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Press Room - September 2009
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Table Talk with Isabella Zocchi - interview for Italy Magazine, www.italymag.co.uk London
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From Italy Magazine, London, September 09 issue, pag 35
English version
Culinary ID
Name: Isabella Zocchi
Profession: Fashion accessory designer, businesswoman
Birthplace: Milan
Favourite dish: lots: it depends where I am and the season
Favourite wine: Montereggio di Massa Marittima, red
Dislikes: heavy, over seasoned food
Are you a good cook?
I enjoy cooking simple, tasty Mediterranean style dishes, that seem to go down well...
What relationship do you have with food?
When I'm with others, it's a gratifying way of enjoing good company, while if I'm alone it's more of a case of simply eating to live...
What food would you take with you on a desert island?
Rather then taking food, I'd live off the fruits of the land and sea..
Your ideal dinner guests?
Those who appreciate the atmosphere that surrounds a sumptuously decked table...
Is the way to a man's heart through his stomach?
Absolutely! To cook for a man is to take care of him...
Favourite Chef or Restaurant?
In general I like to try different places, but it might easily be the trattoria round the corner from where I live. The important thing is that ingredients are top quality...
Have you ever said anything indiscreet thanks to a few glasses of wine?
Well, as the say, in vino veritas...
If I gave you some raspberries what would do with them?
In summer, I'd eat them fresh or along with some fior di latte ice cream. Otherwise, I'd use them to garnish a tart or eat them with a soft sponge cake...
Is there room in the world of fashion for very curvy women?
Lets say that step by step women like us are making progress...
Do fashion designers have a responsability for how women are represented?
Is their duty! As for myself, I always try to promote the beauty and sensuality of a woman's curves in a kind of anthem to femininity and gioia di vivere...
Do you have a favourite film or book that talks of food?
I particularly like the work of the genius and gourmet Alfred Hitchcock whose love-hate relationship with food was a recurring element in his films. On the subject of seducing men with food, how about the film Fina Torres made in 2000, "Woman on Top" with Penèlope Cruz. And how can you forget "Ode to an Artichoke" by Pablo Neruda recited in the film "Il Postino" by Massimo Troisi or Isabel Alende's irresistible book "Aphrodite - A memoir of the Senses"...
Can creating a fashion item at some level be compared to cooking?
Personally, I think so. Whether I’m designing or cooking, I’m thinking of how to satisfy the desires of the other person...
An evening with George Clooney or a slap up meal?
Why choose? A slap up meal ITALS with END George Clooney!...
English version
Culinary ID
Name: Isabella Zocchi
Profession: Fashion accessory designer, businesswoman
Birthplace: Milan
Favourite dish: lots: it depends where I am and the season
Favourite wine: Montereggio di Massa Marittima, red
Dislikes: heavy, over seasoned food
Are you a good cook?
I enjoy cooking simple, tasty Mediterranean style dishes, that seem to go down well...
What relationship do you have with food?
When I'm with others, it's a gratifying way of enjoing good company, while if I'm alone it's more of a case of simply eating to live...
What food would you take with you on a desert island?
Rather then taking food, I'd live off the fruits of the land and sea..
Your ideal dinner guests?
Those who appreciate the atmosphere that surrounds a sumptuously decked table...
Is the way to a man's heart through his stomach?
Absolutely! To cook for a man is to take care of him...
Favourite Chef or Restaurant?
In general I like to try different places, but it might easily be the trattoria round the corner from where I live. The important thing is that ingredients are top quality...
Have you ever said anything indiscreet thanks to a few glasses of wine?
Well, as the say, in vino veritas...
If I gave you some raspberries what would do with them?
In summer, I'd eat them fresh or along with some fior di latte ice cream. Otherwise, I'd use them to garnish a tart or eat them with a soft sponge cake...
Is there room in the world of fashion for very curvy women?
Lets say that step by step women like us are making progress...
Do fashion designers have a responsability for how women are represented?
Is their duty! As for myself, I always try to promote the beauty and sensuality of a woman's curves in a kind of anthem to femininity and gioia di vivere...
Do you have a favourite film or book that talks of food?
I particularly like the work of the genius and gourmet Alfred Hitchcock whose love-hate relationship with food was a recurring element in his films. On the subject of seducing men with food, how about the film Fina Torres made in 2000, "Woman on Top" with Penèlope Cruz. And how can you forget "Ode to an Artichoke" by Pablo Neruda recited in the film "Il Postino" by Massimo Troisi or Isabel Alende's irresistible book "Aphrodite - A memoir of the Senses"...
Can creating a fashion item at some level be compared to cooking?
Personally, I think so. Whether I’m designing or cooking, I’m thinking of how to satisfy the desires of the other person...
An evening with George Clooney or a slap up meal?
Why choose? A slap up meal ITALS with END George Clooney!...
