HERE ARE THE CHEFS' ADVICE TO OVERCOME IT, WITH BREAD, OIL AND WINE
Like every year, here comes the saddest period of the year which has its peak on Blue Monday, the third Monday of January . The concept of Blue Monday was born on January 24, 2005 when the English psychologist Cliff Arnall identified, through a mathematical equation, the saddest day of the year. The reason for this depressing day would lie in a long series of factors including the unfavorable weather conditions, the shorter days, the end of the Christmas celebrations, the work that has restarted frantically, the failure of New Year's resolutions , the arrival of credit card statements for the month of December where you have spent too much, not to mention the pounds gained during the Christmas period .
However, it is possible to survive the most negative period of the year by taking small countermeasures to drive away anxiety and sadness, all made in Italy, indeed made in Tuscany . To say it are the three-star Michelin Chef, Massimiliano Alajmo and the sommelier Paolo Luciani , face of "La Prova del Cuoco".
According to Chef Alajmo, the anti-sadness super-recipe would be good “ bread and oil ”, better if both are Tuscan. The bread should be large in size, so as to rediscover the pleasure of breaking it on the table and sharing it. All this is accompanied by a drizzle of “Toscano IGP” Extra Virgin Olive Oil which allows you to regain possession of the simple and traditional flavours.
According to the sommelier Luciani, to overcome this sad period it is necessary to recover the tradition of the 5 pm snack and make it with wine and cheese . “In the mid-afternoon – says Luciani – we replace tea, the fruit of an Anglo-Saxon colonization, with a good wine and a good cheese, two champions of Made in Italy that today are increasingly a hedonistic choice, a pleasure that must have more space both at the end of a meal, if offered by the glass at the restaurant, and at home, as a snack. Other than an aperitif!".
