)

In Italy we are starting now with the first supperclubs, but having a building like this one, it could be really interesting to start a format of this kind. Maybe something similar is Casa Clementina in Rome.  And I could see Pastificio dei Campi just as the cherry on the cake for an event like this!

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Some artistic use of... Spaghetti!

Ready for the weekend? here some amazing pictures i found on Pinterest, my latest addiction!

I thought this was the best way to wish you a very nice, relaxing, creative, or greedy weekend!

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