Francesca Clemente

The road of the future? It’s made of plastic

Recycled plastic instead of asphalt: here’s the idea of a Dutch company for a sustainable and quick to build road that requires few maintenance works. Rotterdam has already said yes.

When breast milk is junk food

The Brazilian campaign on the dangerousness of junk food during breastfeeding went around the world. Discover what it claims.

Here is what happens in San Francisco if cyclists follow all the rules

In San Francisco, the police decided to enforce the law by fining cyclists who broke the rules. This instigated cyclists’ protests so much so they wanted to show the city what would have happened if they had strictly abided by the rules. So, each of them stopped at the crossroads one behind the

Crunchy chickpeas

Baked crunchy chickpeas are easy to prepare and perfect as a starter.

Voglio una ruota, women who choose bicycles instead of roses

Could a seemingly innocuous object like a bicycle contribute to triggering a revolution? This is the question that the website of the documentary Voglio una ruota (I want a wheel) is asking itself, because the invention of bicycles, besides facilitating the right to mobility, encouraged women’s emancipation between the nineteenth and twentieth century. Voglio una ruota is

How to prepare whole short crust pastry

Ingredients 300 g of organic whole wheat flour 3 egg yolks 150 g of butter 150 g of whole brown sugar 1 pinch of salt 1 pinch of vanilla grated peel of 1/2 a lemon Preparation Keep the butter out of the fridge for about half an hour. Form a well with the flour