The kitchen is one of the most multifunctional spaces at home. We recommend you keep in mind the keys to maintain it tidy, organized and take advantage of your space in an optimal and original way. 1. Free the countertops and leave them clear 2. Properly store kitchen items 3. Have an organized pantry 4.…
As part of Food Safety Week (Sunday, June 7), the Silestone Institute talks about the new paradigm of Food Security. To get healthy, safe, and nutritious food we must introduce a new global concept of food that involves multiple factors. We face new challenges that directly influence our diet and that compromise our food security:…
At World Environment week the Silestone Institute offers advices to be more sustainable. The Silestone Institute offers 9 tips to be more sustainable in the kitchen. Environmental awareness conditions the use of the kitchen at all levels. June 5 is World Environment Day. The awareness for the sustainability of the planet has led a large…
Summer is coming and it is important organize the kitchen to prevent cross contamination. How to properly handle food Take care of your health in the kitchen With the imminent arrival of summer and the teaching that this pandemic left us, we must be aware of the importance of taking care of our health, therefore,…
Live talk at Cosentino City Live According to a popular saying “Where the sun and air enters, the doctor does not enter” Rita Gasalla, architect specialized in healthy architecture, has given a live speech on “Healthy kitchens in times of Covid19”, organized by the Silestone Institute at Cosentino City Live. During the session, the architect…
Global Kitchen study “The kitchen, the heart of the home” The kitchen space must be designed to help us improve our eating and cooking habits as well as taking care of our health We must consider how we can adapt our kitchen to current health and wellness needs. Barcelona, May 12, 2020.- Within the present…
Barcelona, May 5, 2020.- According to the Global Kitchen study, the kitchen is emerging as a multifunctional and hyperconnected space, in which smart home appliances will not only facilitate cooking but also the organization and purchase of food at home. Although the technological change of robot cooks, smart ovens, countertops where you can watch videos…
The kitchen, as the center of life at home, is the space that best reflects the social changes and transformations we are experiencing: it projects our ways of life, how we are, how we behave and how we evolve.” Global Kitchen Study Barcelona, April 28, 2020.- According to the Global Kitchen study, the kitchen…
Did you know that seasonal foods are healthier, cheaper and more organic? Although this spring we have to be in confinement, we want to take the opportunity to remember what seasonal foods we have within our reach and that will allow us to save on purchases and at the same time, enjoy cooking by preparing…
In Europe we waste about 200 kilos per person per year, and between all of us we have to try to avoid it. Let’s take advantage of these days of confinement to improve our recycling habits and care for the environment. The 3 “Rs” of ecology: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Reduce the consumption of products…