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...question is one few researchers would have thought of asking a decade ago. But that was before University of Parma neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzolatti and his colleagues began publishing the eyebrow-raising results of experiments they had been conducting with macaques. The Italian scientists were monitoring the monkeys' brain activity--observing how neurons in the premotor cortex buzzed with activity as the animals grasped a piece of food--when something strange kept happening. The monkeys would be sitting still, doing nothing in particular, and one of the researchers would pick up some raisins or sunflower seeds in order to place them...
Brain scans have now indirectly established the presence of similar monkey-see-monkey-do neurological activity in human subjects, and mirror neurons, to use the term the University of Parma team coined, have emerged as a compelling biological explanation for a broad range of brain activity, from a newborn's instant response to a mother's smile to a movie audience's gasps during a particularly effective chase scene...
...recruited top names in the field for the Italian venture (including former Beppe and current Maremma chef Cesare Casella as dean of Italian Studies in New York City), and it has created a partnership with Italy's prestigious, government-accredited International School of Italian Cuisine in Colorno, near Parma, whose rector is Italy's first Michelin three-star chef, Gualtiero Marchesi...
...best in upscale Italian cuisine and American know-how in restaurant management. Up to 20 students will open the academy in January with 10 weeks in New York City, concentrating on intensive Italian language instruction and Italian cuisine techniques. The program then moves to the countryside outside Parma, where students spend nine weeks studying regional cuisine with Michelin-rated chefs at the 18th century Palazzo Ducale in Colorno. This bacchanal of typical products and wines, including visits to artisan producers and vineyards, is followed by a nine-week apprenticeship in a prestigious Italian restaurant and a finale in New York...
...recruited top names in the field for the Italian venture (including former Beppe and current Maremma chef Cesare Casella as dean of Italian Studies in New York City), and it has created a partnership with Italy's prestigious, government-accredited International School of Italian Cuisine in Colorno, near Parma, whose rector is Italy's first Michelin three-star chef, Gualtiero Marchesi. Designed for professionals, the seven-month course strives for a panoply of the best in upscale Italian cuisine and American know-how in restaurant management. Up to 20 students will open the academy in January with 10 weeks...