50€ per month per person For more information and costs, contact the teacher Biancamaria Lazzari at 3713201521

Mini course of 5 lessons on the knowledge, preservation, cooking, and digestion of the main components of our food

1) What is BIOCHEMISTRY:
Importance of specific knowledge of the substances that compose all living beings and their transformations: BIOMOLECULES or Biological Molecules such as sugars, proteins, and fats (structure and functions)

2) The classification of foods based on their composition and characteristics, brief history of nutrition, different eating habits around the world & nutritional standards

3) How food is digested in our bodies and its importance in our metabolism, brief notes on dietetics and types of food pyramids

4) Causes of alteration, the different methods of food preservation based on the chosen system: physical, chemical, or biological, natural and artificial preservatives

5) Cooking of foods, modifications of nutritional principles and main cooking techniques, food preservation (packaging, labels, and quality marks: DOC, DOP, IGP etc..)

6) Outdoor activity for the recognition and gathering of wild herbs of the season with possible culinary sharing and a concluding experiential historical approach for each participant in the course.