PANDEMIC IN VENICE »
Piazza San Marco: solemn, majestic, always full of tourists, now incredibly empty. Whatis there left for us these days? Perhaps the knowledge that the absurd
frenzy of our life, racing towards emptiness, is not inevitable.
NONCHALANT NO MORE »
Spain has finally learned that where the notorious coronavirus is concerned, no country is an island. When northern Italy was hit by the virus, everyone felt it was just a matter of hours – not days – before the virus reared its ugly head here. Spanish Minister of Health Salvador Illa urges calm, common sense and trust in the public health system, Spain’s crown jewel. Fifteen people have tested positive and the number is likely to rise in the looming pandemia. People in Spain are caught between believing and blind panic.
GOURMET’S CHOICE: Art on a Plate from Trentino, Italy to Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines »
Mattia Stroppa: “My relocation to the Philippines is a fantastic challenge and an enormous inspiration for renewing my culinary philosophy”
