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Leonardo da Vinci – time present

Soul Quote / Vinci, Italy / 1452 – 1519 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Brenta River, Bassano Del Grappa, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming. Thus it is with time present. Life, if well spent, is long.”

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Albert Einstein – thinking

Mind Quote / Ulm, Germany / 1879 – 1955 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Pompeii mummy, Pompeii Italy / LoadingBookmark

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

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Veal shank stew

Prep 10 min - Cook 11 & 55 min / Serves 4 – 6 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

Commonly known as Osso Buco in Italy, this dish uses veal on the bone. This allows it to remain nice and tender while stewing with a rich sauce and combination of vegetables. Within 20 minutes you should…

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Eggplant & capsicum in a red sauce – caponata

Prep 10 min - Cook 60 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

This dish is known by it’s Italian name as caponata. We have also mixed a bit of Greece with it through the olives…

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Salami & tomato marinade

Prep 5 & 5 min – Marinate 30 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

This type of dish is usually served as a starter or as part of a few dishes which are served as an antipasto…

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Andrea Bocelli – con te partiro

Soul Music / 1995 / Popera / 4.09 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Sunset over Mykonos, Greece / LoadingBookmark

Con ta Partiro was first sang by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Festival and recorded that year. He has made a second version in English with Sarah Brightman and third in Spanish called Por ti volare…

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Leonardo da Vinci – transform

Soul Quote / Vinci, Italy / 1452 – 1519 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Bee in the garden, Palace Versailles France / LoadingBookmark

“The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.”

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Salami, tomato, basil & bocconcini

Prep 5 min - Cook 0 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark

Typically this type of dish is served as an antipasto which is the starter for a meal. We also like it served as a main with a variety of other dishes and salads. Best to get the salami…

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Penne with chargrilled capsicums, cherry tomatoes & olives

Prep 10 min - Cook 10-15 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark

A versatile dish that can be served cool for hot summers and made ahead of time. Or simply serve warm for winter …

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Matthew 7:8,8 – ask

Soul Quote / The Bible - New Testament / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Door Venice, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. And the one who seeks finds. And to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

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Oscar Wilde – be yourself

Soul Quote / Dublin, Ireland / 1854 – 1900 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Ducks near pond, Lake Garda, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.”

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Sugata Mitra’s new experiments in self-teaching

Mind Education Link / 2010 / Talk / 17.25 min / Mind feature – Sugata Mitra / 1951 – present / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - The thinker, Musee Rodin, Paris, France / LoadingBookmark

A Ted talk given by Sugata Mitra who is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and …

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