Gregariousness

Yesterday I was watching this interview to Rita Levi Montalcini, nobel prize for medicine (studiying human brain), almost one hundred years old. She's also an honorary member of italian Parliament. She is a Jew, born in Turin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8peqvI-E4Q&eurl=http://dinovoisrock.blogspot.com/2008/11/rita-levi-montalcini-tempo-che-fa.html

She answered this question (free translation):
Interviewer: "As regards the tragedies of this century, you wrote "Man is not evil, he is obedient""
Montalcini: "Man is gregarious. This goes back to the begin of life of Australopithecus. Man is a fossil which takes with him the memory of the past. The origin of the evolution of man, derived from when man was emotively guided, was gregarious. There was not the gene of evilness, there was the gene of gregariousness-compliancy. Man was not born with the need to commit evil deeds. He commits evil deeds because he is gregarious, he passively accepts - we know this from totalitarian regimes - the order of the so-called boss"

nonsense

early lunch?

or early launch?
do we launch a ship?
do u have champagne for that?

what about an early lounge?
would be a cocktail party better?
would you like to drink a cosmopolitan?

sarah jessica parker used to drink cosmopolitan in sex and the city...
where is ur mr big?
lost in translation?
google translate: such a great invention!

Christmas atmosphere

Yesterday I walked home from my office. It was 5 p.m. The sun was going down. The air was freezing. And the sky was so beautiful. I love the sky in this country.

And I was in a good mood. Smile on my face. I-pod in my ears. And music. Lost in music I started singing. And when I was singing "So this is Christmas" together with Celine Dion a guy was walking just behind me!!! So funny!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51bO1CVPWRA

Summer salad (delicious)

Also wir haben jungen Spinat auf dem Markt geholt, dazu Erdbeeren, Avocado, Piniekerne, Gurke und ein Balsamico-Dressing. Vielleicht hatten wir auch noch Zwiebeln drin, aber das weiß ich nicht mehr sicher.

fresh young spinach, strawberries, avocado, pignolia (pin nuts), cucumber and balsamico-dressing. If you want also onion.
My version is without cucmber and onion, but it's delicious!!!

Conchigliette alla montecarlo

Ingredienti: 

500 gr. di pasta
200 gr. di pelati o salsa
250 gr. di carne tritata
1 bicchiere di vino bianco
1 cucchiaio di ketchup
1 cucchiaio di curry in polvere
1 pizzico di noce moscata
1 dado
pepe nero, origano, basilico tritato, formaggio, panna, aglio, prezzemolo.

Soffriggere aglio e prezzemolo con carne tritata 

Far rosolare 

Poi aggiungere il vino e farlo evaporare 

Aggiungere la salsa, il ketchup, il curry, la noce moscata, il dado, il pepe nero, l'origano e il basilico

Far cuocere il tutto per circa 35 minuti
Alla fine aggiungere un pacchetto di panna e una bella manciata di formaggio grattugiato

Condire la pasta cotta a parte

Crema al mascarpone

Ingredienti:
n° 3 tuorli d'uovo
Gr 80 di zucchero
Gr 300 di mascarpone (o ricotta)

Esecuzione:
Montare a spuma i tre tuorli d'uovo con 80 gr. di zucchero, aggiungere il mascarpone e mescolare fino ad ottenere una crema morbida.

Tiramisu' in summer version

In German below:

200 gr. di savoiardi o pavesini
250 gr. di mascarpone o ricotta
150 gr. di panna
4 tuorli di uovo (oppure solo complessivamente 250 gr. di panna)
150 gr. di zucchero
3 limoni la scorza
8 cucchiai di limoncello
5 dl di succo di limone
100 gr. di frutti di bosco

SCIROPPO :
Grattugia la scorza di 1 limone nel pentolino

Unisci il succo, 0,5 l d'acqua, 25 gr. di zucchero 

Fai bollire per 1 minuto 

Spegni e unisci 3/4 di limoncello.

CREMA
Monta a spuma i tuorli e 80 gr. di zucchero 

Aggiungi il mascarpone (un cucchiaio alla volta) fino ad ottenere una crema densa e gonfia
Unisci alla crema il limoncello rimasto, versandolo poco alla volta

Monta la panna ben fredda e dopo incorporala 

Versa 1 strato di crema e poi vai avanti con biscotti imbevuti nello sciroppo e così via 

Alla fine coprilo con un foglio di carta trasparente e lascialo riposare in frigo per 4 ore
Poi taglia a listarelle le scorze dei 2 limoni rimasti 

Scottale in acqua bollente

Sgocciolale 

Cuocile per 10 o 15 minuti in 0,5 l. di acqua e nello zucchero rimasto

Alla fine decora il tiramisu' con i frutti di bosco e le scorze di limone.

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Zutaten:

200 Gr. Savoiardi (italienische Loeffelbiscuits)
250 Gr. Mascarpone 
150 Gr. Schlagsahne und 4 Eigelber (oder insgesamt nur 250 Gr. Schlagsahne)
150 Gr. Zucker
die Schale von 3 Zitronen

500 ml Zitronensaft
8 EL Limoncello (italienische Zitronenlikoer)
100 Gr. Waldbeeren (oder Rotegruetze)

Sirup:
Die Schale von einer Zitrone in einem kleinen Topf reiben

Den Zitronensaft, 500 ml Wasser, 25 Gr. Zucker beimischen

1 Minute kochenlassen

Den Herd ausschalten und 6 EL Limoncello beimischen

Creme:

Die Eigelber mit 80 Gr. Zucker schlagen
Mascarpone (Loeffel nach Loeffel) beimischen: Die Creme soll dicht sein

2 EL Limoncello langsam beimischen
Die Sahne richtig kalt schlagen und dann beimischen

Eine Schicht Creme, dann eine Schicht Savoiardi im Sirup durchgetraenkte, und so weiter  

Im Kuehlschrank 4 Stunden liegenlassen

Kleine Streifen von der Schale von 2 Zitronen schneiden

Im kochenden Wasser sie abbruehen

Sie abtropfen

Sie in 500 ml Wasser und 45 Gr. Zucker fuer 10-15 Minuten kochenlassen

Am Ende das Tiramisu mit Waldbeeren und Zitronenschalen dekorieren

Geniessen und mit Freunden und Familie teilen!

Pear cake

TORTA DI PERE:

Zucchero 150 gr.  

farina 150 gr. 

uovo 1

bustina di lievito 1 

pere 3 tagliate a dadolini

liquore secco 1 bichierino

mezzo bicchiere di latte

sale un pizzico.

Mischiare tutti gli ingredienti in un contenitore 

Versare il composto in una teglia unta d'olio e con sopra l'olio una spolverata di farina

Sulla superfice del composto spolverare un po di zucchero

Mettere in forno già caldo a 180 ÷ 200 gradi, chiudere subito lo sportello, "acceso solo sotto" per circa 40 minuti (deve dorarsi la superficie)

Dal momento che metti la teglia nel forno non aprire lo sportello fino a 20 minuti dopo lo spegnimento, altrimenti si affloscia.

Rabbit

CONIGLIO IN UMIDO:
Coniglio in pezzi, quantità secondo il numero dei commensali (circa tre etti a testa con osso)
Una cipolla

Olive verdi

Mezzo bicchiere di vino (va bene anche birra)

Origano; pepe nero; sale.

Soffriggere la cipolla tagliata finemente rimestandola in una casseruola con olio e/o burro a fuoco medio, deve imbiondirsi leggermente; 

sistemare i pezzi di coniglio lavato ed asciugato (rosolarlo tutt'intorno a fuoco vivo);

aggiungere il vino o la birra e lasciare evaporare; 

aggiungere olive, origano, pepe nero, sale e continuare la cottura a fuoco moderato/minimo;

girare di tanto in tanto delicatamente - una mezz'oretta dovrebbe bastare per essere pronto (infilzandolo con la forchetta senti se affonda nella carne) 

buon appetito!!

Fruity salad

Ingredienti:
Mela, pera, banana, belga, finocchio, sedano;
Parmigiano, maionese, sale.

Frutta e verdura ne puoi aggiungere anche altre, calcola 200 ÷ 300 grammi a testa.

Esecuzione:
Lavare le verdure e sbucciare la frutta, affettare sia la frutta che la verdura a pezzi piccoli e possibilmente piatti;
sistemarli in una insalatiera ed aggiungere la maionese e un po di sale, girando il tutto (es. un kg di frutta e verdura, circa quattro cucchiai di maionese)
una volta amalgamata bene, lisciarla con il cucchiaio e realizzare sopra uno strato abbondante di foglie di parmigiano o grana; è pronta da servire.
Note: Va preparata e servita, non conservarla a lungo perchè si ossida e fa acquetta.

Enigma

Kind of crazy.

You still have in mind that old guy, who used to make you feel good. But he does not love you and he lives on the opposite side of the country.

And you start thinking about the new one, the one you kissed. But he just want to be kind of friends.

And then the third one. He likes you. But you think you are not interested. And when he leaves you miss being chatting with him. And of course he is leaving for the opposite side of the country too.

It was snowing yesterday!

Binging

Binge eating disorder (BED), is a psychiatric disorder in which a subject shows the following symptoms:
- Periodically does not exercise control over consumption of food
- Eats an unusually large amount of food at one time -- more than a normal person would eat in the same amount of time.
- Eats much more quickly during binge episodes than during normal eating episodes
- Eats until physically uncomfortable
- Eats large amounts of food even when they are not really hungry
- Usually eats alone during binge eating episodes, in order to avoid discovery of the disorder
- Often eats alone during periods of normal eating, owing to feelings of embarrassment about food
- Feels disgusted, depressed, or guilty after binge eating

Subsonica: to my city

For all the time that was denied to us,
for which we often had to rob,
for my fingers in your mouth, for your spittle,
for your hands,

for my time that is imprisoned into your eyes,
for the innocence that falls always only aside,
for the whispers mixed with our screams
and our silences,

for your love that is in all the things that turn around,
this city and its movement,
made of lives lived slowly in background, acquire sense.

Another day, another hour and an instant:
your smile against the wind in the dirty air,
the sky over Turin seems being moving next to you,
you are like me.

Another day, another hour and an instant:
lost in my dreams with the same confusion,
the sky over Turin seems laughing next to you,
you are like me.

For this rage that on the tip of my tongue grazes
the nakedness of your intelligence and again
for your body, altar and unique home,
I'm looking for you
to find all the possible of the world,
to push deeper and deeper now and everywhere ,
without thinking, without fears, without tomorrow
in these hands.

Another day, another hour and an instant:
your smile against the wind in the dirty air,
the sky over Turin seems being moving next to you,
you are like me.

Another day, another hour and an instant:
lost in my dreams with the same confusion,
the sky over Turin seems laughing next to you,
you are like me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY_hftAh_vg

evenu shalom alejem

I used to go to Church. Used to believe in God. Used to sing in the chorus. And I used to love this song, but I still do love it.

1. Evenu shalom alejem. (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

2. E sia la pace con noi (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

3. Et la paix soi avec nous (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

4. Und sei der Friede mit uns (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

5. Y sea la paz con nosotros (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

6. Sige la pau con nosoltres (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

7. And the peace be with us (3 volte)
Evenu shalom shalom shalom alejem.

8. Diciamo pace al mondo,
cantiamo pace al mondo,
che la tua vita sia gioiosa,
e il mio saluto - pace -
giunga fino a voi.

what if?

Today a friend asked me "What would you do if he came back to you?".
Hard question: I think I would still be ready to open my arms again and welcome him back. Because still my positive moments are mostly connected to him. That feeling of safety, of home...well, I really felt home with him.

But he is not going to come back. That's why I'm looking forward, straight on...

I've been down - I've been beat
I've been so tired-that I could not speak
I've been so lost that I could not see
I wanted things that were out of reach
then I found you and you helped me through
and ya showed me what to do
And that's why I'm comin' back to you...

strange

Feeling so strange, little melancholic, little lonely, little unlucky.

Rationally I perfectly know that I'm the luckiest girl on Earth, but this background feeling stays with me during the day and makes my smile kind of bitter.

And Gone with the wind teaches that "Tomorrow is another day" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yv_PunF284&feature=related

Disappointment

We shared so many moments, the best friend...

And then you get back just disillusion. Not being able to find a little time for me.
You are pure selfidsness, the centre of your universe. Your problems are the most urgent in the world.

I just asked for a couple of hours, having a pizza together, but...

FIrst kiss

Eyes into eyes, feeling strong the smell of the skin, half smiling... you came nearer and...

every time it happens is just a magic, a mysterious trick...

feeling your lips against mine... and in that moment you know that life can start again, that you will feel again those sensations...

Now the question is... will there be a second one?

FIght the break of dawn (August 25th)

There's a log on the fire
and it burns like me for you
Tomorrow comes with one desire
to take me away it's true
It ain't easy to say goodbye
darling please don't start to cry
Cause girl you know I've got to go, oh
Lord I wish it wasn't so

Iu Es

I heard so much about this country. Since I was a child, on TV. Happy days, Beverly Hills, The Cosbys..that's how I learnt to know this country. And then on the news... but there I didn't learn to know funny people in their everyday life. In the news I learnt to know a country that is powerful, that was bombing Iraq...And then at school they taught me that this was a good country, which had saved Europe from the Nazis....that helped Europe to restart after the Second World War. And then I happened to hear that the people there study much less than in Europe, that they are quite ignorant and naive.

Who should I believe to?

Anyway, I'll be there for the first time in January... Cool!!!

Mr Darcy

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife...

Such a nice movie... and such a man... I want my Mr Darcy too... charming, fascinating, a little dark and never boring... hey, are you out there, listening to me?

It was an international women evening, drinking tea and dreaming of men. What can a man do to a girl. You can turn our world upside down... completely!

caves

Today I went here with some friends.
http://www.maastrichtunderground.nl/index2.html
It's a system of mining caves. It was hard to find. First we didn't know which bus we should have taken, then we missed it. So we arrived late for the tour that we wanted to take. But finally we were able to take part into another tour and the guide was so nice to translate part of the tour from Dutch to English for us!

Incredible what can happen under the surface. Here they used to take stones to build churches. But during the second World War they built inside the system of caves small churches, a baker's, an hospital. This place was supposed to give hospitality to the whole city of Maastricht in case of emergency :)

And then we sat down in a nice coffee bar. I like cappuccino. And with some new friends around you it tastes better. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of the place. But there were partucular toilettes. A toilette for cool men. And one for hot women!

Sommellier

Funny...
http://www.chetempochefa.rai.it/TE_videoteca/1,10916,1093110,00.html
sometimes you look around and you would never think that there are so intelligent men around you. How hard is it make people laugh... Spending so much time to understand what will lead the other to turn their glance into a smile.
I like smiles.

Today I went hiking at Waldstadion... sunny November... I like autumn. Usually I don't like it. But this autumn is so mild, you have to love it!