“What is the fairest way to eat food?” Click here to read The Atlantic Food Channel article.
Even small changes in our eating habits can lead to big changes in economy. Besides, how many of these habits are really ours and how many are just the result of years and years of media and business influencing people’s choices? Think about it. After all, do we really need to eat pineapples at Christmas and oranges in August? And how many kids nowadays know seasonal fruits and vegetables? Maybe we should teach that in school, eventually, or people will believe tomatoes are perennials and bananas grow spontaneously in Alaska.
I don’t think so. But click here and read the article. The end is so true… Why people would pay to read a particular newspaper online, if they can find free news on other websites? Unless they *really* read that newspaper *only*, most people will definitely save their money and find free sites, which cannot be banned anyway. Business moguls should wake up. Now more than ever, a lot of people don’t have much money left to waste and sure don’t want moguls to earn more than they are already earning 
D’oh!
Last time I watched a TV marathon I was around 14 or 15, at a friend’s house. We watched all 3 Star Wars episodes in a row. The ones with Harrison Ford, of course. The ones I think of when someone mentions ‘Star Wars’, although the new ones were not bad either.
Every year the TV schedule promptly shows at least a couple of cartoons, possibly The Sword in the Stone or Robin Hood, which I think I have watched at least a dozen times each. I seem to remember one year they aired the first 3 Indian Jones movies, but this year they aired on Christmas. They sure are Christmas movies, indeed, haha!
Now, I just watched the news on La7 (an Italian TV channel) and right after I saw the trailer of this year’s La7 TV marathon: Sex And The City. All 6 season in one night. Unbelievable. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I like the show and truth to be told, I never really watched it because of the girls. But hey, who would stay home all night watching SATC on New Year’s Eve? It’d make more sense with Disney’s/Pixar/whatever cartoons or even It’s a Wonderful Life, although that is really a Christmas film. Or sagas like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Matrix maybe.
I haven’t watched a New Year’s Eve TV marathon in over 15 years. What would you watch all night long? I say, maybe The Simpsons
SPAGHETTI ZUCCHINE E GAMBERETTI “Spaghetti with zucchini and prawns”
(approx. 6 servings)
In a bowl:
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 white onion (diced)
- 3 medium sized zucchini (diced)
- 1 teaspoon of ground salt
Cook at medium heat until soft, then smash everything (like smashed potatoes) until a little creamy.
At medium heat, add:
- some cream (you can add as much as you want, or even don’t add it…)
- 2 or 3 medium sized zucchini (diced)
- 2 cups of cooked prawns
- a bunch of fresh parsley, chopped a little bit, not too much
- pepper
Cook at medium heat for approx. 10 minutes, till the zucchini are cooked.
In the meantime, cook the spaghetti in boiling, salted water.
Then add the sauce and freshly grounded pepper.
PASTA ALLA PIZZAIOLA “Pasta a la pizzaiolo”
(approx. 8 servings)
In a sauce pan:
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
Warm a little bit, then add:
- 4 cans of “diced tomatoes in tomato juice”
- 1 teaspoon of ground salt
- 1 1/2 cup of capers
- 1 1/2 cup of black olives (diced)
Cook at medium heat until a little more than half the liquid is gone.
In the meantime, boil water… add 2 teaspoons of ground salt and add pasta (2 bags of short pasta, approx. 1 kg)
Cook the pasta 1 minute less the recommended cooking time (it has to be very firm). When the pasta is ready, strain it and put it in a big baking pan. Add the sauce, some oregano and mix.
Pre-heat the oven (medium heat). Put slices of mozzarella all over the pasta and bake it for a few minutes, just the time to have the mozzarella melt. Serve hot 
