Who I am
What about me ...
A strong supporter of a "diet of conscience", the same consciousness that must lead to a choice of food that we eat every day based on the quality of the raw materials used and on the way they are cooked.
A worshipper and lover of "Finger food, Street food, Truck food, Appetizers and Mise en bouche", Restaurants and culinary events, which I consider among the greatest stimulators and culinary delights of our senses related to food, as well as the oldest form of socialization that focus the attention on the Italian street food, a tradition that unfortunately is disappearing except in those small towns especially in the South regions and in Sicily, where you can still find the street fried-food, and where you can enjoy arancini, snacks and other delicacies to be eaten outdoors, by hands and without scruples of "Bon ton".
A lover of diet that is based on the sensory pleasure of eating, where sight, smell, touch, taste, are the natural leaders of our daily appetite.
My thoughts
Massimiliano Barone
My idea of food and diet is based on the deep thought that the food at our table is a reflection of the respect we have of the territory in which we live. It is the mirror of popular traditions and customs of the food "where we were born and raised" . Using organic products, eliminating or reducing the chemical elements, altered and refined, can help to restore the balance in a body full of toxins and abused for many years by a chaotic and reckless diet. A healthy diet, can also bring us to pay more attention to nature and people, rediscovering the ancient traditions of the places where we live.
I am proud and honored to be Italian. ITALY, and in particular SICILY, allow me to spread the local gourmet culture, and the use of high quality organic food, whose Mediterranean excellence meets the need of physical nourishment and gives colour every day to the table we sit at, both feeding the palate and spiritual side of the human being.
[brief professional background]