On June 9th Italian food magazine Gambero Rosso will present a roundtable dedicated to the future of blogs in general and foodblogs in particular. Gambero Rosso's co-Editor in chief Stefano Bonilli (and author of the blog Papero Giallo) will moderate the event interviewing the following five guests:
- Giuseppe Granieri, author of the book Blog generation
- Professor Gino Roncaglia, who counts the book Il mondo digitale. Introduzione ai nuovi media (The digital world. An introduction to new media) among his works.
- Giulio Perugini, founder and moderator of the forum theatre of dreams
- Mario Tedeschini Lalli, Journalist and author of the blog Giornalismo d'altri.
- And last but I hope not least, yours truly, in audio connection from Germany. I cannot help observing, I'm the only real food blogger in the bunch of serious experts, so I'll have to do my very best to represent the category.
If you're in Rome and would like to attend to the event it is free (and there will even be a little taste of pizza, which is more than what I will get ;-) ), but the number of places limited so just write an email to marketing@gamberorosso.it to secure a place. The roundtable will take place in Gambero Rosso's food gastronomic "citadel" Città del Gusto starting at 6 PM. "See" you there!
So I'll hear your voice ? ;) I'll be at the Conference...
Posted by: Laura | June 01, 2005 at 09:04 AM
Yes you will; I'll have to practice my sexy voice I guess :-P :-DDD.
Posted by: Alberto | June 01, 2005 at 10:44 AM
Do you mean Roncaglia from the la sapienza stats department???
Anyway, best wishes for next thursday (I suppose I'll be there too), ...
(il cavoletto)
ps: saw Igles last week and he told me all about that weird meet you ate alla locanda.... :-)))
Posted by: Sigrid | June 01, 2005 at 05:43 PM
Sure! You're fully qualified to rapresent the wine-food bloggers in that bunch of serious scholars. An ancient wise said that being an expert is not necessarily the best way to profit from something.
In bocca al lupo!
Posted by: rusvitt | June 01, 2005 at 06:27 PM
Couldn't have picked a better representative! Wish I could hear/attend.
Posted by: Owen | June 01, 2005 at 07:38 PM
Great that the "conventional" media is paying attention, and great that you are taking part - will be eagerly waiting on the report confident that we have an excellent representative of the food blogging world to put all of them right!
Posted by: ronald | June 01, 2005 at 11:31 PM
Sigrid, I have to admit that I have no idea who Prf. Roncaglia is. Too long away from Italy I guess.
So Igles told you our little secret... all I can say is that the meat was fantastic. And I won't add a word ;-).
Rusvitt, grazie! Will you be there?
Owen, thanks! I hope to get at least a chance to spend a few seconds on Digital Dish (I'll have 10 minutes or so), it fully deserves to be mentioned at such an event.
Ronald, promised, I'll try my best to put them right. We know how stuck up academics can be, don't we :-D?
Posted by: Alberto | June 02, 2005 at 12:01 AM
Hi Alberto! I'm sorry but I'll not be in Rome and I'll not hear your "sexy" voice...
I'm received from California my copy of Digital Dish and I'm reading it. It's a "delicious" book, I've posted about it on my blog a second time. I like to publicize Digital Dish because it's a real blog-book ( Owen is the writer and the publisher, moreover he's a food-blogger...fantastic!) Ciao :-)
Posted by: rusvitt | June 02, 2005 at 12:54 AM
Ciao Alberto,
It has really been too long. Congrats on the vocal trip to Roma. Buona fortuna!! It really is too bad you wont even be able to taste the little goodies that will be prepared in your honor!
Anche, totally awesome last few posts. Sono tornato a stati uniti e c'e qui troppo casino - io non trova il tempo per scrivere, ma maybe now i will givbe it another shot.
Have you seen the new Back in LA page yet?
Ciao!!
Posted by: Ore | June 02, 2005 at 11:18 AM
Rusvit, I hope Owen doesn't mind if I split hairs here, but he is ONE of the writers in the book. That doesn't diminish his great work at all: co-author, editor, publisher, PR man and clearly a blogger... a bunch of talent you will rarely find in any one person :-).
Hi Ore! Nice to hear from you. I had missed the Back in LA blog, but will definitely keep an eye on it from now on. Happy you liked the last few posts: did you take a look at the tamerice picture gallery? If so, what do you think? I'd love to hear your opinion.
Posted by: Alberto | June 02, 2005 at 02:45 PM
Alberto, You're right! Digital Dish is an "orchestral performance"! :-)
Posted by: rusvitt | June 02, 2005 at 07:00 PM
Alberto -
Killer photos man. My favorite was the painting of the farm animals at the entrance to the restaurant.
The photo of the bread master was my favorite as you can see how professional the kitchen is. Nice, clean floor, and baker - MAKES GOOD BREAD.
Did the pass have a heating element to keep the plates hot *while plating* (heat lamps, etc.??)
I noticed the lack of this throught many of the restaurants I visited and worked at in Italy?
Posted by: Ore | June 03, 2005 at 10:33 AM
Ore, no lamps. Nonetheless the plates did not get cold at all: hot plates, quick expediting and very quick waiters.
Still, those lamps seem like a good idea and if you noticed the same thing in other restaurants I start wondering if it's just an Italian thing or if there's some technical reason for that. I'll have to ask Igles next time I see him.
You're right, the bread was really good and the kitchen was religiously kept clean, and sweeped, scrubed and washed after every service.
Posted by: Alberto | June 03, 2005 at 10:55 PM