"A Dinner with…" event from July 18th to July 21st at Masseria Li Reni
Four important authors, four successful books will be the protagonists of the new event at Masseria Li Reni among the vineyards and olive groves of Manduria (Taranto). The authors will be interviewed by Bruno Vespa.
Tuesday, July 18th
The enormous progress made by medicine in the last two hundred and fifty years has accustomed us to take health for granted. Suddenly, however, the pandemic has revealed that we have hidden vulnerabilities and that individual health is not detached from collective and systemic health. The challenge we face today requires us to rethink our relationship with health to make it more conscious and sustainable. Ilaria Capua helps us build this path by weaving a new dialogue between the past, present, and future, and she does so through key words that can be used as a source of inspiration, words capable of defining a new concept of health, that of circular health.
Menu
Ginger-flavored potato cylinder on Taranto seafood salad
Fresh pasta curls with scorpionfish pulp, clams, and zucchini
Slow-cooked sea bass fillet in curly endive sauce stuffed with anchovies and black olives
Creamy chocolate, candied orange, and cinnamon powder
The dinner costs 80 euros, including a glass of Vespa wine for each dish. Each guest will receive a free copy of the author's book, which the author will be happy to sign.
Please communicate any allergies or dietary intolerances in advance.
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Wednesday, July 19th
"This book should be studied at the Higher School of Magistracy" (Carlo Nordio, Minister of Justice). In May 2022, "Il mostro" by Matteo Renzi was a publishing phenomenon. For weeks, it topped the charts, recounting astonishing facts and coincidences. Now, "Il mostro" returns to bookstores in an economical edition with sensational updates on recent events. The parents' acquittals, events related to the fall of Mario Draghi, and the election campaign with the arrival of Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi. A new, updated edition that leaves one speechless and with many unanswered questions.
Menu
Tuber, zucchini, smoked provolone, and Salento octopus sformato in fisherman's sauce
Orecchiette with clams, friarielli broccoli sauce, raw shrimp, and candied lemon
Dentex fillet on a bed of Avezzano potatoes, Amalfi lemons glaze, and citron zest
Sweet ricotta sformato with candied fruits and chocolate, raspberry sauce, fruit jelly
The dinner costs 80 euros, including a glass of Vespa wine for each dish. Each guest will receive a free copy of the author's book, which the author will be happy to sign.
Please communicate any allergies or dietary intolerances in advance.
Thursday, July 20th
Vittorio Sgarbi has always interpreted his mission as an art critic as a passionate and inexhaustible search for beauty. Beauty that often appears evident, recognizable, documented, and only asks to be told. But sometimes it remains hidden: hidden in remote and less-traveled places, or obscured by hasty attributions and sensational dazzles, or simply forgotten over time. In these cases, the critic becomes an explorer, detective, hunter of lost masterpieces. Museums, palaces, auction houses, and provincial churches are the grounds for this treasure hunt that Vittorio Sgarbi personally conducts, traveling kilometers through Italy, observing the works live and studying catalogs.
Menu
Cuttlefish tagliatelle, wakame seaweed, passion fruit, and flying fish roe
Mixed pasta in bronze die cooked in seven essences of crustaceans, anemones, and seafood
Seared codfish on its skin, bruschetta foam, and seaweed
Sweet ricotta sformato with candied fruits and chocolate, raspberry sauce, fruit jelly
The dinner costs 80 euros, including a glass of Vespa wine for each dish. Each guest will receive a free copy of the author's book, which the author will be happy to sign.
Please communicate any allergies or dietary intolerances in advance.
Friday, July 21st
Pier Ferdinando Casini is the historical memory of the last forty years of Italian politics. He has traversed the First and Second Republics: from his exciting debut in Parliament to his relationships with the most important personalities of the Christian Democracy, passing through Tangentopoli, center-right governments, and the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. Today, he is the dean senator of the Republic. His book reconstructs the highlights of a life in the service of the public interest. And then there's his Bologna, where everything begins, his family origins, his children, the masters of the Christian Democracy and the Catholic world, his relationships with successive Prime Ministers, and his passion for foreign policy.
Menu
Mozzarella and shrimp mille-feuille, tomato gel, basil sauce
Yellow cherry tomato risotto, net-caught shrimp, and raspberry charcoal
Swordfish rolls in caponata sauce, caper buds, and olive powder
Baba with chantilly cream and sour cherry
The dinner costs 80 euros, including a glass of Vespa wine for each dish. Each guest will receive a free copy of the author's book, which the author will be happy to sign.
Please communicate any allergies or dietary intolerances in advance.
Informations: eventi@masserialireni.com
