Food as a Conscious Gesture
A brunch with Debora Fadoul and Corrado Assenza explored food as experience and connectionÂ
On Sunday 31 May, Reschio welcomed guests to a special brunch at Ristorante Alle Scuderie with Debora Fadoul and Corrado Assenza: an encounter dedicated to food not simply as nourishment, but as a daily gesture, a conscious choice and a way of relating to the world.
Two distinct yet complementary voices guided the reflection. Debora Fadoul, the Guatemalan chef behind Diacá, brought her attentive view of the human, cultural and social value of food; Corrado Assenza, master of Caffè Sicilia in Noto, shared a vision deeply rooted in raw ingredients, memory of place and the work of producers.
The event was born from a simple idea: today, eating also means questioning the origin of ingredients, how they are grown, transformed and shared. Every product carries a story, one that turns food into experience.
During the brunch, this vision took shape through flavours, gestures and details. Sustainability was not presented as an abstract concept, but as something tangible, expressed through the choice of ingredients, the composition of the menu and the mise en place of the table.
The brunch became an invitation to look more closely at what we eat every day. Choosing products made with care means supporting farmers, producers and chefs who work with quality, fairness and respect for the environment.
In this sense, the gathering showed how food can hold a kind of magic: not the magic of spectacle, but the rarer magic of connection — between those who cultivate and those who taste, between those who prepare and those who welcome, between the raw ingredient and the landscape it comes from.
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