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Februar y/March 202 2 XI MAGAZINE idea was to revive the books by giving them a second home and reopen the restaurant,” the team explained to Time Out New York , “After surviving this pandemic, we are all ready for a rebirth. https://anovelkitchen.com/ phil, Vienna FOOD AND BOOKS UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING A book for breakfast is a great idea. Especially if breakfast evolves over the course of the day to include wines and drinks. That’s what Christian Schädel, owner of phil, a bookshop with kitchen, café and bar in Vienna, thought. “I wanted to create a living room atmosphere, where books were always an integral part of the concept, along with great food and drinks, soft lighting and sofas to browse on: a home away from home”. The opening hours until late in the evening further broaden the audience of readers-customers-cum- guests. https://phil.business.site/ Boekhandel Dominicanen, Maastricht ACUTE ARCHES, WINDOWS AND LOCAL SOURCING In this bookshop created inside a Gothic cathedral, the focus is not on food but on the excellent produce - vegetables, honey, beers and wines - from the most gourmet (and southern) province of the Netherlands. You dine in the apse, and from here your gaze runs down the aisles where the shelves and tables full of books are lined up. The Name of the Rose immediately comes to mind as the stained- glass windows filter blades of light through the high ceilings. https://libris.nl/dominicanen Liccamuciula, Marzamemi (SR) BOOKS AS THERAPY AND OLD-FASHIONED SICILIAN COOKING The best Sicily moves between history and culture. After the restoration of the eighteenth-century Villadorata palace that houses it, this restaurant (tomato chutney, tuna “ghiotta” and Sicilian-style cheesecake with cannoli and pistachios are among the menu items) with a shop and “therapeutic bookshop” will reopen in spring. “We offer a thousand titles, with a selection of cookery books and one by Sicilian authors and publishers”, explains founder Barbara Fronterrè. “The books are arranged on shelves with indications of the conditions to be cured or strengthened: from lovesickness to second sight to melancholy”. https://www.liccamuciula.it/ Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, Dujiangyan “The most beautiful bookshop in the world” is located in China, where bookshops continue to be built, employing even the most famous (and daring) architects. This one in 2020 is by Shanghai-based studio X+Living. Imagine, just for a moment, sitting in the bar with a view of the shelves arranged on various floors, illuminated ad hoc and multiplied by the mirrored ceiling. The paradise of every Instagrammer, lover of books and art (Escher comes to mind, but also the “infinite bamboo forest” which inspired the designers). http://www.xl-muse.com/ AT PAGE 40-43 YOU KNOW WHAT’S NEW? Swine fever. Is there really anything to worry about? THAT ASF IS PRESENT IN ITALY IS A FACT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT