Wine has always been an essential component of art. Since the days of antiquity ,there has been no aesthetic movement which is failed to include wine.

It is manifest in sculpture, painting and literature.
Not since the beginning of the 20th century, when the artistic revolution of Futurism took an interest in all forms of human Expression triggering a U-turn, have we saved anything concerning cookery, our way of cooking, of presenting dishes, of eating and of drinking.
Of wine ,the Futurists said that, 'if wine is a drink of ancient tradition, it is nevertheless a drink which renews itself on an annual basis, a dynamic drink which contains man's fuel and his life blood.

It's great! It's of the moment. The Futurists and futuristic thought felt the need to promote Italian wine.Every initiative to enhance the value of wine is welcome. Let's hope so! But the futurists want to open, 'the gates to avant garde artists to promote wine with stylish criteria, allied to Futurism by applying the latest advertising techniques''.
What can we say? Perhaps those bodies devoted to promote Italian wines should read the futuristic texts.

Neither has the interior design of the places where wine is consumed been neglected by the futurists.A feature in the Italian Wine Journal " Giornale Vinicolo Italiano " commented on the topic of interior design: There are many people in this world who love classical architecture and who like to drink the latest wine-produced in ultra-modern wine making facilities! -housed in mediaeval buildings or in strange, cavernous, stunning cellars reverberating to the sound of jazz bands.

These people do not think it at all necessary today for the grapes to be pressed with one's feet. Or, if they do think so, they do not assign much importance to it.
Probably they do not want to remeber that highly ornate wooden vats-alas! - are decreasing in number in modern cellars which are now largely adorned with batteries of stainless steel vats on several levels.
Even the poor casks have submitted to the unstoppable march of technology! After having clung to barrels for as long as possible, there has now been an explosion in the construction of the super-tanks of 800 hectoliteres.
Again: '' it seems that today wine can search for and findwhat is best in modern genius and take advantage of significant advances in archtecture, design, pavilions, restaurants, presentations and publicity ''.


The new futuristic cooking

Philosopher Benedetto Croce defines the Futurism as, ''magic in action''. The futuristic mouvement has not spared cooking. You can amuse yourself with F.T.Marinetti and Son's
'' La cucina futurista ''- published in 1932.
We should be most grateful if you succeed in finding a copy- '' the modern culinary revolution has the highest aims, noble as well as practical for everyone to radically change how we eat,fortify ourselves bodily and spiritually with the latest life style in which experience, intelligence and fantasy effectively replace quantity, ordinariness, repetion and cost''.
The New Futuristic Cooking is not like the motor of a high-speed hydrofoil-heady, fast and dangerous.Instead it makes you want to create a harmony-on the palate and in your life-today and tomorrow.
Forget decadent and legendary excesses-men have been nourished up till now like ants,mice,cats,and oxen. The first human cooking was born with the Futurists, born out of the art of providing for ouselves.
Like all art, this excluded plagiarism and insists on creative originality.

The third millennium is a time for optimism at the table after the winds of war which brought such depressing panic!

And now, I give you some strange futuristic cooking recipes for which it is interesting to note that the Futurists have recipes for singles, for lovers, for divorced people and for philosophers!

Sicilian Headland

Chop together some tuna fish,apples,olives and peanuts and spread over a cold egg and marmalade omelette.Don't forget to serve a Mamertino Bianco with it

Erodiade's Rice

Heat together in a pan over a high flame the best virgin and honour the glorious name of Mallarmé,as the virgin sang.In a green,swampy landscape sprinkled with sensuous deep blue irise,take some rice and boil in some salted milk.Sprinkle with pepper and finish with powdered iris rhizome.Serve with a Mamertino Rosso 2001,naturally produced by Ruggero Vasari.

And to end today, here are instructions for preparing " Uova divorziate " , Divorced Eggs

hard-boil two eggs.Separate the yolks from the whites.Set the yolks over a mixture of potatoes and the whites over a mixture of carrots,adding extravirgin Vasari olive oil,salt and pepper.Don't forget to serve with Mamertino Millennium 2000.

Ruggero Vasari will reply to all your querries concerning futuristic kitchen if you contact him
by e-mail: azienda@biovinivasari.it