It's May 06th 2023; it's a rainy day in London, yet this doesn't stop the trumpets, shots fired, bells and notes of God Save the King echoing through the city. For those of us who observe from afar, it is the first time in history that we are allowed to observe everything.. really every-thing, down to the smallest of details, the subtlest of gestures. This is why, together with Maria Francesca Broggini, expert gold embroidery artisan, we can focus on the extreme Beauty of embroidery techniques applied to each component of the ceremony, along with their traditional (and very personal!) symbolisms!

"Almost” disappeared, because one of the very few artisans in Italy left to carry on this technique is Maria Francesca Broggini, founder of Aembrosia, a very young and talented Italian craftswoman, who preserves and interprets the savoir-faire of gold embroidery by applying it to haute couture jewellery and luxury hair jewellery.

The name of Gabriele Maselli is just as known as Via d’ Ginori, the street in which his father, Paolo, founded the bottega in 1955: just name "Il Maselli" and any Florentine would start daydreaming and telling about how his/her family keeps one of Maselli’s wooden frames in their livingroom.

Nevin Altmann is a story of pure beauty, determination and innate love for heritage and people.
I had the rare privilege of hearing, touching and observing this story with my own eyes during my recent trip to Egypt, on the deep blue shores of the Red Sea.
Getting to know a complex reality closely linked to the local community is a precious opportunity for personal growth, as it represents a source of knowledge of social and cultural aspects that otherwise I would have certainly missed during my trip.

It is known that Augustus was parsimonious, especially in food, he himself loved to feed at times only with bread and grapes, abounding in fruit of all kinds during his banquets.

It took me a few days to research and prepare an honourable cake for Rome’s birthday (she turned 2773 on April21st!) Thinking about Rome, three words come to my mind, clear and concrete: authenticity, abundance and history. I imagined what kind of cake the ancient Romans would eat on the other side of their triclinium; I tried to savor the same tastes, the same flavors, I tried to see their colors…

#MADEWITHLOVE
Sometimes, it doesn’t really matter what time of year it is, you just need the comfort of an apple pie or something that smells like home. This goodie has warmed up the atmosphere of one of our quarantine days, as a tiny gesture of familiar love; a sweet attempt to lift the spirits in a period of deep despair, at least for a moment…plus, it’s the lightest and most delicious version that you could ever bake! Seeing is believing!