Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (George Santayana  )     Is it possible for history to be recorded in different ways even if you are observing the same event? The answer is yes. But we must distinguish between the past and historical memory. Let’s take an example: Have… Read More »Iveser: keeping memory alive in Venice

  There was a time when you asked questions because you were looking for answers, and you were happy when you got them. Come back as a child: ask again. (CS Lewis)       Can you imagine a child seeing Venice for the first time? A magical labyrinth reflected on the water. A city… Read More »A Venice for the Children

  You don’t have to cook excessive or complicated dishes: just good food from fresh ingredients. (Julia Child)     Traditional Venetian cuisine is in principle a very basic cuisine, as simple ingredients, preparation and cooking methods have always been used. But it is also a complex cuisine, as it has incorporated all the influences… Read More »Venetian Cuisine: Antica Trattoria Poste Vecie

  The discovery of a new dish is more valuable to mankind than the discovery of a new star. (Anthelme Brillat-Savarin)   Raise your hand if you have never heard of Cicchetti! When, here in Venice, we want to have a quick bite, we go to one of our favorite bacari to have a “cicchetto”… Read More »El Sbarlefo: Cicchetti and good wine in Venice

  When I seek another word for “music”, I never find any other word than “Venice”.   Friedrich Nietzsche     Until half a century ago, at least in Italy, Baroque music was known and appreciated by a small circle of enthusiasts, mostly professionals or in any case with a particular musical competence. Did you… Read More »Venice Music Project: on the wings of music in Venice