04.
IT’S INTHEDETAILS
Foraseeminglysimpledrink,
themethod iscomplex. “I softly
whip ina littlecream, stir ina
teaspoonof icingsugaranda
dropof vanillaextract, then
dollop the rest of thecream
on top.”
02.
PRESENTATION IS
EVERYTHING
Pronounced
bee-chair-eeeen
,
thename is from thePiedmontese
dialect andmeans ‘small glass’,
which iswhat it shouldbe
served in,with layersof
espresso, chocolateand
creamwithin.
03.
NOCOCOAPOWDER
Whatseparatesbicerin froma
Starbucksmochawithwhipped
cream?“Thechocolateshouldbe
thebestyoucanafford,”says
chefSkyeGyngell. “AtSpring,we
useValrhonaKalingo,which
is65%cocoa,melted in
abain-marie.”
01.
GETTHELOWDOWN
Bicerinshouldsatisfyeven
themost demanding
hot-chocolatesnobs. Ithails
fromTurin, anorth-western
Italiancityknown for itscoffee
bars, artisanal chocolate
andAlpineculture.
05.
SIPSLOWLY
TheTurinesewill tell you,
bicerindeserves tobesavoured.
Orderoneafteryourmeal anddon’t
beashamed to linger.
Spring (
springrestaurant.co.uk
)
isnowopenatSomerset
House, London
Forgetpumpkin-spice lattes.Thego-tobeverage this cold season
is farmore refined.
SkyeGyngell
, headchef ofhotnew restaurant
Spring, has the inside trackonTurinese favouritebicerin...
THE
MANUAL
WORDS
JANE LEUNG
PHOTO
STEPHEN MOGEN
ILLUSTRATION
JAMIE PORTCH
the crowds, the squalor,
your
neighbours’ inexplicableMonday-night
parties… living in thecityhas itsproblems.
The solution is ‘urbanacupuncture’,
according toanewbookof the samename
(IslandPress, £12.31). Thisdoesn’t involve
sticking your noisyneighbourwithapin–
rather, it advocates ahost of small, simple
improvements tocity life, suchas turning
vacant lots intoparksormakingmore
pedestrian zones.
“Just as in themedical approach, this
interventionwill trigger positivechain
reactions, helping tocureandenhance
thewhole system,” says thebook’s author,
JaimeLerner,whoemployed such small but
significant changes asmayor ofCuritiba,
Brazil, in the70s and80s, even leading
toaGlobal SustainableCityAward. So,
whilehismethodsmight notmake your
neighbour pipedown, theymight justmake
citiesmorepositiveplaces tobe.
02.
ASHORTGUIDE
TO
THISWINTER’S
HOTTESTDRINK
03.
HOWTO
HEALA
SICKCITY
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