Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Peppino certainly managed to stay in the spotlight, but what happened to Martino?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Monica Bellucci, the beloved Italian actor, is Fabio Fazio's guest on the talk show Che tempo che fa. Fazio's questions focus on Bellucci's aspirations from her childhood forward.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
De Ponte is still intent on finding Caravaggio to arrest him. Fortunately, the artist has people who want to protect him and is taken by boat to Siracusa, where a friend takes him in.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Benvenuti In Galera (Welcome to Jail) is a documentary film that tells the story of the world's first restaurant opened inside a correctional facility, the Bollate prison, near Milan. You can find notes and extra information in this special lesson.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There are morning tasks to be done at the kitchen trailer of the prison. The delivery truck from Metro (a leading wholesaler) has parked too far away, which doesn't sit well with the head of the kitchen crew. One of the vegetables delivered was topinambur (Jerusalem artichoke).
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In the restaurant inside Bollate prison, activities to be carried out are planned. The work in the kitchen must be well organized to offer good service.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The debut of the restaurant in prison was challenging but also exciting. The most important thing about cooking is that food brings everyone together and is convivial.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Silvia Polleri, a catering expert, had never dealt with prison until she received a proposal from the director of Bollate prison, and that's when this culinary adventure in jail began.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In this part, we see an excerpt from a job interview with one of the inmates at Bollate. The young man tells about the different detention experiences he had had before coming to Bollate.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Davide is discussing the menus with Silvia and Riccardo, who is the one who pays the bills, evidently. Davide had a little mix up with his fish orders, but is coming clean about it.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Davide is still talking about the fact that char is a trout and that people need to understand that freshwater fish is as good as seafood. Meanwhile, Mrs. Silvia is planning a trip to Opera (near Milan) where there is an important prison.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Being a waiter in this unique restaurant is a special experience, from putting on the uniform to serving all kinds of customers.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The owner, Silvia, recounts that during the restaurant's first year, the New York Times discovered the place and that's when she realized it was the first of its kind in the entire world. She also tells the story of how the chef, Davide, was hired.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The pastry chef of the restaurant "In Galera" tells us about how important his role makes him feel. What he likes most is preparing cakes and cookies for family visits.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Silvia talks about how she finds candidates for the restaurant kitchen from the central kitchen, which prepares the meals for the inmates. The restaurant workers are impacted positively because it means they have a real job, with a paycheck, including social security, which can look good on a resume.
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