<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gastronomy culture & hospitality insights for those who love building around the table 🍝]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7ht!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d3a09fe-ad42-4522-914c-134e49f34240_746x746.png</url><title>Life Menu</title><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:57:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/abilombardi.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Abril]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[es]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[abilombardi@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[abilombardi@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[abilombardi@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[abilombardi@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[weekly menu #1: if you’re looking for motivation, start with the most basic things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Right in the thick of one of the biggest upheavals of my life, I found motivation in the last place I expected (along with a surprising talent for carrying furniture!).]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/weekly-menu-1-if-youre-looking-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/weekly-menu-1-if-youre-looking-for</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RKFu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca2ed783-6e7f-4fb9-9412-73c3ad64e223_2236x2981.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past two months I decided it was a good idea to move house. And yes, I say &#8220;decided&#8221; because I could have avoided it, because I had no idea what the process actually involved, and because some buried part of my subconscious had clocked that my life in Berlin needed a shake-up (even after two years of wrestling with German culture).</p><p>Moving house is this process that invades every single area of your life and puts its stamp on all of it. It reshapes your whole existence. And yet, something I discovered while hunting for my second home in Berlin (a city that, incidentally, still isn&#8217;t quite mine) is that it demanded far more than just the desire to decorate a flat. Moving demanded my full commitment, something I hadn&#8217;t actually given this city until now.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RKFu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca2ed783-6e7f-4fb9-9412-73c3ad64e223_2236x2981.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RKFu!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca2ed783-6e7f-4fb9-9412-73c3ad64e223_2236x2981.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RKFu!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, 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countries, but there&#8217;s one thing that genuinely intrigues me, and I only really discovered it once I was in the thick of jumping continents. I mention it because tons of follows with more experience flagged it to me. But it&#8217;s one thing to be told, and another to actually hear it&#8230;</p><p>In the first few months, and for some the first few years, you find yourself split in two. Split between <strong>cultures, expectations, languages, territories, even your own sense of presence</strong>. A fierce curiosity pushes you to explore this new place where there&#8217;s still so much of yourself left to discover, while a pull to go back, to reunite, to feel nostalgic, while it drags you towards whatever you called &#8220;home&#8221; for so long.</p><p><strong>You get to know somewhere new while missing somewhere else</strong>, every single day. And it&#8217;s in that back-and-forth, that constant tug-of-war between two opposing places, that you end up pulling away from the present, losing the motivation to take the next step, and &#8212; worse still &#8212; living more inside your head than in whatever is actually happening in front of you.</p><p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong: if you love your home, you&#8217;ll miss it forever. But there&#8217;s a part of it that, for melancholics like me (and plenty of Argentinians too, I&#8217;m sure), stays stuck in this almost toxic search for the past, for old history.</p><p>It doesn&#8217;t help.</p><p>Since I got back from Argentina in early July, I decided that if I wanted to return to Berlin and try to fall in love again with the city that drew me in so much a few years ago, something had to change. And maybe that something was one of the most basic things needed to live in peace: <strong>a home</strong>.</p><p>I&#8217;d spent far too many months looking at Argentina as though it were my ideal home, my next destination. But even if it might be that one day, it isn&#8217;t today. Looking at the present with the certainty that whatever&#8217;s happening is exactly what&#8217;s meant to be in your life right now quiets a lot of the <em>&#8220;what if&#8230;&#8221; and &#8220;what would it be like if I were in&#8230;&#8221; </em>anxieties.</p><p>Sometimes, when you stop treating the country that took you in as temporary, and start treating it as your &#8220;now&#8221;, the whole equation shifts, along with all those intrusive thoughts that can push you into impulsive decisions.</p><p>Even though in my heart Argentina will always be my little home, today my home is somewhere else, and it was time to actually turn it into one. Just as <strong>food, recipes and traditions</strong> were what stirred up my nostalgia and shaped my understanding of what &#8220;home&#8221; meant, now it&#8217;s my turn to build my own &#8212; and I&#8217;m dying to share it in this space that&#8217;s been with me through the whole process.</p><p>BY THE WAY&#8230; we&#8217;re now over 600 readers. You have no idea what it means to me to see these numbers and know that, through all this time of experience and learning (which I thought I was going through alone), there are so many of you on the other side sharing, empathising, and even seeing yourselves in the same little curiosities that keep me up at night. Thank you to everyone reading this!!!!! You&#8217;re all wonderful.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sqJQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94d08b4d-8d6a-489b-bcf6-a42970e8905a_886x551.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sqJQ!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94d08b4d-8d6a-489b-bcf6-a42970e8905a_886x551.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sqJQ!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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plate</strong></h2><p>Don&#8217;t get too excited, I still need a bit of practice before I properly get going with recipes, though they&#8217;re on their way. But in these weeks of chaos and precious little time to actually enjoy anything, I&#8217;ve been having a very intense relationship with eggs, in every shape and form. As I served them up this morning on one of the plates I bought for my new kitchen, I found myself thinking: <em>how much does plating actually matter when you cook?</em></p><p>Colour moves you, colour stimulates you, it happens with food, it happens with how you decorate your home. And luckily, I love both. Whether it&#8217;s down to the recipe or the plate you&#8217;ve used, the image that greets you when you sit down at the table matters. And no, haters, it&#8217;s not about the photo, it&#8217;s about the sheer pleasure of enjoying a dish that, even if it&#8217;s lacking in flavour or freshness, still looks back at you looking gorgeous.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pvFO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae4802da-c267-40e5-a648-4d44059716ad_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pvFO!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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For me, it&#8217;s visually. Colour is the key to success, in everything you do. Mark my words!</p><h2><strong>an ingredient</strong></h2><p>Mustard seeds.</p><p>During one of those little luxury splurges that turn up halfway through the month in the posh supermarkets, we picked up a gourmet mustard. It transformed our salads. It&#8217;s not just the strong, almost sharp flavour of the mustard itself &#8212; the seeds also give you that bit of crunch that&#8217;s often missing from a dish full of ingredients with not much personality of their own (be it the chicken, the leafy greens, or that whole family).</p><p>Here in Berlin, <a href="https://www.arisberlin.com/">Ari&#8217;s does a Caesar</a> loaded with mustard seeds, and it&#8217;s exactly the touch you need to cut through the usual heaviness of that salad.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yAdb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3e16cf3-ccfd-41bf-936a-7566aaaaa351_387x516.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yAdb!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, 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But in one of those inertia-driven dives into the app, I came across an interview with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/garancedore/">Garance Dor&#233;</a>, a French blogger I used to follow ages ago but quickly grew tired of her constant stream of content. There are some people you should only consume by choice&#8230;</p><p>Even so, she shared an exercise that, as a writer, genuinely helped me unlock some creativity, or at least some consistency, in my own writing practice.</p><p>Write for one hour a day. No more, no less. As I write this newsletter, it actually calms me to know that in 15 minutes I have to stop, because there are other things I&#8217;ll regret not having done by the end of the day.</p><p>Somewhere between guilt and low productivity, an exercise like this &#8212; whatever your hobby happens to be &#8212; can make a real difference, especially for a perfectionist mind that refuses to call anything finished until it looks flawless.</p><p>Perfect only exists in your head, love, so put together a schedule that actually makes sense, and move on! 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And as much as I hate to admit I&#8217;m just following the crowd, I have to confess this album calms me right down. Those slow, smooth melodies, brushing right up against sensuality, manage to focus me every single time I put it on.</p><h2><strong>a restaurant</strong></h2><p>A week ago, right in the middle of moving-house chaos, I interviewed the couple behind <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikrokosmosberlin/">Mikrokosmos, Berlin</a>. 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soon.</p><h2>on the radar</h2><ul><li><p>If you&#8217;re planning a trip to Berlin, or you already live here, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thenextdayberlin/">The Next Day</a> has all the key dates for cultural and artistic events in the city. Last week we started covering food too, so you can now <a href="/__u/thenextday.substack.com/p/the-next-day-165-berlin-weekend-guide">find my Berlin reviews</a> with them weekly, over on <em><strong>The Next Table by Abi Lombardi</strong></em>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elclavao.madrid/">El Clavao has opened in Carabanchel</a>, Madrid. One of the first clients who hired us as a branding and communications team opened its doors last month, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Db3CqD3MecU/">they&#8217;re absolutely on fire</a>. A couple who spent months working with Life Menu to build a brand that truly represented them and aligned with their passions. 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Drop us an email at <a href="mailto:hola.abiroad@gmail.com">hola.abiroad@gmail.com</a> and let&#8217;s have a chat!</p></li><li><p>Interested in hiring our team for your <strong>branding and communications</strong>? <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_BrIeEO4HOAIGZC2P1kq2zUlNxjHzg6baFO5PTneTAbMx9Q/viewform">Fill out our form</a> and we&#8217;ll be in touch.</p></li></ul><p>xoxo </p><p>Abi</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[menu semanal #1: si querés motivación, empezá por lo más básico]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entre uno de los caos m&#225;s grandes de toda mi vida, descubr&#237; motivaci&#243;n donde menos lo esperaba (y una gran capacidad f&#237;sica para cargar muebles!).]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/menu-semanal-1-si-queres-motivacion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/menu-semanal-1-si-queres-motivacion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4tTI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd014e60-fd56-4a07-89c8-e473f27c5e85_2236x2981.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Durante los &#250;ltimos dos meses decid&#237; que era una buena idea mudarme. Y s&#237;, digo "decid&#237;" porque podr&#237;a haberlo evitado, porque no sab&#237;a el proceso que me esperaba, y porque en alguna rec&#243;ndita parte de mi inconsciente not&#233; que mi vida en Berl&#237;n necesitaba un cambio (aunque ya van dos a&#241;os de lucha con la cultura germ&#225;nica).</p><p>Mudarte implica este proceso multi-invasivo en todas las &#225;reas de tu vida, que te condiciona, en todo. Mudarte condiciona tu existencia entera. Sin embargo, algo que descubr&#237;, mientras buscaba mi segundo hogar en Berl&#237;n (ciudad que, dicho sea de paso, no es la propia) es que me requer&#237;a mucho m&#225;s que las ganas de decorar una casa. 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que despierta mi curiosidad, y que descubr&#237; reci&#233;n en el proceso de saltar de continente. Y menciono esto porque la mayor&#237;a de los siguientes acontecimientos los mencionaron aquellos experimentados, pero fue dif&#237;cil escucharlos).</p><p>Durante los primeros meses, y en algunos casos a&#241;os, uno se encuentra dividido. Dividido en cultura, en expectativas, en lenguas, en territorio y hasta en presencia. Una ferviente curiosidad te impulsa a descubrir un lugar nuevo en el que a&#250;n cont&#225;s con mucho terreno para descubrirte, mientras que una ilusi&#243;n de volver, de reencuentro, de nostalgia, te lleva a aquello que llamaste &#8220;casa&#8221; por tanto tiempo. </p><p>Conoc&#233;s mientras extra&#241;&#225;s, todos los d&#237;as. Y es en ese vaiv&#233;n, esa bipolaridad constante de motivaciones para lugares opuestos, que te retra&#233;s del presente, te desmotiv&#225;s para dar el siguiente paso, y peor a&#250;n, viv&#237;s m&#225;s en tu cabeza que en aquello que te acontece justo en frente de tus ojos.</p><p>No me malinterpreten: si am&#225;s tu casa, la extra&#241;&#225;s por siempre. Pero hay una parte que, para algunos melanc&#243;licos como yo (y muchos argentinos, seguro), permanece en esa b&#250;squeda casi t&#243;xica de pasado, de historia.</p><p>No ayuda.</p><p>Desde que volv&#237; de Argentina a principios de julio, decid&#237; que para volver a Berl&#237;n e intentar enamorarme devuelta de aquella ciudad que me atrajo tanto unos a&#241;os atr&#225;s, ten&#237;a que cambiar algo. Y quiz&#225;s ese algo ser&#237;a una de las cosas m&#225;s b&#225;sicas para vivir en paz: mi hogar.</p><p>Hab&#237;a pasado demasiados meses mirando Argentina con cara de ese hogar ideal, Pr&#243;ximo destino. Pero aunque pueda serlo alg&#250;n d&#237;a, hoy no lo es. Mirar el presente con seguridad de que aquello que acontece es lo que tiene que estar en tu vida hoy, calma muchas ansiedades del <em>&#8220;qu&#233; pasar&#237;a si&#8230;&#8221;, &#8220;c&#243;mo estar&#237;a si estuviera en&#8230;&#8221; </em>y dem&#225;s.</p><p>A veces, dejar de mirar al pa&#237;s que te recibi&#243; como temporal, y ponerle cara de &#8220;presente&#8221; cambia toda la ecuaci&#243;n, y los pensamientos intrusivos que pueden hacerte tomar decisiones impulsivas, claro. </p><p>Aunque en mi coraz&#243;n Argentina siempre sea mi casita, hoy mi casa es otra, y era hora de convertirla en hogar. As&#237; como fue la comida, las recetas, las tradiciones, aquellas experiencias que despertaron mi nostalgia y mi entendimiento de lo que era un hogar, hoy toca armar el mio, y muero por compartirlo en este espacio que tanto me acompa&#241;&#243; en el proceso.</p><p>POR CIERTO&#8230; ya somos <strong>m&#225;s de 600 lectores</strong>. No saben lo que significa para m&#237; ver estos n&#250;meros y saber que en este tiempo de tanta experiencia y aprendizaje (que cre&#237; hac&#237;a sola), hay tantos del otro lado compartiendo, empatizando, y hasta reflej&#225;ndose en las curiosidades que me inquietan. &#161;Gracias a todos los que est&#225;n del otro lado!!!!! Son hermos&#237;simos.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T-iM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa69145b2-312b-4672-9278-fdf4de56d420_886x551.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T-iM!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa69145b2-312b-4672-9278-fdf4de56d420_886x551.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T-iM!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T-iM!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa69145b2-312b-4672-9278-fdf4de56d420_886x551.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 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plato</h2><p>No se ilusionen, a&#250;n necesito un poco de pr&#225;ctica para comenzar con las recetas, aunque est&#225;n viniendo. Pero, en estas semanas de caos y tiempos cortos para el disfrute, mantuve una relaci&#243;n muy intensa con los huevos, en todos sus formatos. Mientras los serv&#237;a esta ma&#241;ana en uno de los platos que compr&#233; para mi nueva cocina, pensaba: <em>&#191;cu&#225;nto influye el emplatado de la comida cuando cocin&#225;s? </em> </p><p>El color mueve, el color estimula, pasa con la comida, pasa con la decoraci&#243;n de la casa. Y por suerte, ambas me encantan. Ya sea por la receta o por el plato que usaste, la imagen que te recibe al sentarte a la mesa importa. Y no haters, no lo hacemos por la foto, lo hacemos por el placer de disfrutar un plato que aunque carece de sabores y frescura, nos mira con cara de bonito.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BWwX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5304a60c-9838-42c2-b1fa-abf3b5c7e96b_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BWwX!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5304a60c-9838-42c2-b1fa-abf3b5c7e96b_3024x4032.heic 424w, 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El color es la clave del &#233;xito, para todo lo que hagas.</p><h2>un ingrediente</h2><p>Semillas de mostaza. </p><p>En una de esas compras lujosas que aparecen a medio mes en los supermercados de productos de calidad, compramos una <em>mostaza gourmet</em>. Nos cambi&#243; las ensaladas. No solo cuenta con el sabor fuerte, casi &#225;cido de la mostaza, sino que las semillas le dan el toque de crocancia que puede faltar en un plato con ingredientes con poca personalidad (sean ellos el pollo, los verdes, y esa familia)</p><p>En Berl&#237;n, <a href="https://www.arisberlin.com/">Ari&#8217;s tiene una </a><em><a href="https://www.arisberlin.com/">Ceasar</a> </em>llena de semillas de mostaza y le da el toque perfecto para salir de la densidad t&#237;pica de esta ensalada.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1k7b!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec6d733f-b654-4d5b-b6e7-47ec94d0d46c_387x516.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1k7b!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, 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Pero en una de esas entradas por inercia en la app, encontr&#233; una entrevista con <a href="https://www.instagram.com/garancedore/">Garance Dor&#233;</a>, una blogger francesa que supe seguir hace mucho tiempo pero r&#225;pidamente me cans&#233; de su comunicaci&#243;n continua. Hay algunos personajes que debemos consumir solo por elecci&#243;n&#8230; </p><p>Sin embargo, ella comparte un ejercicio que como escritora, me sirvi&#243; para desbloquear la creatividad o falta de constancia en el ejercicio. </p><p><strong>Escribir una hora al d&#237;a</strong>, no mas, no menos. Mientras escribo este newsletter me calma pensar que en 15&#8217; tengo que frenar porque tengo otras tareas, que me arrepentir&#237;a de no haber hecho al final del d&#237;a. </p><p>Entre la culpa y la poco productividad, un ejercicio as&#237; con cualquiera sea tu hobby, puede hacer la gran diferencia, sobretodo para una mente perfeccionista que no quiere dar nada por finalizado hasta que se vea perfecto.</p><p>Lo perfecto est&#225; solo en tu cabeza amor, as&#237; que arma una agenda coherente, &amp; move on! 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Pero aunque me cueste reconocer que persigo lo que todos hacen, debo confesar que este album me calma. Sus melod&#237;as pausadas, suaves, que rozan la sensualidad, logran enfocarme cada vez que lo oigo.</p><h2>un restaurant </h2><p>Una semana atr&#225;s, entre medio del caos de mudanza, entrevist&#233; a la pareja detr&#225;s de <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikrokosmosberlin/">Mikrokosmos, Berlin</a>. 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</h2><ul><li><p>Si ten&#233;s pensado venir a Berlin, o viv&#237;s ac&#225;, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thenextdayberlin/">The Next Day</a> tiene todas las fechas importantes para eventos culturales y art&#237;sticos en la ciudad. La semana pasada empezamos a cubrir gastro tambi&#233;n, as&#237; que podr&#225;n <a href="/__u/thenextday.substack.com/p/the-next-day-165-berlin-weekend-guide">encontrar mis reviews en Berlin</a> semanalmente con ellos ahora en <strong>The Next Table by Abi Lombardi</strong>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elclavao.madrid/">Abri&#243; El Clavao en Carabanchel</a>, Madrid. Uno de los primeros clientes que nos contrataron como equipo de Branding y Comunicaci&#243;n abri&#243; sus puertas el mes pasado y <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Db3CqD3MecU/">est&#225;n on fire</a>. Una pareja que busc&#243; durante meses, junto con Life Menu, desarrollar una marca que los representara y alineara con sus pasiones. 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Tampoco un buen asado.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lo que el Mundial nos recuerda sobre el sentido de pertenencia.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/no-hace-falta-traducir-un-gol-tampoco</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/no-hace-falta-traducir-un-gol-tampoco</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:42:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!N-pY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0ff054b-8e1c-4481-864b-ae36d32d9342_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>En la euforia de esta semana, viendo a la selecci&#243;n argentina clasificar a cuartos de final del Mundial 2026, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sm_ISPCxJI">tres goles en el arco de Egipto</a> en apenas trece minutos, una demostraci&#243;n casi obscena de nuestra potencia, volv&#237; a sentir ese pecho ansioso que tan fervientemente sent&#237; en aquel Diciembre de 2022.</p><p>En su momento, asoci&#233; esa ansiedad incontrolable, la de poder saltar cantando la misma canci&#243;n durante ocho horas seguidas, a un acto de sorpresa: la alegr&#237;a completa de presenciar, por primera vez en mi vida, a mi pa&#237;s del alma proclamado campe&#243;n del mundo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!N-pY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0ff054b-8e1c-4481-864b-ae36d32d9342_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!N-pY!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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mundial, los argentinos hab&#237;amos descubierto algo. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ntUYg4PJYGs">Nuestros videos saltando en el Obelisco</a>, esperando a la selecci&#243;n con m&#225;s de diez kil&#243;metros de gente agolpada en la calle, los cantos hasta tarde, los mil abrazos y sonrisas que gener&#243; el triunfo, nos hicieron notar que nuestra forma de vivir (y de sentir, pero no quiero ponerme tan cursi), era <strong>&#250;nica y desmedidamente pasional</strong> para el resto del mundo. </p><p>Ante la mirada de otros pa&#237;ses, ser&#237;amos los dementes que <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPGN7NeEYyc">se colgaron de la parada de colectivos</a> para festejar a Messi, los desubicados que cortaron las calles por m&#225;s de un fin de semana. Pero bajo nuestra l&#243;gica <em>argenta</em>, esto fue la representaci&#243;n m&#225;s clara de la pasi&#243;n que nos genera nuestro pa&#237;s. Y hace mucho no lo sent&#237;amos tan fervientemente.</p><p>(les dejo <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPGN7NeEYyc">esta joyita</a> para que entiendan a lo que me refiero)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPGN7NeEYyc" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7k6!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F607cee6d-7008-44ae-9f62-da81248d189a_622x755.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u7k6!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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diferencias que tenemos por naturaleza, <strong>nos uni&#243; a todos en un mismo abrazo</strong>.</p><p>Despu&#233;s de esta &#233;poca de festejos, Argentina hab&#237;a cerrado un ciclo para m&#237;, y decid&#237; irme a Berl&#237;n. Entre los mil desaf&#237;os que implicaba convertirnme en inmigrante despu&#233;s de los varios meses de euforia nacionalista, me olvid&#233; casi por completo de lo que hab&#237;a vivido. </p><h3>Las memorias implicitas</h3><p><em><strong>Nada te vuelve m&#225;s nacionalista como irte de tu pa&#237;s</strong>. </em>En estos a&#241;os fuera de Argentina, escuch&#233; varias veces esta frase. Y hoy, puedo confirmarlo. </p><p>Los meses pasaban desde Berl&#237;n, y algo que hasta entonces nunca hab&#237;a visto, comenz&#243; a salirme de lo m&#225;s profundo. Una personalidad muy<em> argenta</em>. Caradura, birrera y futbolera. En casa era una m&#225;s, pero lejos era la argentina. Ten&#237;a l&#243;gica para aquellos que nos estereotipan que mi comportamiento fuera as&#237;. Mientras yo sorprendida, no pod&#237;a creer la alegr&#237;a que me generaba ver un paquete de yerba, o a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAk-l1VHzBw&amp;list=RDEAk-l1VHzBw&amp;start_radio=1">Rodrigo sonando de fondo</a> en una helader&#237;a.</p><p>En ese descubrimiento de latinidad apasionada, encontr&#233; la comida, mi forma m&#225;s fuerte de memoria. Espacios en donde me hicieron sentir en casa, platos que me recordaron a mi abuela los domingos, y procesos de cocina, que aunque lejos estuvieran de la alta cocina, me recordaban una parte de mi que hab&#237;a dejado a kil&#243;metros, y no sab&#237;a si la volver&#237;a a encontrar. </p><p><strong>Quiz&#225;s los sabores, ten&#237;an m&#225;s cosas en com&#250;n con el futbol de lo que pensaba. </strong></p><p>Cuando estaba en casa, todos los lugares que visitaba hac&#237;an sentido, porque cargaban memorias, festejos, conexi&#243;n cultural, entendimiento de un menu, y hasta v&#237;nculos con los equipos a cargo. Pero lejos, nada de esto ser&#237;a una obviedad, y encontrar esos lugares con sabor a hogar ser&#237;a indispensable para sentirme parte. </p><h3>C&#243;mo encuentro esa pertenencia</h3><p>El Mundial volvi&#243;, cuatro a&#241;os despu&#233;s de esa locura inigualable, desde Berl&#237;n empec&#233; a notar que mis gritos descontrolados por Argentina, desde la otra punta del mundo, ya no son moneda com&#250;n. Mientras parada en una banqueta, revoleo mi buzo en la mano derecha como si todav&#237;a fuera Diciembre de 2022, el contexto me muestra que hoy, no todos est&#225;n cargando picaditas y cerveza en sus manos, dos horas antes de que juegue la selecci&#243;n. Hoy, no estamos tan cerca de casa. </p><p>Pero hay algo, que sin importar la distancia, es indiscutible. Algo que despu&#233;s de ese evento victorioso, la mayor&#237;a de los argentinos aprendimos y nadie nos podr&#225; quitar. Y es aquella sensaci&#243;n de que hay un lugar en el mundo, uno solo, en el que me entienden. Un terreno donde mis pasiones no son un exceso sino la l&#243;gica de un humano promedio. En d&#243;nde los abrazos regalados no son demasiado, y el compartir <a href="https://share.google/EFn2sAzX2QyhbHfXt">un viajero</a> entre desconocidos, es obligatorio. Y que, desde cualquier parte del mundo, con quien sea que est&#233;, voy a ver la celeste y blanca y voy a sentir exactamente lo mismo: orgullo de venir de donde vengo.</p><p>Gustave Le Bon, mucho tiempo atr&#225;s, describi&#243; estos fen&#243;menos que ocurren espor&#225;dicamente en la historia. El individuo dentro de una multitud pierde buena parte de su juicio racional individual y se funde en <strong>una especie de "mente colectiva"</strong>: el anonimato baja las inhibiciones, las emociones se contagian de persona a persona a una velocidad enorme, y terminamos haciendo, cantando, llorando, abrazando desconocidos, cosas que jam&#225;s har&#237;amos solos en la calle. </p><p>Pero esa efervescencia no aparece de la nada: necesita un lugar que la convoque. El bar que decide poner una pantalla y abrir aunque sea tarde, el restaurante que arma un men&#250; especial para la fecha, la esquina que de pronto se llena de gente con la misma camiseta. Ese trabajo, el de dise&#241;ar, a prop&#243;sito, el espacio donde la pertenencia tiene d&#243;nde pasar, es exactamente <strong>lo que hace quien construye hospitalidad todos los d&#237;as</strong>, Mundial de por medio o no.</p><p>Una emoci&#243;n compartida que surge cuando un grupo grande se re&#250;ne alrededor de un mismo s&#237;mbolo, una religi&#243;n, una bandera, una selecci&#243;n, y que, lejos de ser solo descontrol, termina reforzando los lazos, la identidad del grupo, y la pertenencia. </p><p>En resumen, nos hacen sentir en casa, aunque lejos de ella estemos.</p><h2>La misma pasi&#243;n en distintos idiomas</h2><p>No todas las culturas manejan esta intensidad con los suyos. <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/sports/world-cup-2026/a-new-american-soccer-culture-is-emerging">Leyendo </a><em><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/sports/world-cup-2026/a-new-american-soccer-culture-is-emerging">The New Yorker</a></em><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/sports/world-cup-2026/a-new-american-soccer-culture-is-emerging"> esta semana</a>, el periodista describe algo que a los argentinos, y probablemente a los latinos en general, nos cuesta imaginar porque lo tenemos incorporado desde siempre: <strong>una cultura futbolera que reci&#233;n se est&#225; inventando</strong>.</p><p>Mientras hinchadas como la brasilera, colombiana ya tienen un repertorio heredado de c&#225;nticos, colores y rituales, Estados Unidos todav&#237;a est&#225; buscando la suya, y pasa de un gen&#233;rico canto de &#8220;U.S.A.! U.S.A.!&#8221; a experimentos improvisados que demuestran poco acto colectivo hacia el aliento norteamericano. </p><p>Una traducci&#243;n cultural, que hoy la vemos evidenciada en el futbol, pero ma&#241;ana esta reflejada en las mesas, las reuniones y la comida que se sirve en cualquier evento. La comida, como el c&#225;ntico, es otra forma de decir &#8220;esta es lo nuestro&#8221; sin necesidad de explicarlo.</p><p>La pasi&#243;n que despierta el Mundial es universal, pero el c&#243;digo con el que cada cultura la traduce es absolutamente local. Nosotros heredamos un idioma ya escrito, el mismo que cantaba mi abuela y que va a cantar mi sobrino. Mientras que hay otros que reci&#233;n est&#225;n escribiendo el suyo. </p><h2>Festejar siempre</h2><p>Esta misma emoci&#243;n que me despierta comerme un chorip&#225;n en <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/u5zFFWySAStzbXY39">Warschauer Stra&#223;e</a> (cl&#225;sico spot berlin&#233;s), tomar un fernet en un bar que pens&#233; que ofrecer&#237;a poco, o una helader&#237;a con paquetes de yerba, es la misma que sent&#237; el martes pasado. La de un argentino que persevera (y hasta se encapricha) con lograrlo todo. Que pelea hasta el &#250;ltimo momento sin bajar los brazos. </p><p>Ni&#241;os inspirados por un equipo, inmigrantes saltando en el resto del mundo, brujas activando sus conjuros, y alg&#250;n que otro card&#237;aco cuidando su presi&#243;n alta. Todo eso es mucho m&#225;s que un partido ganado.</p><p>Es la misma lucha que peleamos los que estamos lejos de casa. Los que nos ponemos la 10 para sacar adelante proyectos con poco presupuesto y mucha pasi&#243;n, los que igual nos arriesgamos a lo que nos da miedo, aunque nadie nos lo pida y nadie nos garantice el resultado. Porque parece que esto nos define como naci&#243;n: <strong>la costumbre de jug&#225;rnosla enteros</strong>, aunque duela, aunque se pueda perder todo en el intento. Y ese tipo de entrega, te prometo que no se encuentra en cualquier lado. </p><p><span>Al final, no hace falta traducir un gol, como no hace falta traducir un buen asado. Amos se sienten y dicen exactamente lo mismo, sea el idioma que sea, y es que ac&#225; hay un lugar para vos.</span></p><p></p><p><span>Vamos Argentina!! &#129653;&#129653; Saludos a todos lo que est&#225;n lejos de casa viviendo esto, y aquellos que no, disfruten tambi&#233;n!</span></p><p><span>-Abi</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sé lo que hago, no sé por qué]]></title><description><![CDATA[La crisis de todas las opciones posibles.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/se-lo-que-hago-no-se-por-que</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/se-lo-que-hago-no-se-por-que</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:37:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3F8_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd6cf837-335e-4505-880b-907eefc1fc0a_814x1040.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hay una narrativa que te acompa&#241;a desde antes que recuerdes tener memoria. </p><p>No me refiero a aquella que present&#225;s en una entrevista, ni la que le cont&#225;s a alguien nuevo en una primera cita. Esta la conocemos de memoria, y hasta nos agota escucharla al venderse frente a alguien que a&#250;n, no nos conoce. </p><p>Yo me refiero a aquella que opera en voz baja, la que confirma tus intuiciones, o te dice <em>yo te lo dije</em> cuando algo sale mal y no reaccionaste a tiempo. La que ordena el sentido de tus decisiones antes de que las razones lleguen, solo por sentimiento. </p><p>Me gusta llamarla <strong>la narrativa de uno mismo</strong>, y dice mucho m&#225;s sobre vos que todas las historias que te contaron los de alrededor. La reacci&#243;n de tu mam&#225; cuando le compart&#237;s tu rumbo nuevo, el colega que opina sobre tus elecciones, la emprendedora que apareci&#243; hoy en tu feed asegurando que su vida cambi&#243; desde que apost&#243; por s&#237; misma. Esas<strong> son historias reales, pero no son la tuya</strong> y la pregunta es <strong>cu&#225;l es la narraci&#243;n que eleg&#237;s creer cuando te pens&#225;s</strong>.</p><p>Desde que estoy con estos temas, me met&#237; a curiosear en el mundo de <strong>la palabra </strong><em><strong>ser</strong></em>. Aparece en casi todo lo que expresamos y o&#237;mos: <em>hago esto porque <strong>soy as&#237;</strong></em>, <em>como <strong>soy as&#237; </strong>voy a tomar esta decisi&#243;n</em>, <em>me critic&#225;s pero es que <strong>soy as&#237;</strong></em>. Una palabra que parece decirlo todo pero que al final del d&#237;a, te reduce, con la ilusi&#243;n de que justificaste tus acciones solo por poner en palabras una raz&#243;n, a mi parecer, poco fundamentada.</p><p>Y lo curioso no viene por su uso. Nos encanta hablar de nosotros mismos, eso no me sorprende, sino <strong>el origen de esas definiciones</strong>. &#191;Sos desordenada porque lo eleg&#237;s o porque alguien te lo dijo toda la vida y encontraste espacio para habitarlo? <strong>&#191;Cu&#225;nto de lo que </strong><em><strong>sos</strong></em><strong> te pertenece realmente, y cu&#225;nto es una historia que otros empezaron a contar antes de que pudieras elegir la tuya?</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3F8_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd6cf837-335e-4505-880b-907eefc1fc0a_814x1040.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3F8_!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>La mente es muy astuta en este juego. Te presenta creencias a las que llama &#8220;propias&#8221; y que quiz&#225;s nunca formulaste, te da <strong>certezas que en realidad son herencias</strong>. Pero cuando empez&#225;s a mirar hacia adentro, a distinguir lo que te dijeron de lo que te pertenece, lo que eras de lo que quer&#233;s ser, algo se mueve. Porque la vida que imagin&#225;s para adelante puede estar completamente condicionada por las palabras que eleg&#237;s para contarte tu historia hoy.</p><p>Durante diez a&#241;os tuve una certeza: comunicar. Era mi respuesta a la pregunta inc&#243;moda de <em>a qu&#233; te dedic&#225;s</em>, o <em>que quer&#233;s hacer</em>. El hilo que ordenaba lo dem&#225;s, la direcci&#243;n que no cuestion&#233; porque funcionaba y porque todos me la creyeron. No hay nada m&#225;s convincente que alguien que parece saber lo que quiere, y al parecer, yo fui cre&#237;ble e incuestionable. </p><p>Hasta que en una reuni&#243;n reciente, un colega con dos d&#233;cadas m&#225;s de recorrido me hizo la pregunta m&#225;s simple del mundo: <em>&#191;por qu&#233;?</em> Por qu&#233; este camino y no otro. De d&#243;nde sale ese deseo de comunicar y hacia d&#243;nde va. Empec&#233; a incomodarme. Sigui&#243; con preguntas m&#225;s simples a&#250;n, como qu&#233; quiero hacer hoy y dem&#225;s, que al leer puede sonar obvio, pero ante todas, <strong>mi respuesta fue la misma: silencio</strong>.</p><p>Durante a&#241;os, hab&#237;a estado corriendo con una respuesta, ventil&#225;ndola por todos lados, pero jam&#225;s hab&#237;a formulado la pregunta. <strong>Sab&#237;a qu&#233; hac&#237;a, pero no por qu&#233;</strong>. Entender las razones por las que tomo y tomar&#233; cada decision pr&#243;xima era todo lo que necesitaba para encontrar esa paz y coherencia que hace mucho no sent&#237;a. </p><p>Junto con este hilo flojo, apareci&#243; algo que no esperaba: <strong>el vac&#237;o de darme cuenta que a&#250;n no lo sab&#237;a</strong>.</p><h2>Las realidades que no te pertenecen</h2><p>M&#225;s all&#225; de la claridad que comenc&#233; a sentir al entender de d&#243;nde ven&#237;a el problema, me relaj&#243; ver contextualmente lo que sucede. Una parte de m&#237;, sabe que puede hablar de estos t&#243;picos y ser entendida por los millones que nos encontramos diariamente, en ese mar de est&#237;mulos que no nos pertenecen. </p><p>Aquel colega que me hizo las preguntas, tambi&#233;n sigui&#243; con unas criticas que creo, representan el problema que enfrentamos muchos hoy. </p><p>Nuestra generaci&#243;n (y por &#8220;nuestra&#8221; me refiero a la Z en adelante), tiene <strong>mucha energ&#237;a, mucha ambici&#243;n, pero poco anclaje</strong>. Queremos hacerlo todo, el mundo nos demuestra que podemos hacerlo todo, y desde el sill&#243;n de casa. Abrimos miles de ventanas al mismo tiempo porque podemos saltar de casilla de mensajes, a compras online, de tareas de un cliente, a la compra de toallas nuevas, o del pedido online del supermercado a los pasajes para ir a Brasil en vacaciones, todo en el transcurso de 10 minutos (y estoy siendo generosa). El d&#237;a a d&#237;a nos comprueba que podemos hacerlo todo al mismo tiempo, pero despu&#233;s nos frustramos porque nos cuesta comprometernos con algo espec&#237;fico. &#191;Qu&#233; esperabas?</p><p>No lo refut&#233;. Ten&#237;a raz&#243;n.</p><p>Pero ante ver semejante panorama y tener tanta necesidad de respuesta, no me qued&#243; otra que empezar a indagar. Quedarme sin una respuesta honesta no era una opci&#243;n que me dejara avanzar tranquila.</p><h2>El mundo detr&#225;s de la curiosidad</h2><p>Tras la b&#250;squeda, lo primero que encontr&#233; fue un patr&#243;n. </p><p>Hace poco le&#237; un <a href="/__u/fugitivemargins.substack.com/p/the-end-of-elsewhere?utm_source=substackpost&amp;utm_medium=email">an&#225;lisis sobre los cambios en el turismo</a> y el consumo de contenido. Uno de los t&#243;picos que mencionan influyente para los modos de viajar, es la muerte de Anthony Bourdain, porque con ella, muri&#243; tambi&#233;n una forma particular de descubrir el mundo. Bourdain era uno de los &#250;ltimos personajes que pod&#237;a llevarte a un lugar que no conoc&#237;as y hacerte sentir que estabas ah&#237;, porque &#233;l mismo estaba descubriendo en vivo mientras te mostraba. Hab&#237;a una curiosidad genuina operando, y eso se transmit&#237;a.</p><p>Hoy podemos acceder a cualquier parte del mundo en segundos. Tipear, buscar, pedirle a una IA que nos genere caminando por las calles de Tokio. Y en ese acceso instant&#225;neo, <strong>creemos que entendemos</strong>, o peor a&#250;n, <strong>creemos que conocemos</strong>. Creemos que sabemos c&#243;mo se sentir&#237;a estar ah&#237;, que podemos conectar con el deseo de movernos f&#237;sicamente hacia otro lugar, cuando en realidad lo que hicimos fue consumir una representaci&#243;n. Y esa representaci&#243;n, no te transforma ni te revela nada nuevo.</p><p>Not&#233; muy claro este patr&#243;n al analizar lo que me generaba concretar una propuesta de viaje que nunca antes hab&#237;a considerado. Un cliente me pidi&#243; que viajara para comenzar con el contenido y la direcci&#243;n creativa y mi primera reacci&#243;n no fue curiosidad sino una evaluaci&#243;n r&#225;pida basada en todo lo que ya hab&#237;a visto sobre ese lugar en pantallas, previniendo como ser&#237;a el viaje y c&#243;mo deb&#237;a comportarme. Como si ya lo conociera, como si ya hubiera estado. <strong>Hab&#237;a reemplazado la experiencia real con el consumo de su imagen</strong>, y ni me hab&#237;a dado cuenta.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iN9D!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffac7eec8-b67a-4bd1-9b55-b2e622339a95_3024x4032.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iN9D!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffac7eec8-b67a-4bd1-9b55-b2e622339a95_3024x4032.jpeg 424w, 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Es la disposici&#243;n a no saber todav&#237;a, a ir hacia algo sin tener la respuesta preparada de antemano porque el proceso mismo de descubrirlo te entretiene. Y esa disposici&#243;n se ejercita, como cualquier m&#250;sculo.</p><p>El cerebro necesita est&#237;mulo real para mantenerse pensando con criterio y capacidad de resoluci&#243;n. Aislarte y procesar todo desde la misma silla, con los mismos est&#237;mulos, en el mismo formato, es reduccionista no solo para tus habilidades sociales sino para tu forma de pensar. <strong>Te entrena para consumir, no para crear</strong>. Para reaccionar, no para decidir.</p><p>Y ac&#225; es donde el diagn&#243;stico se vuelve m&#225;s inc&#243;modo, porque no es pasivo: lo elegimos.</p><p>&#191;Cu&#225;ntas veces viste algo y autom&#225;ticamente construiste el posteo imaginario antes de terminar de vivirlo? &#191;Cu&#225;ntas veces hiciste algo porque a alguien m&#225;s le funcion&#243;? &#191;Cu&#225;nto retuviste de todo lo que consumiste esta ma&#241;ana? &#191;Cu&#225;ntas situaciones ajenas procesaste sin haberlas buscado?</p><p>Sin darte cuenta, empez&#225;s a pensar a trav&#233;s de todos esos est&#237;mulos. Tu criterio se va formando, o deformando, en funci&#243;n de lo que consum&#237;s diariamente. Y digo esto sin culpa porque <strong>es un diagn&#243;stico, no una condena</strong>. La mayor&#237;a de estas din&#225;micas operan por debajo del radar, y precisamente por eso merecen mirarse.</p><p>Esta es solo una de las razones por las que cuesta tanto llegar a las preguntas de fondo. Hay muchas m&#225;s, tan v&#225;lidas y complejas como esta, que un solo art&#237;culo no puede abarcar. Pero entender que el ruido externo condiciona la claridad interna fue, para m&#237;, el primer paso necesario antes de empezar a tener respuestas.</p><p>Por eso, sin pelos en la lengua te pregunto, <strong>&#191;est&#225;s seguro que quer&#233;s que tus nietos te recuerden por las historias que sub&#237;as? </strong>Todo lo que hoy hagas por vos, va a determinar esto.</p><h2>La educaci&#243;n no te ayud&#243; a verlo</h2><p>El ruido, la reacci&#243;n autom&#225;tica, el tiempo que parece infinito y las preguntas que igual aparecen, tiene un denominador com&#250;n. <strong>Es un problema de formaci&#243;n</strong>. Nadie nos ense&#241;&#243; a hacernos estas preguntas en aquellos a&#241;os de permeabilidad absoluta. Y sin darnos cuenta, nos condicionaron desde temprano.</p><p>Llegar a los 20 o 30 sin saber del todo qui&#233;n sos es, en parte, el resultado de un sistema que no te acompa&#241;&#243; a descubrirlo (y digo en parte porque vos tambi&#233;n pod&#233;s ir a buscar tus respuestas cuando otros no te invitan a hacerlas). Y durante los a&#241;os m&#225;s formativos de tu vida, los m&#225;s sensibles, no te hizo dio las libertades que tuviste que asimilar al terminar ese ciclo.</p><p>El colegio te ense&#241;a a responder. A completar, a memorizar, a rendir. Te entrena para dar la respuesta esperada en el tiempo esperado, con el formato esperado. Y eso, repetido durante 17 a&#241;os, deja una huella: <strong>aprend&#233;s a funcionar dentro de estructuras que otros dise&#241;aron, no a construir las propias</strong>.</p><p>No es casualidad que las materias que m&#225;s se priorizan sean las que tienen respuestas claras y medibles. Matem&#225;tica, qu&#237;mica, ciencias. Y las que m&#225;s se marginan son las que requieren exploraci&#243;n sin garant&#237;a de resultado, el arte, la m&#250;sica, la expresi&#243;n, el movimiento. No porque sean menos importantes, sino porque son m&#225;s dif&#237;ciles de calificar. <strong>Y lo que no se puede calificar, en ese sistema, no cuenta</strong>.<strong> </strong></p><p><em><strong>Pero las estad&#237;sticas no cuentan nada sobre las personas. </strong></em></p><p>Los que hoy, en sus 20, se dedican a la creatividad, al dise&#241;o, o a construir algo propio, muchos eran los que &#8220;no rend&#237;an bien&#8221; en el colegio. No porque no fueran inteligentes, sino porque <strong>su forma de procesar el mundo no ten&#237;a lugar en el formato disponible</strong>. La curiosidad que los mov&#237;a no era un activo, era una distracci&#243;n.</p><p>El problema es que a esa edad no ten&#233;s el criterio para entender eso. Entonces no conclu&#237;s &#8220;este sistema no me representa&#8221;, sino &#8220;yo no sirvo para esto&#8221;. Y esa historia se instala.</p><p>Lleg&#225;s a los 20 con a&#241;os de pr&#225;ctica en responder lo que se espera de vos, y muy poca pr&#225;ctica en preguntarte qu&#233; quer&#233;s o de d&#243;nde salen tus deseos. La exploraci&#243;n genuina, probar sin saber el resultado, equivocarte sin que cuente para una nota, descubrir algo sobre vos mismo sin que nadie lo eval&#250;e, nunca fue parte del programa. Y jugar, es una forma de aprender tambi&#233;n, sino la mejor&#8230;</p><p>Entonces cuando la vida te pone enfrente una decisi&#243;n real, una que no tiene respuesta correcta en el libro, no sabemos qu&#233; hacer con eso. Porque nadie nos entren&#243; para enfrentar la vida con la incertidumbre que la realidad expone. </p><p>Pero tengo una buena noticia, y es que a&#250;n est&#225;s a tiempo de convertirte en tu versi&#243;n m&#225;s honesta.</p><h2>Nunca es tarde para elegirte</h2><p>En alg&#250;n punto de todo este proceso de indagar, de distinguir lo que me dijeron de lo que me pertenece, de hacerme preguntas que hab&#237;a estado esquivando, llegu&#233; a una respuesta que no esperaba. Quiero aprender a cocinar. Y s&#233; los cuento porque es la decisi&#243;n con mayor incertidumbre y juego que tomo en mucho tiempo.</p><p>Cuando me pregunt&#233; honestamente qu&#233; quer&#237;a hacer que fuera completamente m&#237;o, que no viniera de ninguna tendencia ni de ninguna expectativa externa, apareci&#243; eso. Algo tan simple y tan concreto que al principio no lo tom&#233; en serio, precisamente porque no encajaba en ninguna narrativa que hubiera construido antes sobre m&#237; misma. Y ah&#237; estaba la se&#241;al: tomar una decision con total incertidumbre y capacidad de juego.</p><p>Reconstruir tu narrativa no siempre empieza con una decisi&#243;n enorme. A veces empieza con algo que te resististe a admitir porque no sonaba lo suficientemente importante, o porque <strong>no sab&#237;as c&#243;mo encajaba con quien cre&#237;as ser</strong>. Pero cuando empez&#225;s a elegir desde adentro, sin justificarte, sin buscar que tenga coherencia con la versi&#243;n que ven&#237;as mostrando, algo cambia. Empez&#225;s a confiar en tu propio criterio. Y ese es el m&#250;sculo que m&#225;s necesit&#225;s ejercitar.</p><p>Si llegaste hasta ac&#225;, probablemente algo reson&#243;. Y quiz&#225;s tambi&#233;n apareci&#243; esa voz que dice: s&#237;, pero yo ya tom&#233; decisiones, ya estoy en un camino, ya es tarde para replantear.</p><p>No lo es.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PKnN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff07334e2-c4fd-4a3c-be27-c3d6f0e036a8_3264x2448.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PKnN!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff07334e2-c4fd-4a3c-be27-c3d6f0e036a8_3264x2448.jpeg 424w, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PKnN!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff07334e2-c4fd-4a3c-be27-c3d6f0e036a8_3264x2448.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 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Pero miranos ac&#225;, conversando de la vida como dos adultos). </em></p><p>Conocerte no tiene fecha de vencimiento. Tampoco requiere tirarlo todo por el aire. Requiere honestidad sobre qu&#233; parte de quien sos hoy la elige, y qu&#233; parte simplemente se instal&#243; mientras estabas ocupado reaccionando.</p><p>Para eso, hay preguntas que ayudan. Te pido que las tomes en serio:</p><ul><li><p>&#191;Qu&#233; es lo que hac&#233;s cuando nadie te mira y nadie te eval&#250;a?</p></li><li><p>&#191;Qu&#233; proyectos o ideas descartaste con demasiada rapidez porque &#8220;no eran para vos&#8221;?</p></li><li><p>&#191;Cu&#225;ndo fue la &#250;ltima vez que tomaste una decisi&#243;n desde lo que quer&#233;s, y no desde lo que se espera?</p></li><li><p>&#191;Qu&#233; parte de quien sos hoy la elegiste, y qu&#233; parte simplemente se instal&#243;?</p></li></ul><p>No hace falta responderlas todas de una vez, hace falta el coraje de no esquivarlas.</p><p>Yo todav&#237;a estoy en eso. Aprendiendo a distinguir lo que eleg&#237; de lo que se instal&#243; solo, construyendo desde el por qu&#233;, y descubriendo que las preguntas m&#225;s honestas aparecen justo cuando dej&#225;s de buscar que las respuestas sean correctas.</p><p></p><p>Un placer tenerte del otro lado! xoxo</p><p>Abi</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Una manteca que no sabía que extrañaba]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carta al lector.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/una-manteca-que-no-sabia-que-extranaba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/una-manteca-que-no-sabia-que-extranaba</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:36:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mpJ1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a7b0257-96c6-49d3-b42b-d1a868c67256.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Nunca me interes&#243; celebrar la Pascua.</strong></p><p>En casa &#233;ramos una mezcla variada de creencias, unos pares de cat&#243;licos, bastante ate&#237;smo, y alg&#250;n que otro atravesado por la astrolog&#237;a, dependiendo la temporada. El simbolismo religioso nunca control&#243; esta fecha, aunque a veces se nombraba al pasar. Nadie se sentaba a explicar la resurrecci&#243;n ni a conectar los huevos de chocolate con algo m&#225;s profundo. Pero nadie cuestionaba la juntada tampoco, y en parte, eso lo volv&#237;a una simple reuni&#243;n familiar, pero obligatoria. </p><p>Hab&#237;a que estar, ya sea tarde o con los mates ma&#241;aneros, con huevos para romper en el medio de la mesa de postres, o con discusiones de pol&#237;tica que nadie pretend&#237;a, pero jam&#225;s se cuestionaba ni se organizaba con demasiada anticipaci&#243;n. Solo se asist&#237;a a un domingo en el que pasar&#237;amos horas sentados alrededor de una mesa, con la justificaci&#243;n de comer, y el marketing de un d&#237;a para comprar m&#225;s chocolate. </p><p>La Pascua era eso: una excusa para juntarse que no necesitaba mayor justificaci&#243;n.</p><p>Y funcionaba. Funcionaba tan bien que ni me deten&#237;a a pensarlo. Como el asado del domingo o el cumplea&#241;os de alguien que convocaba a toda la familia sin tener que insistir demasiado. Ibas porque ibas. Porque era lo que se hac&#237;a. Porque en alg&#250;n punto la reuni&#243;n en s&#237; misma era el ritual, independientemente de lo que cada uno creyera que esta reuni&#243;n representaba.</p><p><strong>Nunca me interes&#243; celebrar la Pascua. Pero si me interesaba la manteca. </strong></p><p>Solamente en esta fecha, mi abuela hac&#237;a una manteca casera para deleitarnos a todos, antes de servir la paella. Envuelta en una toalla, como si necesitara abrigo, siempre nos esperaba en un costado de la heladera, para que aquellos golosos que sab&#237;an de su existencia, no la robaran antes de sentarnos a comer.</p><p>Esta manteca era la se&#241;al de que el domingo hab&#237;a empezado de verdad. Las ganas de comer los platos deliciosos que cocinaba mi abuela eran raz&#243;n suficiente para cada Pascua, asistir sin duda alguna. Me sentaba en mi esquina del sector ni&#241;os, aunque ya fuera una adulta, y con el pan listo y la sal cerca, me preparaba para untar el comienzo de un almuerzo familiar.</p><p>En ese momento no lo pensaba as&#237;. Era simplemente lo que hab&#237;a, una parte m&#225;s del domingo de Pascuas. Y as&#237; continua hasta que te mud&#225;s de pa&#237;s y la Pascua aparece de otra forma. O m&#225;s bien, ya no aparece. </p><p><strong>Nunca me interes&#243; celebrar la Pascua. 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>En Berl&#237;n no existen las g&#243;ndolas enteras de huevos de marca con edici&#243;n limitada. No hay semanas de anticipaci&#243;n con publicidades que te recuerdan que la fecha se acerca y que todav&#237;a no compraste el conejo de chocolate. No hay una maquinaria del consumo que convierte cada fecha del calendario en una oportunidad de mercado. Lo que hay son unos pocos animalitos de chocolate en las vidrieras de las panader&#237;as, y maples de huevos pintados de colores, por 3 euros m&#225;s que los normales.</p><p>El contraste me impacta cada vez que lo veo, y no es la primera fecha en la que lo denota. Las diferencias culturales se conectan a la forma de habitar las celebraciones, tanto que ac&#225; se parece m&#225;s al reparo que a la efusi&#243;n latinoamericana. </p><p>El fin de semana largo existe, pero en silencio, en descanso, en una pausa que no necesita ser llenada de productos ni de eventos ni de contenido. La ciudad baja el ritmo de una manera que en Argentina asociar&#237;amos con algo saliendo mal, y ac&#225; simplemente significa que es domingo de Pascua y que no es necesario mantener todo festivo.</p><p>Me tom&#243; un tiempo comprender estas tradiciones sin leerlo como frialdad mientras una fuerte barrera cultural me recorre en una fecha que cre&#237;, no me interesaba.</p><p>Y mientras, descubro que mudarte lejos es la primera decisi&#243;n que tom&#225;s en una cadena de decisiones que a partir de ahora, partir&#225;n &#250;nicamente de vos. Desde las marcas de productos que consum&#237;s, hasta las celebraciones a las que asist&#237;s. Todo es una decisi&#243;n individual, porque ya no est&#225; tu abuela apurada para que vayas temprano a almorzar, ni tu urgencia por llegar antes porque tu primo que se termina la manteca casera. </p><p><strong>Comenc&#233; a pensar en celebrar la Pascua.</strong></p><p>Hoy, mientras pasaba por la <em>B&#228;ckerei</em> (panader&#237;a) del barrio, me golpeaba la distancia. Quiz&#225;s el olor al pan, el domingo quieto, o la suma de un fin de semana largo lejos de casa. Pero fue ah&#237; que apareci&#243;: el pan con manteca casera de mi abuela. La toalla, la heladera, la sal esper&#225;ndome, el turno para untar. Y con ella, el barullo de la mesa, el sector ni&#241;os, los que ya no est&#225;n y los que siguen estando pero a los que hoy no llamo para avisar que estoy llegando tarde.</p><p>Una acumulaci&#243;n de eventos que daba por sentado y hoy tengo lejos. No me paraliza, aunque lentamente, comienzan a revelar en mayor detalle qui&#233;n soy. Mientras varias decisiones me obligaron a alejarme de las reuniones en las que solo importaba el pan con manteca, hoy puedo entender que el amor por la gastronom&#237;a no apareci&#243; aquel momento en el que me mud&#233; de pa&#237;s, sino que hab&#237;a estado latente siempre, escondido, porque los gritos de la mesa eran demasiado altos. </p><p>Una identidad que se form&#243; mucho antes de que yo la nombrara, sentada en una esquina del sector ni&#241;os, esperando una manteca casera.</p><p>Para los que amamos la comida de verdad, comer significa volver a vos. Es a&#241;orar recuerdos que un olor saca a la superficie sin permiso. Es recordar a los que te cocinaban y pensar en los que quer&#233;s alimentar. Es la uni&#243;n que, si no te preocupa la resurrecci&#243;n de Dios, igual justifica el domingo de pansazo.</p><p>Y en ese an&#225;lisis comprendo, que aquellos rituales de antes que ya no est&#225;n cerca, aprend&#233;s que las celebraciones no desaparecen, sino que pueden reinventarse, porque volver a crearlos es tambi&#233;n una forma de cuidarte y mantenerte fiel a quien sos. </p><p><strong>Quiero celebrar la Pascua.</strong></p><p>En este domingo silencioso y berlin&#233;s, amanec&#237; con un conejo de chocolate a mi lado que mi novio compr&#243; en el super alem&#225;n. Un conejo que en otro contexto hubiera pasado sin pena ni gloria, hoy signific&#243; el mundo entero. </p><p>Porque no hay abuela apurada para que llegues temprano. No hay primo que se termine la manteca antes que vos. No hay mesa que se llene sola porque estamos todos obligados a asistir. Hay, en cambio, un conejo de chocolate sobre la mesa de un departamento en Berl&#237;n, y una persona que supo que hoy era el d&#237;a para regalarlo, aunque el marketing Berlin&#233;s no nos obligue a recordarlo.</p><p>Y mientras como unas orejas de chocolate, con sabor a domingo de manteca casera, les escribo esta carta que me hace sentir m&#225;s cerca de casa. Porque<strong> siempre encontramos la forma de acercarnos</strong>, y casi siempre es con comida.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;7f48e0fd-20e3-4d4c-927f-a611c380cd6b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>&#11088; <strong>Quer&#233;s escribir para Life Menu? </strong>Estoy buscando escritores que colaboren con sus ideas y experiencias gastro. Mandame un mail a hola.abiroad@gmail.com si tenes ganas de sumarte.</p><p>&#127775; <strong>No pod&#233;s traducir tus proyectos en contenido ordenado y coherente?</strong> No sos el problema. Las redes no existen para que nos adaptemos a ellas, sino para que a trav&#233;s de sus plataformas comuniquemos las ideas que nos desvelan. <a href="http://forms.gle/MAkRfwFs1YojCMVt6">A trav&#233;s de este formulario</a> podemos conversar :) </p><p>Felices Pascuas a todos los lectores!! </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[El día que el café de especialidad dejó de ser especial]]></title><description><![CDATA[C&#243;mo lo que naci&#243; como diferenciaci&#243;n se convirti&#243; en un formato repetido, m&#225;s cercano a un club social que a un ritual cotidiano.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/el-dia-que-el-cafe-de-especialidad</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/el-dia-que-el-cafe-de-especialidad</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:37:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QK65!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70973326-2243-4d1b-b089-5dd8c2851d27_1350x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La misma escena se repite. Una cafeter&#237;a en Mitte, Berlin, uno de los barrios m&#225;s c&#233;ntricos y concurridos de la ciudad, me espera con mesas de madera clara, plantas colgando y un barista con mucho estilo y un <em>side-project </em>en dise&#241;o. Prepara un V60 (un m&#233;todo de preparaci&#243;n de caf&#233; de goteo manual) mientras suenan los temas de una banda <em>indie</em> moderna, y algunas chicas a mi alrededor le sacan fotos a su <em>croissant de pistacho</em>. </p><p>Dos semanas despu&#233;s, la r&#233;plica exacta en Malasa&#241;a, Madrid. Mismos muebles n&#243;rdicos, misma luz, mismo mostrador plateado. Esta vez me ofrecieron leche desnatada (como la llaman los madrile&#241;os), y los clientes susurran en espa&#241;ol. Cuando el barista me atiende, es argentino. </p><p>Visito Buenos Aires, y <em>d&#233;j&#224; vu</em> absoluto. No es coincidencia. </p><p>Me abrumo, confundiendo donde estoy cada vez que ordeno un caf&#233;, y confirmo por mil&#233;sima vez en lo que va del a&#241;o, que las cafeter&#237;as de especialidad no est&#225;n representando la cultura de la ciudad en la que est&#225;n. Estoy presenciando el resultado de una estandarizaci&#243;n global que convirti&#243; al caf&#233; de especialidad en un formato tan replicable como una franquicia de comida r&#225;pida, solo que con mejor iluminaci&#243;n y mayor precio, sin contar el pudor enorme que me da al compararlo con cadenas de <em>fast food</em>.</p><p>Aquellos que, a&#241;os atr&#225;s, supo nacer como diferenciaci&#243;n cultural, hoy replica un mismo espacio en diferentes partes del mundo. </p><p>Pero, &#191;en qu&#233; momento, un estilo de producir y servir caf&#233;, se masific&#243; tanto?  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gen&#233;rica: mezclas masivas, tostados oscuros para tapar defectos y una experiencia estandarizada. El valor estaba en el volumen, no en el origen.</p><p>El <a href="https://royalcoffee.com/the-rise-of-specialty-coffee/?srsltid=AfmBOoqq8A3vDkfPCcVjFD4iXWlzmmzxUr89aQU3uMe33MNTXKmUqNs8">caf&#233; de especialidad</a> surje para romper con esa l&#243;gica, e introduce algo que hasta ese momento nadie hab&#237;a observado: <strong>de d&#243;nde viene el grano, qui&#233;n lo produce, c&#243;mo se procesa, c&#243;mo se tuesta</strong>. Y as&#237;, mientras aparecen los perfiles sensoriales del caf&#233;, empieza a entenderse, poco a poco, como una construcci&#243;n cultural que cambia tanto el producto, como el sistema que lo rodea.</p><p>A finales de los 90, el caf&#233; de especialidad se consolida en varias ciudades y se profesionaliza, estandariz&#225;ndose bajo nuevos criterios (como los de la <a href="https://sca.coffee/">Specialty Coffee Association</a>) y empieza a construir una <strong>nueva categor&#237;a de consumo</strong>, basada en t&#233;cnica y cultura. </p><p>Bastante revolucionario para tal consumo masivo, &#191;verdad? 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Y no es el caf&#233; o su sabor que se replica (de hecho, he tenido bastantes malas experiencias a pesar del precio irracional de un <em>capuccino</em>), sino la experiencia que obtenemos en estos lugares. </p><p>Impl&#237;citamente, se consolid&#243; una especie de &#8220;forma correcta&#8221; de hacer caf&#233; de especialidad, en un conjunto de c&#243;digos que, al parecer, nadie cuesitona. </p><ul><li><p>Madera clara, o mostradores relucientes parecidas a una heladera plateada (ideal para la foto en IG). Plantas que sugieren naturaleza, luz natural, paletas neutras, detalles industriales.</p></li><li><p> Mismos m&#233;todos (V60, Chemex, AeroPress), mismas bebidas alternativas (pero ni me hagan hablar del matcha), y una musica de fondo con poca personalidad pero te recuerda a la &#250;ltima banda indie que escuchaste.</p></li><li><p>Y para cerrar, una clientela que comparte marcas de zapatos y peluquero. Todo parece un ritual perfectamente coreografiado.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kbnG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2946d978-ee7c-4c10-8468-b5ff458e0265_736x1104.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kbnG!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2946d978-ee7c-4c10-8468-b5ff458e0265_736x1104.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kbnG!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Como bien sabe decir mi lengua espa&#241;ola, sobre gustos no hay nada escrito. Por eso el problema de estos lugares no reside en su existencia, sino en los conceptos que cada proyecto de caf&#233; se apropia, al llamarse a si "caf&#233; de especialidad&#8221;, y pretender que con ellos, aceptemos toda propuesta que nos traen. </p><h3>Complejidad para diferenciaci&#243;n forzosa</h3><p>Hace poco miraba una entrevista en la que compart&#237;an la complejidad que trae hoy encontrar un lugar que solo sirve caf&#233; con leche y simples medialunas, o un tostado de jam&#243;n y queso, o un <em>scon</em> de vainilla. Un desayuno promedio que hace no tanto, pod&#237;a encontrarse en cada cuadra de una ciudad (considerando que estos ejemplos son puramente porte&#241;os). </p><p>Por deseos de grandeza y proyectos m&#225;s creativos, hoy se volvi&#243; imposible encontrar lo que antes era obvio. Ir&#243;nicamente, aquellos que naci&#243; con el impulso de diferenciaci&#243;n, se convirti&#243; en una repetici&#243;n constante, que hoy busca distinguirse con croissants de siete gustos diferentes, o unas noches de vinilos los jueves. </p><p>Y ac&#225; es donde encuentro la contradicci&#243;n, no en la propuesta sino en la poca valorizaci&#243;n de un concepto tal como "caf&#233; de especialidad", el cual desencadena en una aceptaci&#243;n autom&#225;tica de cualquiera que sea la propuesta del lugar, sin mirar que su definici&#243;n est&#225; errada. </p><p>Un mercado explotado de lugares que quieren ser &#250;nicos, <strong>usando exactamente la misma f&#243;rmula</strong>.</p><p>No pasa exclusivamente con el caf&#233;. Ya lo vimos en cervecer&#237;as artesanales, en restaurantes &#8220;conscientes&#8221;, librer&#237;as independientes. <strong>Toda contracultura que funciona lo suficiente termina convirti&#233;ndose en tendencia</strong>. Y toda tendencia, si se replica sin criterio, se vuelve plantilla.</p><p>Quiz&#225;s el caf&#233; de especialidad no dej&#243; de ser especial cuando se masific&#243;, sino cuando se volvi&#243; predecible, cuando el men&#250; complic&#243; lo que deber&#237;a ser simple, y cuando dejamos de ver la magia del caf&#233; en relaci&#243;n a su origen.</p><p>Ning&#250;n emprendedor gastron&#243;mico tiende a querer desarrollar algo b&#225;sico, pero en esa b&#250;squeda de creatividad para "ser diferentes", nos est&#225;n dejando a los consumidores con escaso acceso a lo m&#225;s simple (y rico).</p><h3><strong>El club social del caf&#233;</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VE2x!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba6f0ef3-0e19-4b37-8d1b-a65ce1821817_750x936.jpeg" 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al paso en el medio del d&#237;a. Y hoy son pocos son los consumidores que van especialmente por el caf&#233;, sino por lo que significa estar ah&#237;. En esa construcci&#243;n, hay un actor que acelera todo: Instagram (o las redes en su defecto).</p><p>La est&#233;tica del caf&#233; de especialidad no se expandi&#243; de forma org&#225;nica, se viraliz&#243;. Una cafeter&#237;a en Australia ajusta la luz perfecta para que su <em>flat white</em> funcione en foto, y ese mismo encuadre aparece d&#237;as despu&#233;s en Berlin, en Madrid o en San Paulo. Y cada uno de estos puntos que todos alimentamos, termina de cerrar el sistema en un l<strong>enguaje visual global que define qu&#233; es</strong>, y qu&#233; no es, una cafeter&#237;a &#8220;correcta&#8221;.</p><p>El caf&#233; de especialidad naci&#243; como una estrategia de diferenciaci&#243;n, pero en su  masificaci&#243;n, comenz&#243; a diluir sus principios. </p><p>En este proceso de investigaci&#243;n, descubr&#237; aquello que los romanos llamaban <em>genius loci: </em>el espiritu del hogar. Muchas cafeter&#237;as de especialidad<strong> sacrificaron su conexi&#243;n con el contexto local</strong>, el clima, la cultura, o las tradiciones locales de consumo, en favor de una universalidad que resulta, parad&#243;jicamente, empobrecedora.</p><p>En Buenos Aires, las <strong>nuevas cafeter&#237;as de especialidad</strong> ignoran la cultura del caf&#233; porte&#241;o (cortado, medialunas, mesas de m&#225;rmol) para replicar un modelo n&#243;rdico-americano. En Madrid, ciudad de terrazas y caf&#233; con leche, las cafeter&#237;as de especialidad parecen haber salido de Pinterest. Y en Berlin, tengo que alejarme de las zonas m&#225;s tur&#237;sticas, para encontrar <em>eine Kaffee mit Kuchen</em> (un caf&#233; con torta, cl&#225;sico snack de las 3 de la tarde en Alemania).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DQc_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e4233c-6244-4129-8878-ac11b67219ff_736x552.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DQc_!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5e4233c-6244-4129-8878-ac11b67219ff_736x552.jpeg 424w, 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lo rodea.</p><p>Podr&#225;s viajar por el mundo y a&#250;n sentir que nunca saliste de tu barrio.</p><h3><strong>C&#243;mo reconocer a quien realmente sabe</strong></h3><p>La verdadera diferencia ya no es evidente.</p><p>El caf&#233; de especialidad, en su origen, no fue una cuesti&#243;n de estilo. Fue una toma de posici&#243;n frente a la industrializaci&#243;n: poner el foco en el producto, en el origen, en el proceso y en la calidad real de lo que llega a la taza. A su vez, la diferenciaci&#243;n, permiti&#243; que productores de alta calidad puedan resistir mejor a las fluctuaciones de precios del mercado global del caf&#233;. </p><p>El problema apareci&#243; cuando la masificaci&#243;n vaci&#243; esta tendencia de significado. Entonces, &#191;c&#243;mo reconocer a quien realmente sabe lo que est&#225; haciendo?</p><h5>Claridad</h5><p>Una cafeter&#237;a que entiende su producto no necesita esconderlo detr&#225;s de descripciones excesivas ni men&#250;s interminables. Puede explicarlo de forma directa: de d&#243;nde viene, c&#243;mo est&#225; procesado, qu&#233; pod&#233;s esperar al tomarlo.</p><h5>Coherencia</h5><p>No alcanza con hablar de origen o trazabilidad si despu&#233;s el caf&#233; no est&#225; bien extra&#237;do o el servicio no acompa&#241;a. El conocimiento se nota en los detalles, en c&#243;mo responde el equipo, en la seguridad con la que describen aquello que ofrecen.</p><p><em>[La trazabilidad del caf&#233; es la capacidad de rastrear cada grano desde su origen (finca, productor, regi&#243;n) hasta la taza final, documentando todas las etapas de producci&#243;n, procesamiento y transporte.]</em></p><h5>Respeto al producto</h5><p>Quien realmente sabe no corre detr&#225;s del caf&#233; &#8220;de moda&#8221; ni de la bebida que est&#225; circulando en redes. Selecciona, prueba, entiende y decide en funci&#243;n de calidad.</p><h5>Capacidad de educar sin imponer</h5><p>El caf&#233; de especialidad elev&#243; el criterio del consumidor: hoy entendemos m&#225;s, preguntamos m&#225;s, elegimos mejor. Pero una buena cafeter&#237;a no te hace sentir que ten&#233;s que pertenecer, te acompa&#241;a a descubrir, y brinda acceso a todos.</p><p>Y m&#225;s all&#225; de la evaluaci&#243;n que puedas hacer, todo tendr&#225; sentido cuando llegues a estos lugares y te encuentres frente a una intenci&#243;n clara, en donde toda la orquesta alrededor del caf&#233; cobra sentido, porque su calidad toca el cielo. </p><h3>No muri&#243; el caf&#233; de especialidad, muri&#243; el piloto autom&#225;tico</h3><p>Estamos lejos de querer desaparecer el caf&#233; de especialidad. Mi intenci&#243;n con este an&#225;lisis no fue acusarlo, sino repensarlo, as&#237; como pretendo que el consumidor que lo consume diariamente pueda hacerlo. </p><p>Estamos entrando en un momento donde el piloto autom&#225;tico dej&#243; de funcionar. Son cada vez m&#225;s las decisiones, procesos y est&#237;mulos que se automatizan, desde lo que consumimos online hasta c&#243;mo se nos sugieren experiencias. </p><p>Por eso, aquello que elegimos hacer presencial, recupera peso (y hasta se multiplica) para darnos la autoridad que los avances tecnol&#243;gicos a veces no nos dejan ver. Elegir a qu&#233; lugares ir, qu&#233; consumir y d&#243;nde estar no es algo dado,  sino que nos define como personas y autoridad que elegimos tener ante un mundo de tendencias invasivas y ordenes de qu&#233; consumir.</p><p>Y en esa coherencia, encontrar&#225;s los caf&#233;s que resuenan con vos, que te hacen sentir bien. Porque nunca se trat&#243; de tomar el mejor caf&#233; del mundo un martes a la ma&#241;ana, sino de elegir aquel que tenga sentido para vos.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[No creaste identidad, creaste un moodboard]]></title><description><![CDATA[El problema de un proyecto que olvid&#243; salir de la pantalla.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/no-creaste-identidad-creaste-un-moodboard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/no-creaste-identidad-creaste-un-moodboard</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dQ3H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae56394a-87aa-488a-800f-f7a04d8e231c_960x639.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Si comunicaci&#243;n y experiencia no van de la mano, est&#225;s en el horno. Eso fue lo primero que entend&#237; mientras hac&#237;a la fila de una pizzer&#237;a que, para mis est&#225;ndares, lo hab&#237;a logrado todo. </p><p>Mientras esta semana consum&#237;a algunos episodios del podcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzWtjA9pX3ZU3ENOZOrmncx9EH6M0XOHK">&#8220;Al horno&#8221;</a>, conducido por <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francokalifon.pan/">Franco Kalifon</a> de <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kalis.pizza/">Kalis Pizza</a> (premiada <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUjBHzNkWar/">una de las mejores de mundo</a> seg&#250;n <em>Time Out</em>) y <a href="https://www.instagram.com/walterlui/">Walter Lui</a> de <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hongkongstyle.hks/">Hong Kong Style</a>, dos l&#237;deres de la gastronom&#237;a en Argentina, pensaba&#8230;<em>estos tipos hacen sonar la orquesta detr&#225;s de un equipo gastron&#243;mico tan suave como si fuera el armado de un moodboard</em>. </p><p>Aquello que veo en una estrategia creativa antes de comenzar un proyecto, en sus historias suena como inevitable, sin alternativas. No hab&#237;a otra forma de narrar sus proyectos, sino con la honestidad de la vida recorrida para hacerlo. Es que cuando <strong>la comunicaci&#243;n viene de la mano con un sistema coherente y un equipo capacitado</strong>, no hay margen de error. </p><p>Al escucharlos, entend&#237;a por qu&#233; un a&#241;o atr&#225;s hab&#237;a esperado dos cuadras para probar una porci&#243;n de pizza, sin conocer todav&#237;a la historia detr&#225;s de esa masa de crocancia perfecta. Cuando una comida te atraviesa, cuando <strong>hay verdad en lo que sucede en el plato y en quien lo sirve</strong>, no hace falta investigaci&#243;n previa: se percibe que hay ra&#237;ces, criterio, identidad. Se siente que nada est&#225; forzado.</p><p>Pero esa coherencia, esa alineaci&#243;n entre lo que se es y lo que se comunica, hoy es excepcional. En la <strong>urgencia por pertenecer y mantenernos vigentes</strong>, muchos proyectos empiezan a hablar el idioma de la tendencia antes que el propio. Se venden conceptos que no atraviesan la cocina, se recomiendan lugares que no se han vivido, <strong>se prioriza el relato sobre la estructura</strong>. Y en esa carrera por no quedar afuera, se diluye lo m&#225;s valioso: <em><strong>la singularidad, la cultura, la historia</strong></em> que hac&#237;a &#250;nico a ese proyecto.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dQ3H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae56394a-87aa-488a-800f-f7a04d8e231c_960x639.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dQ3H!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae56394a-87aa-488a-800f-f7a04d8e231c_960x639.jpeg 424w, 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proyectos gastron&#243;micos</strong>. Se&#241;ales que revelan cuando la narrativa supera a la verdad, c&#243;mo reconocerlas y, sobre todo, c&#243;mo volver a construir desde un lugar m&#225;s honesto y enraizado.</p><h3>1. Cocina honesta y de producto </h3><p>Una narrativa que habla de temporada, de productores con nombre propio, de respeto por el ingrediente. Suena bien, nos representa y encontramos una familiaridad. Pero cuando esa promesa no atraviesa el sistema de compras ni la planificaci&#243;n del men&#250;, se vuelve aspiraci&#243;n. </p><p>&#191;C&#243;mo notarlo? Cartas que no cambian aunque cambie el clima, proveedores elegidos por urgencia, equipos que no pueden contar de d&#243;nde proviene lo que est&#225;n sirviendo. Cada ingrediente tiene historia y procesos imposibles de saltar. Si el lema est&#225; en base a los ingredientes como punto inicial para la creaci&#243;n, el respeto por esto es infaltable.</p><p>Cuando no sucede, <strong>se rompe algo sutil pero primordial: la confianza</strong>. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sb7g!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3b0ecf9-9c8b-409e-baf4-05c4aed4abe6_2346x1320.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sb7g!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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No es pecado tener que volantear para resolver urgencias, pero si lo es proclamar valores que en la estructura interna no son respetados. Perd&#233;s credibilidad, y con el tiempo, clientes. </p><p>Compart&#237; aquello que es infaltable en tu proyecto. Si no sucede diaramente, no lo compartas, a nadie le preocupa tanto como a vos. </p><h3>2. El famoso &#8220;somos comunidad&#8221;</h3><p>Ser comunidad est&#225; de moda. Y mientras intentamos darle definici&#243;n a algo que est&#225; completamente basado en un sentimiento, reutilizamos la palabra como si fuera nuestro sost&#233;n. Narrativas que hablan de barrio, de cercan&#237;a, de puertas abiertas. </p><p>Decimos que somos &#8220;comunidad&#8221; porque queremos pertenecer y que pertenezcan. Suena c&#225;lido, humano, necesario. Pero si este concepto resume tu proyecto entero, falta trabajo. </p><p>Proclamar comunidad debe atravesar la gesti&#243;n diaria de tu proyecto, los tiempos de respuesta, la estabilidad del equipo, la forma en que tratas a quien vuelve por segunda vez, o a tu equipo, y hasta el sistema de reservas. La comunidad es apostar a largo plazo, es pr&#225;ctica, no concepto. 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!311R!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff86da89a-8376-4403-96f0-1a20386d4372_2346x1320.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>fotos x Consta y Rocio Licanno</em></p><p><em><strong>Sugerencia</strong></em></p><p>Si queremos hablar de comunidad, debemos dise&#241;arla. Comunidad es memoria, repetici&#243;n y cuidado sostenido. Es conocer nombres, escuchar incomodidades, generar espacios reales de encuentro. No es un <em>claim</em> emocional; es una decisi&#243;n operativa. Porque <strong>cuando la comunidad es verdadera, no hace falta anunciarla</strong>.</p><h3>3. Cocina de autor</h3><p>Como si la firma alcanzara para legitimar cualquier decisi&#243;n, muchas cocinas adoptan el nombre del autor para todo lo que comunican. Pero la autor&#237;a no es apropiaci&#243;n est&#233;tica ni reinterpretaci&#243;n superficial de culturas ajenas; es una postura. Y ah&#237; empieza el problema.</p><p>La gastronom&#237;a contempor&#225;nea est&#225; llena de ejemplos inc&#243;modos: chefs europeos reinterpretando cocinas latinoamericanas sin contexto hist&#243;rico; restaurantes que toman t&#233;cnicas japonesas milenarias reduci&#233;ndolas a gesto minimalista sin entender su filosof&#237;a; cartas que usan ingredientes identitarios (por ejemplo, aj&#237;es andinos, ma&#237;z nixtamalizado, fermentos coreanos) despojados de su carga cultural y convertidos en recurso ex&#243;tico. Incluso dentro de una misma ciudad, vemos apropiaciones de <strong>cocinas migrantes elevadas en precio y despojadas de quienes las sostuvieron durante d&#233;cadas</strong>. </p><p>La experiencia real revela la diferencia. Cuando hay pensamiento propio, se percibe profundidad, investigaci&#243;n, respeto, di&#225;logo con la fuente. Cuando no lo hay, se siente como una suma de referencias bien ejecutadas pero vac&#237;as de contexto. Un comensal informado, evaluar&#237;a el criterio, pero pocos miran con esta lupa.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-KP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3d2704c-9580-4f88-9a94-ec480059121c_2346x1320.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-KP!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3d2704c-9580-4f88-9a94-ec480059121c_2346x1320.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!H-KP!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, 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citar, colaborar, reconocer origen</strong>, construir desde la experiencia propia y no desde la conveniencia est&#233;tica. Autor&#237;a no es apropiarse; es posicionarse. Y <strong>posicionarse exige conciencia cultural, no solo creatividad</strong>.</p><h3>4. Relajado y natural </h3><p>&#191;Cu&#225;ntas veces esperaste un caf&#233; con un <em>croissant</em> por mas de 30 minutos, solo por estar en un lugar que est&#225; de moda?</p><p>Una narrativa que habla de simpleza, de espontaneidad, de cero pretensi&#243;n. Espacios despojados, vajilla irregular, m&#250;sica justa, un discurso que insiste en que aqu&#237; &#8220;todo fluye&#8221;. Nos apoyamos en la idea de lo informal como valor contempor&#225;neo. Pero cuando esa naturalidad no est&#225; dise&#241;ada con la misma precisi&#243;n que un restaurante formal, se convierte en descuido (disfrazado de concepto).</p><p>Tiempos de espera impredecibles que no responden a un ritmo pensado sino a falta de organizaci&#243;n, o precios que no dialogan con la promesa de simpleza. 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que representa tu espacio. No es justo cobrar por el status de tu local, si existe el mismo producto a 100 metros por la mitad del precio. Los tiempos tampoco pueden justificarse a la hora de recibir una comida que no requiere ni tiempo de preparaci&#243;n. </p><p>Sin embargo, este es un punto en el que me encuentro desmotivada para sugerir ideas porque la audiencia, en su mayor&#237;a, a&#250;n no decide con este criterio, y solo elige el lugar para pertenecer, sin considerar las incoherencias del lugar con el producto que reciben. </p><p><em><strong>[Los leo en comentarios si tienen ideas sobre esto]</strong></em></p><h3>5. La bandera de la sostenibilidad</h3><p>La comunicaci&#243;n habla de impacto positivo y de responsabilidad con el entorno. La sostenibilidad se convierte en eje discursivo, casi en identidad moral del proyecto. Desafortunadamente, esta promesa es dif&#237;cil de sostener en la gastronom&#237;a, y si la propuesta no atraviesa la estructura financiera y <strong>la log&#237;stica diaria queda reducida a posicionamiento</strong> (aka mentiras marketineras).</p><p>El equipo interno ser&#225; el que m&#225;s note estas fallas. Desperdicio que no se mide, compras que priorizan conveniencia sobre coherencia, packaging innecesario. La sostenibilidad no es solo ambiental; tambi&#233;n es econ&#243;mica y humana. 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Implica revisar m&#225;rgenes, proveedores, procesos de producci&#243;n, gesti&#243;n de residuos y pol&#237;ticas laborales. No es una campa&#241;a. En gastronom&#237;a, la &#233;tica no se comunica; se demuestra en cada decisi&#243;n que afecta la cadena completa. Si no estamos dispuestos a reconfigurar el modelo, conviene ser prudentes con el relato.</p><h3>6. El fine dining contempor&#225;neo</h3><p>El fine dining se define por una construcci&#243;n integral donde cada variable est&#225; pensada: producto extraordinario tratado con t&#233;cnica rigurosa, narrativa coherente entre cocina y sala, ritmo perfectamente orquestado, servicio que anticipa sin invadir y una consistencia que convierte la excepci&#243;n en norma. </p><p>No es tama&#241;o, no es vajilla, no es silencio. Es sistema, profundidad y repetibilidad al m&#225;s alto nivel. El cliente quiz&#225;s no identifique el error t&#233;cnico, pero percibe la inconsistencia. 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No es una cuesti&#243;n est&#233;tica, es una cuesti&#243;n de rigor. La alta cocina no se sostiene en el impacto del primer pase, sino en la precisi&#243;n del pase n&#250;mero cincuenta. <strong>Hablar de t&#233;cnica obliga a dise&#241;ar un sistema donde cada variable est&#233; pensada</strong>, mise en place, timing, temperatura, relato de sala, lectura del ritmo de la mesa, eso es lo que busca el cliente al elegirlo. Una experiencia impecable. Cuando el sistema est&#225; a la altura, no hace falta sobreactuar sofisticaci&#243;n; se impone sola.</p><h3>No olvidemos nuestra cultura</h3><p>Con el foco en mantenernos de moda, como proyectos o como audiencia, empezamos a hablar m&#225;s de lo que se espera que digamos que lo que realmente somos. Ajustamos el discurso para no quedar afuera, adaptamos la est&#233;tica para no desentonar, suavizamos nuestras ra&#237;ces para que encajen en una tendencia global que promete visibilidad. Y en ese movimiento <strong>se diluye: la cultura propia, la memoria, el acento, el gesto</strong> que nunca son perfectos pero s&#237; aut&#233;ntico. La gastronom&#237;a deja de ser territorio y se vuelve formato.</p><p>Tal vez la pregunta no sea c&#243;mo mantenernos en tendencia, sino <strong>c&#243;mo sostener lo que nos hace distintos cuando la moda cambia</strong>. Porque lo que permanece no es lo que mejor se adapta al algoritmo, sino lo que est&#225; profundamente arraigado en una historia, en una forma de hacer, en una identidad que no necesita traducirse todo el tiempo. En un mundo que homogeneiza, <strong>la diferencia no es un riesgo: es el &#250;nico valor real</strong>.</p><h2><strong>&#11088; Lo que vi esta semana</strong></h2><ul><li><p>Instagram no es tan drenante, cuando lo usas para generar conexiones valiosas. 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Gracias por estar, seguiremos construyendo &#10084;&#65039;</p><p>Abi</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Hacia dónde va la gastronomía en 2026?]]></title><description><![CDATA[El sistema detr&#225;s del plato.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/hacia-donde-va-la-gastronomia-en</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/hacia-donde-va-la-gastronomia-en</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:00:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uvTT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a87f42c-ea80-4500-bc5c-5c7351db19f7_1200x795.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me acuerdo c&#243;mo mis mis abuelos se acercaban a la gastronom&#237;a cuando yo era chica. Salir a comer: era un ritual dom&#233;stico trasladado a otro espacio. No hab&#237;a expectativa de espect&#225;culo. No hab&#237;a fotos. No hab&#237;a una narrativa digital que sostuviera la experiencia antes de llegar. Hab&#237;a olor, conversaci&#243;n, mozos que conoc&#237;an tu nombre y platos que, si estaban bien hechos, no necesitaban explicaci&#243;n.</p><p>La calidad lideraba. El sabor defin&#237;a. La est&#233;tica exist&#237;a, s&#237;, pero no era el centro de gravedad.</p><p>Hoy la experiencia gastron&#243;mica comienza mucho antes de sentarse en la mesa. Empieza en una pantalla, en una rese&#241;a, en un comentario. Un plato puede verse perfecto, convertirse en objeto de deseo, viralizarse&#8230; y a&#250;n as&#237;, al probarlo, est&#225; desbalanceado (puedo dar ejemplos, pero esta gu&#237;a no la escrib&#237; para criticar). </p><p>Sin embargo, algo nos atrae.  Una comunidad, una identidad, o una construcci&#243;n digital que genera sensaci&#243;n de pertenencia, nos llama fervientemente a probar ese nuevo restaurant. Y la realidad es que hoy, pertenecer pesa. </p><p>Una <strong>tensi&#243;n constante entre calidad e im&#225;gen</strong> dej&#243; de ser superficial y se volvi&#243; estructural. La comunicaci&#243;n crea expectativa y la expectativa define percepci&#243;n. Y muchas veces (sino la mayor&#237;a), decidimos por percepci&#243;n y no por producto.</p><p>La gastronom&#237;a cambi&#243;. Cambi&#243; el modo en que se <strong>construye, comunica y consume</strong>. Pero, <em><strong>&#191;estamos comiendo mejor&#8230; o estamos consumiendo mejor imagen?</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uvTT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a87f42c-ea80-4500-bc5c-5c7351db19f7_1200x795.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uvTT!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a87f42c-ea80-4500-bc5c-5c7351db19f7_1200x795.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uvTT!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Del sabor a la narrativa</h2><p>Hubo un momento en el que <strong>nadie documentaba la experiencia gastron&#243;mica para validarla</strong>. Hoy, el plato se convirti&#243; en una pieza de comunicaci&#243;n muy poderosa. Un plato que activa deseo y te hace sentir parte de una escena, pesa m&#225;s que el ajo de m&#225;s en una salsa. <strong>La narrativa rodea al producto y muchas veces lo precede</strong>.</p><p>Las redes sociales no solo muestran gastronom&#237;a: la producen. Generan antojo, construyen expectativa, disparan FOMO gastron&#243;mico y convierten el <strong>consumo en acto performativo</strong>. Ir a un lugar ya no es solo comer: es confirmar que estuviste ah&#237;.</p><p>No es casualidad que en 2026 <a href="https://revistahostelpro.com/destacado/tiktok-influye-en-las-decisiones-de-compra-en-hosteleria-en-mas-del-50-de-los-usuarios-millennial">varios reportes de plataformas de reservas</a> se&#241;alen que un porcentaje creciente de decisiones para salir a comer est&#225; directamente influenciado por contenido visto en Instagram y TikTok. El deseo ya no nace &#250;nicamente del aroma que sale de una cocina, sino del scroll.</p><p>Y ah&#237; empieza el desaf&#237;o: <strong>cuando la narrativa crece m&#225;s r&#225;pido que la experiencia</strong>, la tensi&#243;n se vuelve inevitable.</p><h3>tema 1: la gastronom&#237;a ya no compite solo por sabor, compite por coherencia</h3><p>Un problema que descato, no es la falta de talento ni de intenci&#243;n. Es la <strong>incoherencia en los sistemas internos</strong>.</p><p>Proyectos gastro que comunican una cosa y entregan otra. La imagen promete una experiencia cuidada, &#237;ntima, memorable. Pero, &#191;cu&#225;ntas veces te sentiste invisible al llegar? Ya sea porque explotaron las reservas, el equipo est&#225; estresado, o cay&#243; un grupo de 10 personas que no se esperaban. &#191;Est&#225;n de moda? Seguro. Pero la atenci&#243;n al cliente disminuy&#243; en cuesti&#243;n de d&#237;as, y ah&#237; es donde reside el problema.</p><p><strong>La promesa visual es alta, pero la estructura operativa no la sostiene.</strong> Esto no es un error de marketing, es un error de sistemas incoherentes y poco foco en una estrategia que corrige esto, porque cuando la comunicaci&#243;n eleva la expectativa, todo debe estar preparado para responder.</p><p>Si el discurso habla de detalle, el detalle debe existir en:</p><ul><li><p>La bienvenida.</p></li><li><p>La gesti&#243;n de reservas.</p></li><li><p>La atenci&#243;n en mesa.</p></li><li><p>La resoluci&#243;n de problemas.</p></li></ul><p>Si el <strong>branding habla de comunidad</strong>, el equipo no puede sentirse reemplazable. Si el proyecto comunica calma, la operaci&#243;n no puede estar en modo supervivencia. El desajuste no siempre es visible en redes. Pero se percibe en el cuerpo del proyecto.</p><h4>la experiencia es una orquesta</h4><p>La gastronom&#237;a no es solo un plato. Es un <strong>sistema coordinado</strong>: equipo entrenado y motivado, dise&#241;o espacial coherente con el concepto, m&#250;sica alineada con la identidad, limpieza constante, ba&#241;os cuidados, tiempos de cocina precisos, una cocina que sostiene sin protagonismo, una cultura interna clara. </p><p><em><strong>Roles definidos + liderazgo consistente + comunicaci&#243;n interna funcional</strong></em></p><p>Cuando una de estas piezas falla, la experiencia pierde coherencia. Y la coherencia es <a href="https://es.qz.com/experiencias-analgicas-pantallas-fatiga-del-smartphone">el activo</a> m&#225;s valioso hoy.</p><h4>tema 2: chefs, exposici&#243;n y el dilema creativo</h4><p>En muchos casos, el chef dej&#243; de ser &#250;nicamente un ejecutor t&#233;cnico para convertirse en figura p&#250;blica. La cocina ya no es solo su espacio de trabajo: es su plataforma. Exposici&#243;n constante, entrevistas, redes sociales, colaboraciones, libros, eventos. <strong>El chef hoy es marca</strong>.</p><p>Eso cambia la din&#225;mica del proyecto. <strong>El plato ya no es solo producto; es discurso</strong>. Es pieza visual. Es activo de branding. Se piensa c&#243;mo se ver&#225;, c&#243;mo circular&#225;, c&#243;mo representar&#225; al restaurante y a la persona detr&#225;s. Los platos son sus obras de arte.</p><p>En 2026 vemos con claridad este modelo consolidado: chefs como <a href="https://www.instagram.com/massimobottura/">Massimo Bottura</a> o <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dominiquecrenn/">Dominique Crenn</a> gestionan su presencia p&#250;blica con la misma precisi&#243;n con la que gestionan su cocina. Sus redes no son improvisadas; son estrategia, porque construyen relato adem&#225;s de men&#250;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cxf8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8dc3e248-e80a-494e-943f-f7bda7c2d25a_1476x1398.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cxf8!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8dc3e248-e80a-494e-943f-f7bda7c2d25a_1476x1398.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cxf8!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cxf8!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8dc3e248-e80a-494e-943f-f7bda7c2d25a_1476x1398.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Pero esa visibilidad abre una conversaci&#243;n inc&#243;moda que aparece siempre cuando trabajo con equipos creativos gastron&#243;micos:</p><h4>Qu&#233; mostramos y qu&#233; no</h4><p>No todo lo que sucede en una cocina debe volverse contenido. Por eso, la <strong>direcci&#243;n creativa en gastronom&#237;a implica curadur&#237;a</strong>. Implica decidir qu&#233; parte del proceso fortalece la identidad y qu&#233; parte la banaliza.</p><p>Mi postura es clara: <strong>comunicar sin vaciar la experiencia</strong>. Mostrar sin sobreexponer. Construir narrativa sin convertir la cocina en espect&#225;culo permanente. La visibilidad es una herramienta poderosa, pero mal gestionada puede desdibujar el proyecto.</p><ul><li><p>Definir qu&#233; parte del proceso aporta valor real a la marca.</p></li><li><p>Alinear comunicaci&#243;n con capacidad operativa.</p></li><li><p>No mostrar lo que no puede sostenerse consistentemente.</p></li><li><p>Evitar convertir cada lanzamiento en tendencia pasajera.</p></li><li><p>Proteger la cultura interna del exceso de exposici&#243;n.</p></li></ul><p>Un proyecto gastron&#243;mico <strong>no necesita mostrarlo todo para ser relevante</strong>.</p><h3>tema 3: simplicidad + calidad constante = confianza</h3><p>La confianza no se construye con impacto inicial. <strong>Se construye con repetici&#243;n</strong>.</p><p>En 2026 se consolida algo que ya ven&#237;a gest&#225;ndose: <strong>el regreso a propuestas simples</strong>, t&#233;cnicamente s&#243;lidas y sostenibles en el tiempo. Comfort food refinada, producto local trabajado con criterio. No como tendencia est&#233;tica, sino como estructura operativa.</p><p>Entre<strong> mis preferidos&#8230;</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/temporada.bar/">Temporada</a> o <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maureparrilla/">Maure parrilla</a> en Buenos Aires, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cafe_pilz/">Cafe Pilz</a> y <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aris__berlin/">Ari&#8217;s</a> en Berlin, o <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bocadomadrid/">Bocado</a> y <a href="https://www.instagram.com/juanalaloca_pintxosbar/">Juana la Loca</a> en Madrid.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Bgr_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd81883a3-bb65-44ef-a899-11361a7c21f3_1080x1350.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>*fotos x Temporada (</em>1 y 2) y Bocado (3)</p><p>El p&#250;blico est&#225; m&#225;s entrenado y detecta cuando un proyecto corre detr&#225;s de la novedad y cuando domina su propuesta. Por eso, <strong>la simplicidad bien ejecutada gana terreno</strong>: menos elementos, m&#225;s precisi&#243;n. Menos artificio, m&#225;s consistencia.</p><p>Slow dining no significa lentitud improvisada. Significa control del ritmo. Cocina local no significa limitaci&#243;n creativa, significa identidad. Cuando un lugar entrega <strong>calidad constante</strong>, sin cambios abruptos ni giros forzados por la moda, se vuelve confiable. Y en un mercado saturado de est&#237;mulos, <strong>la confianza es una ventaja competitiva</strong>.</p><h3>tema 4: la necesidad de pertenecer</h3><p>La gente no sale &#250;nicamente a probar algo nuevo. Tampoco sale solo a fotografiarlo. Sale para sentirse parte de un entorno espec&#237;fico. Quiere <strong>quedarse, repetir, reconocer </strong>y ser reconocida.</p><p>Un lugar se vuelve relevante (y rentable) cuando<strong> deja de ser novedad y se convierte en h&#225;bito</strong>. Cuando los clientes vuelven m&#225;s de dos veces, cuando el espacio tiene una energ&#237;a constante y el cliente no siente que est&#225; ocupando una mesa, sino formando parte de un ecosistema.</p><p>En 2026 esto es evidente: los proyectos que sobreviven no son los m&#225;s virales, sino los que logran frecuencia de visita. <strong>La recurrencia es el nuevo indicador de &#233;xito</strong>.</p><h4>comunidad &gt; tendencia</h4><p>Los espacios que generan h&#225;bito comparten ciertos rasgos:</p><ul><li><p>Identidad clara</p></li><li><p>Equipo estable y presente</p></li><li><p>Ritmo reconocible</p></li><li><p>Capacidad de sostener experiencia en el tiempo</p></li></ul><h3>tema 5: las modas sin criterio arruinan proyectos</h3><p>Cuando la decisi&#243;n estrat&#233;gica es &#8220;tenemos que hacer esto porque est&#225; funcionando&#8221;, el proyecto empieza a perder identidad. Matcha, smash burgers, pasta fresca, o el concepto de &#8220;platitos&#8221;. <strong>La repetici&#243;n masiva vac&#237;a de sentido lo que en origen ten&#237;a intenci&#243;n</strong>. No estoy diciendo que acudir a estas propuestas esta mal, sino que est&#225; mal si no estaban en tu propuesta inicial.</p><p><strong>La moda no construye cultura</strong>. Solo acelera ciclos. Por eso, las tendencias no son el problema, hasta que eligen que reemplace al criterio. Seguir una tendencia puede atraer tr&#225;fico inicial, pero si no est&#225; alineada con la esencia del proyecto, genera ruido, tensi&#243;n operativa y confusi&#243;n en el p&#250;blico. </p><p>La coherencia sostenida construye confianza. Y la confianza construye proyectos duraderos. Mi recomendaci&#243;n? Detectar los lugares que realmente te hacen bien y volver. Crear h&#225;bito. Observar si la experiencia se sostiene en el tiempo.</p><h2>Donde realmente se define el futuro</h2><p>La gastronom&#237;a este a&#241;o no va hacia lo m&#225;s espectacular. <strong>Va hacia lo m&#225;s coherente</strong>. Menos artificio, m&#225;s sistema. Menos tendencia, m&#225;s identidad. Menos impacto aislado, m&#225;s comunidad sostenida.</p><p>El desaf&#237;o no es crear algo que se vea bien una vez. Es dise&#241;ar una experiencia que pueda sostenerse en el tiempo, internamente y hacia afuera. <strong>Operaci&#243;n, cultura, comunicaci&#243;n y producto</strong> tienen que hablar el mismo idioma.</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1my5bEu8Ks9sds6VQj23TSfeA2QW6EXshla80UH2ZYag/edit?usp=forms_home&amp;ouid=102250329307271634549&amp;ths=true">Desde mi trabajo con equipos y proyectos gastron&#243;micos</a>, esa es la conversaci&#243;n central: construir marcas que no dependan de la moda ni de la viralidad, sino de una estructura s&#243;lida y una narrativa honesta.</p><p>En 2026, la ventaja competitiva no es ser el m&#225;s visible. Es ser el m&#225;s estable.</p><p>Si este newsletter te gust&#243;, no te preocupes que vienen muchos m&#225;s!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Suscr&#237;bete ahora&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Suscr&#237;bete ahora</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[El 2026 no va a ser sobre optimizar más]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cuando acelerar dej&#243; de ser sin&#243;nimo de avanzar.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/el-2026-no-va-a-ser-sobre-optimizar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/el-2026-no-va-a-ser-sobre-optimizar</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 21:07:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZCCm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fe6cccf-fedd-48cc-b1d1-fa6208258398_429x429.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cada vez que agarr&#233; el celular el a&#241;o pasado, fue con la intenci&#243;n de encontrar c&#243;mo lograr que mi emprendimiento empezara. </p><p>Si el control estaba a un click de distancia, y &#8220;todos podemos emprender&#8221;, entonces quiz&#225;s las historias de otros me inspirar&#237;an lo suficiente para que mis ideas cobren vida&#8230;&#191;no?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>En la mano, siempre disponible. Si todo estaba ah&#237;, bastaba con aprender m&#225;s r&#225;pido, buscar mejor, optimizar el tiempo, producir 24/7, alcanzar todas las ideas que surgen cuanto antes, porque hay que correr, porque todo puede ser ya, porque nada me impide lograr mis objetivos hoy. ES HOY.</p><p>Un mill&#243;n de opciones y caminos posibles equival&#237;an a un par de b&#250;squedas para entender c&#243;mo materializarlos. Diariamente, las ideas se multiplicaban, pero las decisiones eran cada vez menos.</p><p>Sin embargo, cada vez que me ment&#299;a pretendiendo que tomo el celular para aprender, termino revisando vidas que no sab&#237;a que exist&#237;an, un perro, panes de masa madre habl&#225;ndome enojados para que aprenda a cuidarlos, beb&#233;s copiloto o los restaurantes m&#225;s recomendados por alguien que no s&#233; qui&#233;n es, pero parece tenerla clar&#237;sima.</p><p>Dos horas despu&#233;s, sigo sin ba&#241;arme y estoy mandando memes a mis amigas, riendo cual t&#237;o borracho en Navidad.</p><p>Es normal.</p><p>Entramos en estas plataformas con la excusa de resolver preguntas, o por procrastinar actividades que enserio merecen nuestra atenci&#243;n, pero al usarlas, terminamos generando algo m&#225;s. </p><p>Y prest&#225;me atenci&#243;n, porque es ac&#225; que tengo un punto. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZCCm!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4fe6cccf-fedd-48cc-b1d1-fa6208258398_429x429.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em>[Santa Luc&#237;a, 2023 por Robbie McIntosh ]</em></p><p>Como motor principal, la mayor atracci&#243;n hacia estas plataformas escapistas, era ansiedad, pero la retenci&#243;n que nos provocan, no vienen de tu deseo de cocinar ese plato que tanto te tent&#243;, o de hacer el viaje a La Puglia que te recomendaron en el &#250;ltimo reel, sino de la acci&#243;n que hiciste el segundo apenas te cruzaste con cualquiera de esos contenidos.</p><p>&#191;Te acord&#225;s?</p><p>Tal vez un meme te hizo pensar en una amiga, una receta te dio ganas de cocinar con alguien, una frase te record&#243; una conversaci&#243;n pendiente o una pel&#237;cula nueva se volvi&#243; excusa para invitar a otra persona. Los motivos cambian, pero el gesto se repite: <strong>algo nos despierta el deseo de compartirlo</strong>.</p><p>Durante mucho tiempo, caer en ese flujo autom&#225;tico cada vez que abrimos una red social fue f&#225;cil; observar qu&#233; hacemos realmente ah&#237;, no tanto. Mientras se&#241;al&#225;bamos la deshumanizaci&#243;n de estas plataformas, pas&#225;bamos por alto algo propio y persistente: la necesidad de vincularnos. Ese impulso de compartir, simple, cotidiano, humano, sigue siendo aquello que la tecnolog&#237;a no puede generar por s&#237; sola, pero s&#237; revelar.</p><p>Tampoco es gratis. Recurrir al celular para cubrir ansiedades tiene un costo. Nos mantiene disponibles, fragmentados, en un estado de atenci&#243;n constante que rara vez se traduce en alivio real. Y siempre queremos m&#225;s.</p><p>Durante mucho tiempo, este modo de operar tuvo sentido. Estar conectados, atentos y disponibles era una condici&#243;n para no quedar afuera. Empujados por el FOMO, la &#250;nica opci&#243;n era resolverlo todo. Adaptarse. Mostrar movimiento. Y el celular, funcion&#243; como una extensi&#243;n del cuerpo para facilitar todo esto.</p><p>Pero hoy, este mecanismo, no funciona m&#225;s.</p><p>Un cansancio latente. Dificultad para decidir. Sensaci&#243;n de estar ocupados todo el d&#237;a sin haber avanzado en nada que importe. <strong>Mucha informaci&#243;n, poca digesti&#243;n</strong>. Acelerar dej&#243; de sentirse como progreso y empez&#243; a sentirse como desgaste.</p><p>Sin embargo, las ganas de compartir, solo crecen, y ahi es d&#243;nde hoy podemos comenzar a mirar. No es consumo pasivo. Es un gesto m&#237;nimo de v&#237;nculo. Una forma torpe, pero insistente, de querer compartir algo con alguien m&#225;s.</p><p>Y tal vez ah&#237; haya una pista, un futuro posible.</p><p>No en el uso constante del celular, sino en lo que ese impulso revela. Porque si entramos buscando escapar y salimos buscando conexi&#243;n, quiz&#225;s la pregunta no sea qu&#233; m&#225;s informaci&#243;n puedo adquirir sino d&#243;nde y con qui&#233;n necesitamos estar. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kSV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7708b825-9829-4645-96a4-5d09f7b367e4_1080x756.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kSV!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kSV!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7708b825-9829-4645-96a4-5d09f7b367e4_1080x756.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 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Donde hay cuerpos, tiempos compartidos, gestos repetidos. Donde el encuentro no se optimiza, se habita. Una mesa no acelera una conversaci&#243;n; la sostiene.</p><p>Tal vez por eso, en un contexto saturado de est&#237;mulos y respuestas inmediatas, temas como cocinar, comer juntos o reunirse alrededor de una mesa vuelven a ocupar un lugar central. No aparecen solo como contenido para compartir, sino como experiencias que queremos llevar al plano real: un lugar nuevo que dan ganas de probar, una receta que invita a encontrarse, una mesa que se convierte en excusa para volver a vernos. No resuelven todo, pero <strong>devuelven algo b&#225;sico que ven&#237;a faltando</strong>: presencia.</p><p>Y quiz&#225;s ah&#237; est&#233; el verdadero giro. No en hacer m&#225;s, ni en aprender m&#225;s r&#225;pido, sino en elegir espacios donde el tiempo no se negocia. Donde el valor no est&#225; en lo que se muestra, sino en lo que se vive y se comparte en persona. </p><p>Por eso es que el 2026 no va a ser sobre optimizar m&#225;s. Va a ser sobre aprender a elegir qu&#233; vale la pena sostener.</p><div><hr></div><p>Este newsletter es gratuito y existe gracias al apoyo de quienes creen en Life Menu.</p><p><a href="https://cafecito.app/lifemenu">Comprar un cafecito</a> es una forma de ayudarnos a seguir contando historias alrededor de lo que nos reune: la comida y los encuentros &#9749;&#65039;</p><h2>&#11088; Lo que vi esta semana</h2><p>Te presento <strong>Mantel</strong>, un <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_mantel__?igsh=b3RyZXpnenBrcGRk">proyecto que vuelve a poner</a> la mesa en el centro como gesto de encuentro. Nacido del trabajo conjunto entre una cocinera y un sommelier, Mantel propone mesas compartidas donde el foco no est&#225; en el formato, sino en el ritual: tender el mantel, cocinar con cuidado, elegir bien el vino y dejar que el tiempo haga lo suyo. Cada encuentro es distinto, pero la intenci&#243;n se repite: comida honesta, atenci&#243;n a los detalles y la certeza de que alrededor de una mesa la vida, al menos por un rato, se acomoda.</p><h2>Para seguir pensando</h2><p>&#127860; El post m&#225;s compartido de este mes gir&#243; alrededor de una pregunta simple: <em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DT2wyEuiC2V/?img_index=1">&#191;qu&#233; estamos sacrificando para llegar m&#225;s r&#225;pido?</a></em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DT2wyEuiC2V/?img_index=1"> </a>La cantidad de respuestas dijo m&#225;s que cualquier m&#233;trica&#8230;Hay ganas de salir de la pantalla, y en este newsletter, te voy a dar ideas para hacerlo :)</p><p>&#127860; Cada vez m&#225;s proyectos gastron&#243;micos eligen crecer sin apuro, priorizando oficio y presencia antes que expansi&#243;n. Varios en Berl&#237;n ya empezaron a confiar en nosotros, <a href="https://calendar.app.google/sRhfRWmU7Qh8N5gL9">te sumas?</a></p><p>&#127860; Estamos armando la web de <em>Life Menu</em>, en donde entender&#225;n mejor de qu&#233; trata este proyecto. Mientras tanto, te cuento que hacemos direcci&#243;n creativa para gastornom&#237;a. Si est&#225;s en esta b&#250;squeda, <a href="https://calendar.app.google/sRhfRWmU7Qh8N5gL9">hablame</a> o encontr&#225; en nuestro <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifemenu__/">IG todas las novedades</a>!</p><p>Este menu reci&#233;n comienza!</p><p>-Abi</p><h2></h2><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it feel like when no one feels the same?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why shared emotion remains essential to building cultures (and tables) that endure.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/what-does-it-feel-like-when-no-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/what-does-it-feel-like-when-no-one</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:06:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vLQa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a33fff9-24e4-44a3-a4b6-94886388e521_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This month I went home.</p><p>Returning to Buenos Aires always feels like turning the volume up on life. Every ticket works like the half-time break of a final match: not the main event, but essential if the game is to continue. And in this place that contrasts so sharply with my present in Berlin, something I did not expect appeared: perspective.</p><p>In my city, eating is still a social act before it is a conceptual experience. The table is not a neutral backdrop; it is a space where important things happen. People argue, negotiate, remember. A dish can be well or poorly plated, but if it does not generate conversation, it loses its meaning.</p><p>I was coming from a frozen, grey Berlin. November, they say, is one of the hardest months, when the shift in weather and the early darkness begin to weigh on people. But when I arrived in Buenos Aires, everything became more present: the body, laughter, conflict, desire. And inevitably, coming from a routine in which I barely spend time cooking anything special, food took centre stage again.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg" width="460" height="200.21840873634946" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:558,&quot;width&quot;:1282,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:460,&quot;bytes&quot;:168715,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/i/182879264?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whrx!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9666ec44-e5f7-4bcf-ac88-732a51b82478_1282x558.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The idea became even clearer when I passed through Rio de Janeiro halfway through the trip. There, food blends with the climate, the music, the movement. Nothing is entirely under control, and that is precisely why it works.</p><p>They are two different cultures, but both Latin American. I do not think it is a coincidence that in neither of them does gastronomy need to justify itself. It does not ask for permission or over-explain itself. It exists as a natural extension of life&#8212;<em>as&#237; nom&#225;s</em>.</p><p>And then I returned to Berlin.</p><p>A city made of layers: of languages crossing at the same table, of accents coexisting without fully merging, of stories that arrived at different times and for completely different reasons. A place where sharing a language with your neighbour already feels like good luck.</p><p>Berlin is a deeply immigrant city, and living here means, almost without noticing, carrying your identity as permanent luggage. Everyone arrives with their memories, their rituals, their flavours, their silences. And all of them are different.</p><p>This is, at once, the most fascinating and the most challenging thing about the city.</p><p>When no one shares the same origin, emotion is not fully shared either. There is respect, there is curiosity, there is exchange, but often something more difficult to build is missing: a common memory. The kind that does not need explaining or translating, the kind that is simply understood. The one that makes a gesture, a flavour, or a way of sitting at the table mean the same thing to everyone.</p><p>In cities like Buenos Aires or Rio, much of culture rests on shared experiences. Not because everyone thinks alike, but because they feel from a similar place. There are common references, repeated stories, inherited emotions. And this creates a collective emotional ground on which society leans, argues, and moves forward.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vLQa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a33fff9-24e4-44a3-a4b6-94886388e521_3024x4032.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vLQa!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a33fff9-24e4-44a3-a4b6-94886388e521_3024x4032.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vLQa!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, 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We cook inherited recipes in borrowed kitchens. We celebrate traditions far from those who taught them to us. We adapt customs so they fit into a new life. And in that process, food reappears as one of the few languages capable of connecting what does not share a common history.</p><p>But connecting does not always mean balancing.</p><p>Every dish carries a different nostalgia. Every table gathers memories that do not overlap. And perhaps that is why, at times, gastronomy in a city like Berlin becomes more conceptual than emotional: because when there is no shared feeling, meaning is built from the idea, from the framework, from form.</p><p>This is not a negative thing. It is a logical consequence of living in a city where everyone is building something from scratch.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A_7M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d62929b-da1e-407d-9cf6-35490c2b4a3c_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A_7M!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d62929b-da1e-407d-9cf6-35490c2b4a3c_3024x4032.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A_7M!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, 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An opportunity to put more of ourselves forward. To soften the narrative less. To accept that emotion is not always universal, but it is contagious. That sharing a personal story, even if not everyone fully understands it, can create something deeper than a perfectly designed experience.</p><p>Living between cultures has taught me that identity is not lost; it transforms. And that memories do not disappear: they filter through. In how we eat, in how we welcome others, in the place we give the table within our lives.</p><p>Perhaps Berlin does not need a single identity, nor a homogeneous emotion. Perhaps its strength lies precisely in that accumulation of nostalgias, in that imperfect collage of stories. But for it to work, more than coexistence is required: it requires encounter.</p><p>Here&#8217;s to a great 2026 for all my readers.<br>Thank you for trusting this process.</p><p>Abi</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[¿Qué se siente cuando nadie siente lo mismo?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Por qu&#233; la emoci&#243;n compartida sigue siendo clave para construir cultura (y mesas) que perduren.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/que-se-siente-cuando-nadie-siente</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/que-se-siente-cuando-nadie-siente</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:02:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OPuV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F98ba0be7-5279-4a89-8489-21a4dd117cba_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Este mes volv&#237; a casa. </p><p>Volver a Buenos Aires siempre se siente como subir el volumen de la vida. Cada pasaje funciona como el entretiempo de un partido final: no es el protagonista, pero s&#237; indispensable para seguir jugando. Y en este lugar que tanto contrasta con mi presente en Berl&#237;n, apareci&#243; algo que no esperaba: <em><strong>perspectiva</strong></em>.</p><p>En mi ciudad, comer sigue siendo un acto social antes que una experiencia conceptual. La mesa no es un fondo neutro, es un espacio donde pasan cosas importantes. Se discute, se negocia, se recuerda. El plato puede estar bien o mal servido, pero si no genera conversaci&#243;n, pierde sentido.</p><p>Ven&#237;a de un Berl&#237;n helado y gris. Noviembre, dicen,  es uno de los meses m&#225;s duros, cuando el cambio de clima y la oscuridad <em>temprera</em> empiezan a pesar. Pero llegu&#233; a Buenos Aires y, todo se volvi&#243; m&#225;s presente: el cuerpo, la risa, el conflicto, el deseo. E inevitablemente, ante una rutina en la que la no invierto tiempo en cocinar nada especial, la comida volvi&#243; a ocupar un lugar central.</p><p>La idea se reforz&#243; cuando pas&#233; por R&#237;o de Janeiro a mitad del viaje. Ahi la comida se mezcla con el clima, la m&#250;sica y el movimiento. Nada est&#225; completamente bajo control, y justamente por eso funciona.</p><p>Son dos culturas distintas, pero ambas latinoamericanas. No creo que sea casualidad que en ninguna de las dos la gastronom&#237;a necesite justificarse: no pide permiso ni se explica de m&#225;s. 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momentos y por motivos completamente diferentes. Un espacio en el que es buena suerte compartir el mismo idioma con el vecino. </p><p>Berl&#237;n es una ciudad profundamente inmigrante, y vivir ac&#225; implica, casi sin darnos cuenta, traer la propia identidad como equipaje permanente. Cada uno llega con sus recuerdos, sus rituales, sus sabores, sus silencios. Y todos son distintos.</p><p>A la vez, es lo m&#225;s fascinante y lo m&#225;s desafiante de esta ciudad.</p><p>Cuando nadie comparte el mismo origen, tampoco se comparte del todo la misma emoci&#243;n. Hay respeto, hay curiosidad, hay intercambio, pero muchas veces falta algo m&#225;s dif&#237;cil de construir: <strong>una memoria com&#250;n</strong>. Esa que no se explica, que no se traduce, que simplemente se entiende. La que hace que un gesto, un sabor o una forma de sentarse a la mesa signifique lo mismo para todos.</p><p>En ciudades como Buenos Aires o R&#237;o, gran parte de la cultura se sostiene sobre experiencias compartidas. No porque todos piensen igual, sino porque sienten desde un lugar parecido. Hay referencias comunes, historias que se repiten, emociones que se heredan. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>En Berl&#237;n, ese suelo est&#225; en constante construcci&#243;n.</p><p>Ac&#225;, muchos estamos intentando reconstruir identidad mientras seguimos en movimiento. Cocinamos recetas heredadas en cocinas prestadas. Celebramos <strong>tradiciones lejos de quienes nos las ense&#241;aron</strong>. Adaptamos costumbres para que entren en una vida nueva. Y en ese proceso, la comida vuelve a aparecer como uno de los pocos lenguajes capaces de unir lo que no comparte historia.</p><p>Pero unir no siempre significa igualar.</p><p>Cada plato trae una nostalgia distinta. Cada mesa re&#250;ne recuerdos que no se superponen. Y quiz&#225;s por eso, a veces, la gastronom&#237;a en una ciudad como Berl&#237;n se vuelve m&#225;s conceptual que emocional: porque <strong>cuando no hay un sentir com&#250;n, se construye desde la idea</strong>. Desde el marco. Desde la forma.</p><p>No es algo negativo. 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En animarnos a poner m&#225;s de nosotros mismos. A no suavizar tanto el relato. A<strong> aceptar que la emoci&#243;n no siempre es universal, pero s&#237; contagiosa</strong>. Que compartir una historia personal, incluso si no todos la entienden, puede generar algo m&#225;s profundo que una experiencia perfectamente dise&#241;ada.</p><p>Vivir entre culturas me hizo entender que la identidad no se pierde, se transforma. Y que los recuerdos no desaparecen: se filtran. En c&#243;mo comemos, en c&#243;mo recibimos al otro, en qu&#233; lugar le damos a la mesa dentro de nuestra vida.</p><p>Tal vez Berl&#237;n no necesite una identidad &#250;nica, ni una emoci&#243;n homog&#233;nea. Tal vez <strong>su fuerza est&#233; justamente en esa suma de nostalgias</strong>, en ese collage imperfecto de historias. Pero para que eso funcione, hace falta algo m&#225;s que convivencia: <strong>hace falta encuentro</strong>.</p><p>por un gran 2026 para todos mis lectores!!! gracias por confiar en este proceso :) </p><p>Abi</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we love AI or is it giving the ick?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reflection on how our fear of technology might say more about us than it does about machines.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/do-we-love-ai-or-is-it-giving-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/do-we-love-ai-or-is-it-giving-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:00:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jkVc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff35cf12a-0817-4cca-abc9-30159c23aa6a_866x1026.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right after receiving an email from some random newsletter I subscribed to ages ago (as you probably did with mine), I started scrolling through the latest topics filling my inbox.</p><p>And here&#8217;s what I noticed: aside from the subtle marketing that hides between the lines, there isn&#8217;t a single one that doesn&#8217;t mention &#8220;<em>AI&#8221;. </em>Somehow every entrepreneur, writer, or founder who writes a Sunday newsletter (like me, apparently) is talking about AI. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>And yes, that's the type of writer I follow. But bare with me, I have a point to prove here.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jkVc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff35cf12a-0817-4cca-abc9-30159c23aa6a_866x1026.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jkVc!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff35cf12a-0817-4cca-abc9-30159c23aa6a_866x1026.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jkVc!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, 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accent. It turned out adorable. The kind of cute that feels somewhere between a Tim Burton film and a Pixar narration.</p><p>Until one of my colleagues walked in, took one listen, and instantly shattered my proud-mum moment with a quick: <em>&#8220;It gave me the ick.&#8221;</em></p><p>That&#8217;s when I realised, everyone&#8217;s talking about AI, but what&#8217;s the sentiment</p><p>Depending on your age (and probably your LinkedIn trauma), opinions couldn&#8217;t be more different: from trying to master it out of fear of losing your job, to rejecting it completely because it all feels&#8230; unreal.</p><p>People are either desperate to discover the world of artificial intelligence, or fighting for its death. A war between fascination and discomfort.</p><p>And like my sweet Carrie Bradshaw would say, '&#8220;I couldn't help but wonder&#8221;&#8230; <em>what does AI make us feel?</em></p><h2>Fear as a feature</h2><p>Every time someone mentions AI on a global stage, it feels like they&#8217;re introducing a new doomsday trailer. <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s coming for your jobs,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s rewriting reality,&#8221; &#8220;It might even end civilisation as we know it.&#8221;</em></p><p>Now, fun fact which I wasn&#8217;t considering before reading <em>Ways of Being</em> by James Bridle, but the people claiming this, are the ones who build it. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and all the global Mr. &#8220;I have power&#8221; people that we know (and today basically control our knowledge) are those building up the tools that then should scare us, as they had mentioned in various twits.</p><p>Pretty convenient to encourage fear towards the tools they&#8217;re building or supporting, considering everyone will desperately learn them to avoid staying behind. Big entities and tech leaders have managed to do something quite paradoxical: <strong>sell us innovation through fear</strong>. They present AI as both miracle and monster, as if we should admire it from a distance, but never fully trust it.</p><p>While reading this book, I found a sentence that stuck with me:<strong> technology isn&#8217;t </strong><em><strong>becoming</strong></em><strong> human; it&#8217;s reminding us how limited our version of being human actually is.</strong> So, maybe the fear we feel isn&#8217;t really about machines getting smarter, but about the possibility that they might show us how mechanical we&#8217;ve become.</p><p>Perhaps, &#8220;the ick&#8221; is just fear with better PR. Our instinctive reaction to something that feels too close, too capable, too reflective. A defence mechanism disguised as disgust.</p><h2>The Aesthetic of the &#8220;Ick&#8221;</h2><p>Feelings towards AI tend to live in extremes. People don&#8217;t just <em>fear</em> its growth, they often <em>cringe</em> at it. Show any Gen Z an AI-generated image, a robotic voiceover, or a synthetic influencer and you&#8217;ll feel the collective shiver run through the room. It&#8217;s not rational; it&#8217;s visceral.</p><p>That &#8220;AI ick&#8221; is born from a quiet discomfort, the unease that appears when something tries a little too hard to look human. It&#8217;s the same reaction we get when a stranger uses our slang to sound relatable, or when a brand suddenly starts &#8220;talking like Gen Z.&#8221; Our brains just know: this isn&#8217;t real.</p><p>But the rejection goes deeper than aesthetics. After listening to Rosal&#237;a<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEQZs8SLhQE"> describe her new album </a><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEQZs8SLhQE">LUX</a></em> as an act of rebellion against the use of AI, in both music and video, something clicked. <strong>Maybe the &#8220;ick&#8221; isn&#8217;t just about unease. It&#8217;s rebellion</strong>. In a world obsessed with optimisation, saying <em>no</em> to AI feels like reclaiming agency. Proof that you still value the human messiness of things.</p><p>And perhaps that&#8217;s what will keep us sane in the future: not rejecting AI out of fear, but choosing <em>when and how</em> to engage with it. Doing things manually, slowly, or imperfectly isn&#8217;t inefficiency, it&#8217;s <strong>self-preservation</strong> and believing we<em> </em>still exist beyond the algorithm.</p><h2>The Collective Mood</h2><p>Curious about whether this &#8220;ick&#8221; was universal or just me being dramatic, I decided to ask my community on Instagram how they felt about AI.</p><p>The results were pretty clear: <strong>62% of the votes</strong> said they <strong>reject it completely</strong>, either because it makes them uncomfortable or simply because they&#8217;re tired of hearing about it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gAgM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed524ac3-6f90-4b6d-9d8a-353640386d12_1283x1968.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>But honestly, I don&#8217;t buy that those 500 followers who swore they &#8220;don&#8217;t use it&#8221; aren&#8217;t secretly letting ChatGPT tweak their captions or plan their next holiday itinerary. The truth is, we love to hate what we already depend on. So going further in my interesting and twisted questions, I wondered: do we <em>really</em> reject it, or are we just echoing what we&#8217;ve read?</p><p>That's when I found this <a href="/__u/substack.com/@ineslee/note/c-149629689">research exploring whether AI is actually making us dumber</a>, and the results were refreshingly nuanced. It isn&#8217;t the technology that weakens us; it&#8217;s how we use it. We are making ourselves dumber by using AI as we use it. When we let it think <em>for</em> us, we flatten our own imagination. </p><p>At the end of the day, maybe that&#8217;s what all of this is really about: <strong>showing up</strong>. Not to outsmart the machine or outpace the trend, but to <strong>remain awake in our own process</strong>. To keep noticing, feeling, editing, deciding. AI might write faster, design cleaner, and sound smarter, but it still can&#8217;t care, and <strong>caring is the most human thing we do</strong>. </p><p>It's not our creativity that it's at risk in this era, but our attention.</p><h2>Smarter tools, but slower minds?</h2><p>Maybe the real challenge isn&#8217;t learning how to use AI, but remembering <em>why</em> we&#8217;re using it in the first place. Every tool reflects the hand that holds it, and if we stop questioning our intentions, we risk confusing efficiency with purpose. </p><p>The future doesn&#8217;t need more people who know how to prompt; it needs people who still know how to pause, to ask, to choose. Because progress without reflection isn&#8217;t intelligence, it&#8217;s automation. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>It&#8217;s Monday night.<br>I&#8217;m lying in bed, holding my laptop like it&#8217;s a life support machine. You know that irrational fear of <em>not doing enough</em>? Yeah. That one that whispers &#8220;you should be working&#8221; while you&#8217;re brushing your teeth.</p><p>Today was just&#8230; another Monday. The kind of day where Berlin goes dark at 5 p.m. and your brain decides dinner is the only way to survive emotional winter.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nmTf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ac4a7f8-fe16-4696-98fb-ed16fa77ce5c_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nmTf!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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rent, how to learn AI in 24 hours, how <em>this</em> is the best time to succeed as a creative (great, I&#8217;ll just cry faster).</p><p>Meanwhile, I was scrolling through second-hand marketplaces pretending to be different versions of myself&#8230;minimalist, maximalist, &#8220;that-girl,&#8221; burnt-out-freelancer-with-taste. All of them, in one browser tab.</p><p>And somewhere between tabs, I started thinking: <strong>maybe I need help</strong>.<br>Like, actual help, not another productivity hack.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been juggling too many clients, too many to-dos, too many &#8220;I&#8217;ll figure it out&#8221;s.<br>So I thought: <strong>should I outsource some tasks?</strong></p><p>Then immediately: <em>but what if I can&#8217;t afford it? what if I create more work by trying to avoid work? </em>The classic overthinker Olympics had started.</p><p>I kept doing mental math like I was solving the economy&#8230; &#8220;if I pay someone ten hours, I&#8217;ll have ten free hours&#8230; but then I&#8217;ll spend eight managing them and two questioning my entire career.&#8221; All day <em>comiendome la cabeza</em> (an Argentinian expression for thoughts that are driving you crazy)!</p><p>There&#8217;s this belief we quietly inherit, that <strong>doing everything alone is noble</strong>.<br>That the chaos is proof of passion.<br>That the burn-out somehow validates that you &#8220;care enough.&#8221;<br>But if I&#8217;m being honest, the only thing it validated was that my ego didn&#8217;t want to share control.</p><p>I thought delegating meant failure, like I was admitting I couldn&#8217;t handle it.<br>When in reality, it just means you&#8217;re finally <em>creating space</em> for what actually matters.</p><p>So after five hours of mental ping-pong, I did something scary:<br>I posted on Instagram that I was looking for help.<br>No filters, no &#8220;strategic phrasing&#8221;, just a real call for support.</p><p>And in less than 24 hours, more than 50 people replied.<br>Designers, assistants, creatives, people I&#8217;d never met, but somehow understood what I was trying to build.</p><p>That&#8217;s when it hit me: I had built a  &#8220;community&#8221; online, without realizing <em>I was allowed to lean on it too. </em>I was busy performing independence, when the whole point of creating something like <em><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifemenu__/">Life Menu</a></strong></em> is to connect.</p><p>Growth doesn&#8217;t come from control.<br>It comes from connection, from letting people in, from combining skills, from trusting that someone else can hold a part of your chaos.</p><p>So yeah, maybe <em>you&#8217;ll find the answers in the others&#8230; not in you. </em>Because the moment you stop keeping everything to yourself, that&#8217;s the exact moment you start to grow.</p><p>And here, I present the most extensive and emotional job search you&#8217;ve seen in the last months (or ever)&#8230; </p><p>If your brain&#8217;s been eating itself lately, welcome to the club, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abilombardi/">my DMs are open and I reply to all of them</a>. I want to know those on the other side, and who knows&#8230;maybe work together &#10084;&#65039;</p><p>xoxo</p><p>Abi</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the fuck is Life Menu (and why I can only tell you now)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the text I couldn&#8217;t write for a whole year.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/what-the-fuck-is-life-menu-and-why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/what-the-fuck-is-life-menu-and-why</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:22:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FLmy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2ed1724-9c97-4e93-bb52-420d661040f6_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>365 days (or more) have passed since I left home and started writing this newsletter, no rules to follow, no sugar-coating (<em>ni pelos en la lengua</em>).</p><p>Spurts of emotion. Tips for those testing out life abroad. How to crawl out from the rubble of unemployment. Or unexpected connections with gastronomy.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>A year since I realised that to get through the <em>malas</em> (the bad times), I had to embrace them (aka create a platform where I could share them).</p><p>But before I could explain what this space is about, I had to understand it myself.</p><h2>not trusting what you&#8217;re building</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Not because you&#8217;re lazy, but because you&#8217;re inhabiting ideas that aren&#8217;t yours. Wearing roles someone else invented. Living by philosophies you didn&#8217;t choose.</p><p>And so, without noticing, your energy &#8212; your best energy &#8212; goes into holding up something that never once asked who you are.</p><p>It&#8217;s not just about &#8220;work&#8221;.<br>It&#8217;s about where you put your body, your attention, your intention each day.<br>And if that doesn&#8217;t connect with you, no matter how hard you push, you fade anyway.</p><p>Frustration doesn&#8217;t come from working hard. It comes from working for something that doesn&#8217;t let you be.<br>Because you can&#8217;t live fully inside something that doesn&#8217;t make space for you to discover yourself.</p><p>I spent years like that. Jumping from idea to idea, trusting other people&#8217;s projects to avoid my own. Starting things with enthusiasm and dropping them without knowing why. Life Menu was one of those. Just another attempt. Another <em>a ver si esta vez s&#237;</em> (let&#8217;s see if this time it works).</p><p>But rushing something that doesn&#8217;t yet live inside you, that doesn&#8217;t even have a name, is like setting a deadline for a seed that&#8217;s just sprouted.</p><p>Life Menu was born a thousand times. Always rushed. Always with the anxiety of &#8220;building something&#8221; now. With no real focus, I kept moving, letting time decide the route.</p><h2>when you disguise what you want to say</h2><p>Before daring to really look at myself, I did everything to avoid it. I kept busy. Really busy. Alongside my &#8220;real&#8221; jobs, I created a character on social media, and for a while, it worked. I wrote scripts, edited videos until my eyes burned, built personas, and had phrases go viral.</p><p>From the outside, it looked like it was working. Inside, I had no idea where I was going, or why.</p><p>It was like putting glitter on something I couldn&#8217;t yet name.<br>The sensitivity was there. But boxed in. Stored in a pretty container, the kind that looks good on Instagram but doesn&#8217;t let anything breathe.</p><p>I had something to say, but I couldn&#8217;t say it like that.</p><p>The real stuff can&#8217;t be forced.<br>The real stuff shows up when you make space for it.</p><p>I had to leave.<br>Change language, accent, seasons.<br>Be alone.<br>Mute the noise and urgency.<br>And wait.</p><p>Wait for whatever I had to say to come out without a disguise.</p><h2>Berlin and having no bloody idea</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b8YZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d80e027-68a4-449a-92d7-19ce8f80785a_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b8YZ!, 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My CV wasn&#8217;t enough. My plan wasn&#8217;t enough. Maybe not this way.</p><p>The famous <em>ver qu&#233; sale</em> (let&#8217;s see what comes up) led me to gastronomy &#8212; a world I&#8217;d never stepped into. Yet somehow, it had been waiting for me.</p><p>Serving new versions of myself, I found belonging in a &#8220;family&#8221; that didn&#8217;t need explanations. I&#8217;d found what I&#8217;d been unconsciously looking for: a space to meet myself.</p><p>That&#8217;s when I understood: Life Menu wasn&#8217;t a plan.<br>It wasn&#8217;t a strategy. It wasn&#8217;t even a &#8220;big idea&#8221;.</p><p>It was what appears when you stop pushing.<br>When you let go of what it &#8220;should be&#8221; and stay with what is.</p><p>It&#8217;s what&#8217;s born in the <em>mientras tanto</em> (the in-between).<br>In the small things.<br>In what you didn&#8217;t plan, but transforms you.</p><p>And so, what I didn&#8217;t know&#8230; started to make sense.<br>It wasn&#8217;t about where I was going, but how I was driving.</p><h2>Life Menu isn&#8217;t a brand, it&#8217;s a philosophy</h2><p>I don&#8217;t have five neat content pillars.<br>I&#8217;m not a hashtag category.<br>I&#8217;m a process.</p><p>Life Menu is how I explore the invisible things that keep us going:<br>career changes, new cities, inner searches, lifestyles that don&#8217;t fit neatly in a definition, and the kind of food that can bring someone back to life.</p><p>Life Menu is transformation, colour, and authenticity.</p><p>I write from Berlin and Buenos Aires. But I also write from the questions that follow you anywhere:</p><p>Who are you when no one sees you?<br>What does it mean to have your own voice, even when you don&#8217;t know how to use it?</p><h2>what you&#8217;ll find here</h2><ul><li><p>Stories of people who&#8217;ve taught me to see differently.</p></li><li><p>Ideas that inspire me to create.</p></li><li><p>Reviews that don&#8217;t just recommend, they resonate.</p></li><li><p>Recipes that don&#8217;t chase likes, they chase memories.</p></li><li><p>Questions with no instant answer.</p></li><li><p>Reflections on what you can&#8217;t see, but can feel.</p></li></ul><p>I can&#8217;t promise I&#8217;ll stay the same over time. I can&#8217;t tie myself to traits that might stop fitting tomorrow. But I can transform, over and over, wrapped in the honesty that carries me through these changes.</p><p>Because that&#8217;s what Life Menu is:<br>A way of designing your life through what you eat, wear, live and feel.<br>No formulas. No need to have it all figured out. Just presence.</p><h3>for a long time, I delayed this introduction</h3><p>Today, I don&#8217;t have more certainties than before.<br>But I do have conviction.</p><p>That this matters.<br>That there&#8217;s a possible community on the other side.<br><strong>That living with sensitivity, humour and intuition is also a form of activism.</strong></p><p>Thanks for being here. For reading. For keeping your questions alive.</p><p>This is just the beginning.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XnKG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67425e67-0cbd-4d57-a646-33cafa039b6f_1889x2361.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XnKG!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67425e67-0cbd-4d57-a646-33cafa039b6f_1889x2361.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XnKG!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qué carajo es Life Menu (y por qué recién ahora te lo puedo contar)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Este es el texto que estuve un a&#241;o sin poder escribir.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/que-carajo-es-life-menu-y-por-que</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/que-carajo-es-life-menu-y-por-que</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:48:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qtuC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9de67a7-5b9f-453c-9eb0-c0cbd6a6abca_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>365 d&#237;as (o m&#225;s) pasaron desde que me fui de casa y empec&#233; a escribir <em><strong>este newsletter</strong></em>, sin est&#225;ndares que seguir, o pelos en la lengua. </p><p>Escupitazos de emociones. Recomendaciones para los que prueban vivir lejos. Tips para salir de los escombros del desempleo. O conexiones inesperadas con la gastronom&#237;a.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Un a&#241;o desde que descubr&#237; que para salir de las malas, ten&#237;a que abrazarlas (<em>o crear una plataforma en donde las comparto</em>). </p><p>Pero para explicar de qu&#233; se trata este espacio, primero ten&#237;a que entenderlo.</p><h2>no confiar en lo que constru&#237;s</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qtuC!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9de67a7-5b9f-453c-9eb0-c0cbd6a6abca_3024x4032.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hay etapas en las que trabaj&#225;s sin confiar, sin foco. No porque no quieras, sino porque est&#225;s habitando ideas que no son tuyas. Roles ajenos, filosof&#237;as prestadas.</p><p>Tu energ&#237;a se va en sostener algo que nunca te pregunt&#243; qui&#233;n sos.</p><p>No es solo el trabajo. Es en qu&#233; pon&#233;s tu cuerpo y tu atenci&#243;n cada d&#237;a.<br>Y si eso no te representa, por m&#225;s esfuerzo que hagas, te vas apagando igual.</p><p>La frustraci&#243;n no viene por hacer mucho, sino por hacerlo para algo que no te deja ser.<br><strong>Porque no hay forma de habitar algo que no te cree espacio para descubrirte</strong>.</p><p>Yo pas&#233; a&#241;os as&#237;. Saltando de idea en idea, confiando en proyectos de otros para escaparme de los m&#237;os. Empezando cosas con entusiasmo y solt&#225;ndolas sin saber por qu&#233;. <em><strong>Life Menu</strong></em> tambi&#233;n fue una de esas cosas. Un intento m&#225;s de &#8220;a ver si esta vez s&#237;&#8221;. </p><p>Sin embargo, apurar algo que todav&#237;a no te habita, que no tiene nombre&#8230; es como ponerle fecha a una planta que reci&#233;n germina.</p><p><strong>Life Menu naci&#243; mil veces</strong>. Pero siempre desde el apuro, desde la ansiedad de tener que construir algo. Pero ante el poco foco, avanc&#233; y dej&#233; que el tiempo decidiera el rumbo. </p><h2>cuando disfraz&#225;s lo que quer&#233;s decir</h2><p>Antes de animarme a mirarme, hice de todo para evitarlo. Me ocup&#233;. Me ocup&#233; mucho. En paralelo a mis responsabilidades laborales, cre&#233; un personaje en redes, y por un tiempo funcion&#243;. Escrib&#237; guiones, edit&#233; videos, arm&#233; personajes, y viralic&#233; frases. <br>Por fuera, todo parec&#237;a funcionar. Pero adentro, <em><strong>no sab&#237;a ni a d&#243;nde iba, ni por qu&#233;</strong></em>.</p><p>Era como ponerle brillo a algo que todav&#237;a no sab&#237;a nombrar.<br>Mi sensibilidad estaba. Pero envasada. Guardada en un tupper bonito, limpio, de esos que se ven bien en Instagram pero no dejan respirar.</p><p>Ten&#237;a algo para decir, pero no podr&#237;a hacerlo de este modo.</p><p><strong>Lo real no se fuerza. Lo real aparece cuando le das espacio.</strong></p><p>Tuve que irme.<br>Cambiar de idioma, de acento, de estaciones.<br>Quedarme sola.<br>Silenciar el ruido y la urgencia.<br>Y esperar.<br>Esperar a que aquello que ten&#237;a para decir, salga sin disfraz.</p><h2>berlin y el no tener idea de nada</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jddn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F173b9546-5f36-4cbd-8142-db9162fe9508_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jddn!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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famoso &#8220;ver qu&#233; sale&#8221; me llev&#243; a la gastronom&#237;a. Un mundo que nunca hab&#237;a pisado. Y que sin embargo, me estaba esperando. </p><p><a href="/__u/abilombardi.substack.com/p/la-gastronomia-salva-vidas-y-salvo">Sirviendo nuevas versiones de m&#237;</a>, me encontr&#233; perteneciendo a una familia que no me ped&#237;a explicaciones. Hab&#237;a logrado encontrar aquello que tanto busqu&#233; inconscientemente: <strong>un</strong> <strong>espacio para descubirme</strong>.</p><p><strong>Ah&#237; entend&#237; que Life Menu no se trataba de un plan</strong>.<br>Ni de una estrategia. Ni siquiera de una gran idea.</p><p>Se trataba de eso que aparece cuando dej&#225;s de empujar.<br>Cuando solt&#225;s lo que &#8220;deber&#237;a ser&#8221; y te qued&#225;s con lo que es.</p><p>Eso que nace en el mientras tanto.<br>En lo peque&#241;o.<br>En lo que no planeaste, pero te transforma.</p><p>Y fue as&#237; como lo que no sab&#237;a&#8230;empez&#243; a tener sentido. No se trataba de a d&#243;nde iba, sino de c&#243;mo conduc&#237;a.</p><h2>Life Menu no es una marca, es una filosof&#237;a</h2><p>No tengo cinco pilares de contenido.<br>No soy una categor&#237;a para encasillar entre hashtags.<br><strong>Soy un proceso</strong>.</p><p>Life Menu es mi forma de explorar lo invisible que nos sostiene:<em><strong> Los cambios de carrera, las ciudades nuevas, las b&#250;squedas internas, los estilos de vida que no encajan en una definici&#243;n, y la gastronom&#237;a para alegra vidas.</strong></em></p><p>Life menu es transformaci&#243;n, color, y autenticidad. Escribo desde Berl&#237;n y Buenos Aires. Pero tambi&#233;n escribo desde esas preguntas que te siguen a donde vayas:</p><blockquote><p><em>&#191;Qui&#233;n sos cuando nadie te ve? <br>&#191;Qu&#233; significa tener una voz propia, aunque no sepas c&#243;mo usarla?</em></p></blockquote><h2>lo que vas a encontrar ac&#225;</h2><ul><li><p>Historias de personas que me ense&#241;aron a mirar distinto</p></li><li><p>Ideas que me inspiran a ser creadora</p></li><li><p>Rese&#241;as que no solo recomiendan, <strong>resuenan</strong></p></li><li><p>Recetas que no buscan likes, buscan memorias</p></li><li><p>Preguntas sin respuesta inmediata</p></li><li><p>Reflexiones sobre lo que no se ve, pero se siente</p></li></ul><p>No puedo prometer ser lo mismo a lo largo del tiempo, no puedo atarme a caracter&#237;sticas que quiz&#225;s ma&#241;ana dejen de representarme. Pero si <strong>puedo transformarme una y mil veces abrazada a la honestidad con la que transito estos cambios. </strong></p><p>Porque Life Menu es eso:<br><em><strong>Una forma de dise&#241;ar tu vida a trav&#233;s de lo que com&#233;s, vest&#237;s, viv&#237;s y sent&#237;s.<br>Sin f&#243;rmulas. Sin tener todo resuelto. Solo con presencia.</strong></em></p><h2>durante mucho tiempo postergu&#233; esta presentaci&#243;n</h2><p>Hoy no tengo m&#225;s certezas que antes.<br>Pero s&#237; tengo convicci&#243;n.</p><p>De que esto importa.<br>De que hay una comunidad posible del otro lado.<br><strong>De que vivir con sensibilidad, humor e intuici&#243;n tambi&#233;n es una forma de activismo.</strong></p><p>Gracias por estar, por leer, por seguir pregunt&#225;ndote cosas.</p><p>Esto reci&#233;n empieza.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F_Ff!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff02f3356-be77-4907-afab-daf451036049_1889x2361.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F_Ff!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gastronomy saves lives (and it saved mine)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A love letter to flavours, childhood, and the meals that carry stories.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/gastronomy-saves-lives-and-it-saved</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/gastronomy-saves-lives-and-it-saved</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:13:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7kNz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb6b6110-6795-41d2-a25b-0e7561909753_1128x1400.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Where do your senses go when your emotions are all over the place?</strong></p><p>There comes a time (maybe a few) when everything that once felt steady just&#8230; isn&#8217;t.<br>Doesn&#8217;t matter what your career used to be called or what your five-year plan said.<br>Everything shakes. Everything says no. And that&#8217;s alright.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Then, out of nowhere, there&#8217;s a hug for no reason. A hot plate.<br>A kitchen full of smells that doesn&#8217;t ask for your CV or what you&#8217;re hoping to achieve at your next performance review.<br>A recipe that doesn&#8217;t need anything from you but your presence.</p><p>Gastronomy became that for me: a space where I didn&#8217;t have to prove anything.<br>Didn&#8217;t have to pitch myself.<br>Just had to show up.</p><h2>when serving plates ends up serving you</h2><p>When I took a job in food service, I thought it was a stopgap, a &#8220;for now&#8221; thing&#8212;just until I figured things out.<br>A job to pay rent and bide time while I waited for &#8220;my thing&#8221; to come back around.</p><p>But something else happened in the meantime.</p><p>I let myself try new dishes&#8212;right alongside a new version of myself.</p><p>Learning the backstory behind a classic, the nostalgia baked into a bit of bread, or the quiet process happening behind the kitchen doors until a dish lands on the table&#8212;I found bits of myself that had been left behind, somewhere far off.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;724badaf-9f3f-4911-ab2f-d2aa6d3ea925&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p><br>Without meaning to, I was also tasting a new way of seeing my own reality.</p><p>In hospitality, I found what no office had ever given me: <strong>ritual, a sense of belonging, empathy, and the kind of hugs that come in the form of a well-made dish</strong>.</p><h2>flavours speak on your behalf</h2><p>I thought I was just saving myself&#8212;but turns out, I was also healing.</p><p>Every flavour had something to say. Every dish told a new story.<br>Guests who&#8217;d tell me bits about their day, colleagues showing me how to build a plate properly, the lessons I got on how to make decent coffee&#8212;without realising, I was cooking through parts of myself that felt broken.</p><p>The food wasn&#8217;t just feeding me.<br>It was speaking. Soothing. Gathering.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7kNz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb6b6110-6795-41d2-a25b-0e7561909753_1128x1400.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7kNz!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb6b6110-6795-41d2-a25b-0e7561909753_1128x1400.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7kNz!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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Never really thought I had to.</p><p>So when it came to choosing a place that would have me on their team, I went for those who wanted you to be part of their &#8220;something&#8221;&#8212;who wanted you to fit in and be able to describe the dishes with the same care and patience the chef who created them had.</p><p>That&#8217;s where I learnt that dishes aren&#8217;t just cooked.<br>They&#8217;re talked over, tested, shared.<br>You wait for the taster&#8217;s reaction&#8212;the gleam in their eye, or that heavy exhale that lets you know: you got it right.</p><p>Every recipe is a country, a family, a language, a grief.<br>A kitchen doesn&#8217;t just feed&#8212;it remembers.<br>And by remembering, it makes you part of something.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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your room, stomach rumbling.</p><h2>where I learnt to really listen to myself</h2><p>In that unexpected space, I found something I wasn&#8217;t even looking for: a version of me I&#8217;d forgotten.</p><p>One that didn&#8217;t need briefs or strategy decks.<br>Just smells, tastes, laughter.<br>One that knew that serving someone a plate is really just a way of getting close.</p><p>And it was there, between warm bread and handwritten family recipes, that I remembered something important: <strong>how to enjoy things again</strong>.</p><p>Years ago, I used to let myself make choices without some grand plan behind them.<br>I let myself play, cook, invent, record. Make up recipes and pretend to be them.</p><p>Maybe it was always there.<br>It just needed room to come back out.</p><h2>sometimes life doesn&#8217;t want a plan, it just wants you to show up</h2><p>When life caved in, the kitchen stayed standing.<br>And I sat at the table. Not as a guest. As part of it.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t just a job.<br>It was a sensory refuge.<br>A way of being without having to explain myself.</p><p>Gastronomy brought me back to myself, one dish at a time.<br>It didn&#8217;t ask me to know what to do with my life.<br>Just to show up. Smell. Taste.</p><p>And sometimes, that&#8217;s more than enough.</p><p>&#8211; Abi</p><p></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going back is also a way of leaving]]></title><description><![CDATA[The magic of returning to a place that&#8217;s no longer home.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/going-back-is-also-a-way-of-leaving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/going-back-is-also-a-way-of-leaving</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:45:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d4uA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb718bd-13f8-45b3-9c37-a2c7f5ba1c7a_1130x1372.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never thought I&#8217;d want to see her again. Didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d miss her. Definitely didn&#8217;t expect to one day consider spending my savings on a flight just to see her face again.<br>Never pictured myself packing a suitcase full of emotions I never quite knew how to show her, or replaying stories she never got to hear.</p><p>She never used to stir much in me. Didn&#8217;t think her scent would have such a clear spot in my memory. Didn&#8217;t think her absence would sting like this. Didn&#8217;t even consider what a life without her would feel like.</p><p>But then I went back to Buenos Aires. And suddenly, all of that hit me.</p><p>Caught off guard by a tidal wave of emotions I thought I&#8217;d outgrown&#8212;at 26 you feel like you&#8217;ve outlived your emotional chaos&#8212;I could only ask myself: <strong>Can you miss something deeply, and still not choose it?</strong></p><p>The contradiction of feeling two completely opposite things at once left me speechless. So, as always, I went looking for answers.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d4uA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb718bd-13f8-45b3-9c37-a2c7f5ba1c7a_1130x1372.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d4uA!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb718bd-13f8-45b3-9c37-a2c7f5ba1c7a_1130x1372.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d4uA!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, 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Fresh air, a shift, a shake-up. The word itself implies movement&#8212;of the body, or the mind. It might be a therapy session that drags you inward, or some mad adventure in Patagonia that throws you into the unknown.<br>But the effect&#8217;s the same: a before and after in how you see things.</p><p>Travelling is about discovering. Travelling is becoming.</p><p>That pre-trip moment always feels like a perfect mix of excitement and logistics.<br>Everything revolves around what&#8217;s coming, what you don&#8217;t know yet, what could surprise you. You leave the routine behind and suddenly the world looks brighter.<br>There&#8217;s something very human about being excited for the new&#8212;about imagining yourself inside different stories.</p><p>As the years go by, that excitement dulls a bit. Life&#8217;s shown you not everything goes to plan, so you learn to manage expectations, to go in lighter.</p><p>But some emotions don&#8217;t care how old you are. And this March, going home filled me with butterflies.</p><p>The weird thing? This time it wasn&#8217;t about newness. It was about the familiar. The everyday. The places I once called <em>mine</em>.</p><p>I managed my emotions when I moved halfway across the world&#8212;but no one taught me what to do with the ones that show up when you go back. Back <em>home</em>. Back to Buenos Aires.</p><p>And faced with the familiar, what showed up wasn&#8217;t peace. It was panic.</p><h2>I forgot I planted seeds</h2><p>Packing your bags and leaving home can happen for a million reasons.<br>In my case, it was meant to be a break. A pause from Buenos Aires. A comma that accidentally turned into a full stop.</p><p>Moving far away strips you of references. No one knows you. No corner makes you feel nostalgic. Your priorities don&#8217;t carry weight. Your jokes in English don&#8217;t land.<br>And your neighbours greet you in a different language&#8212;<em>if</em> they greet you at all.</p><p>You&#8217;re facing a blank page.</p><p>And with that much empty space, I realised I&#8217;m heavily shaped by my surroundings. I get inspired easily. So, if the soil was fertile, I wasn&#8217;t gonna sit still&#8212;I grabbed a spade and started digging.</p><p>Survival does that. It pushes you into corners of yourself you didn&#8217;t even know existed.<br>New emotional landscapes. Ideas that once felt impossible. Every step felt like a bet. Not digging felt like giving up. And that, for me, was never an option.</p><p>From July to March, I focused on building something that felt like me. That felt <em>mine</em>.<br>I worked hard, exposed myself even more, and found comfort in people who started to get my sense of humour, in caf&#233;s that figured out how I like my cappuccino. I was solid.</p><p>But I was still in motion. My convictions were fragile, my choices blurry, my answers inconsistent. I wasn&#8217;t the same person. And with no one around to remind me who I used to be, I started to doubt.</p><p>There&#8217;s something really powerful about having your choices mirrored by people who know you. They know what&#8217;s <em>you</em>, and without even realising it, they either validate or challenge what you do.</p><p>I&#8217;d planted seeds, sure. But I&#8217;d left the harvest behind&#8212;without even saying goodbye.</p><h2>Sorting the mess</h2><p>Building a new life has a bit of experimentation, a bit of guts, and a whole lot of chaos.<br>It&#8217;s exciting, yeah. That chance to start from scratch with a bit more clarity about who you are (or who you want to be) is a gift&#8212;one you don&#8217;t always recognise in the moment. I took it seriously.</p><p>Driven by ambition, I set out to build something real. Not just something shiny&#8212;something solid. Something honest. Something that fit into this idea I now have of what <em>living well</em> means. I repaired stuff. I shifted priorities. I made decisions I used to dodge.</p><p>But if the foundations are shaky, no matter how nice the tower looks, it&#8217;s gonna tremble.</p><p>Going back to Buenos Aires&#8212;or to your home country&#8212;is a jolt. You&#8217;re face to face with where you come from, but from a whole new place.</p><p>You no longer have your own room. Your things came with you. And in that city where you used to be local, now you&#8217;re a visitor.</p><p>That first trip back is like a quiet little test: Does what you built still hold? Or does it crumble the second someone hugs you?</p><p>And then come the questions. So many. Blunt, loving, invasive:</p><blockquote><p>So, what now?<br>Do you speak in that language all day now?<br>But why&#8217;d you leave if you had everything here?<br>And how long are you staying?</p></blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t have answers. Not all of them. Not yet.</p><p>If what you built is weak, the trip back will shake it apart. But if it&#8217;s rooted well, going back makes it stronger. That&#8217;s what I came to do: To unpick in order to understand. To clear out wardrobes, sort through the emotional mess, and close chapters with the same heart I used to leave.</p><p>My inconsistent answers weren&#8217;t about fear or confusion. They were the echo of leaving behind a piece of myself&#8212; the piece that was born in the noise, chaos, and raw beauty of this city that made me who I am.</p><p>Leave a door open, and a part of you always keeps slipping out through it.</p><h2>Magic Buenos Aires</h2><p>Buenos Aires has this magical way of wrapping itself around you. It&#8217;s chaotic. It&#8217;s full-on. It&#8217;s dramatic. But it&#8217;s <em>so alive</em> it cuts right through you.</p><p>It taught me to look at the world with curiosity. To tell stories with words <em>and hands</em> (lots of hands). To realise that everything I am today was baked slowly between packed buses, cracked pavements and caf&#233;s where conversations never end.</p><p>Going back scrambles all your pieces. Because even if you try to reinvent yourself in new cities, there&#8217;s something about Buenos Aires that always pulls you back&#8212;its rhythm, its people, its unfiltered truth.</p><p>It&#8217;s magic because it knows you like no one else.</p><p>Coming back isn&#8217;t just walking familiar streets. It&#8217;s bumping into the version of yourself you left on pause.</p><p>It throws hard questions at you. It confronts your choices. But it also gives you signs. Certainty. A warm dose of nostalgia.</p><p>Even if it&#8217;s no longer home in the traditional sense, it still knows how to make you feel like you belong. Even if <em>you&#8217;re</em> not sure where that is anymore.</p><p></p><p>But nostalgia&#8217;s not a destination. And right now, it&#8217;s not time to go back.</p><p>Choosing Buenos Aires would be holding on to a version of me I love, but that no longer exists. Some chapters are best honoured from afar. And sometimes, the truest thing you can do is accept that something already gave you all it had to offer.</p><p>Buenos Aires is part of me. But today, I&#8217;ve got new questions. New landscapes. And the courage to see where the unknown leads.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[la gastronomía salva vidas (y salvó la mia)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Una carta de amor a los sabores, la ni&#241;ez y las comidas que cuentan historias.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/la-gastronomia-salva-vidas-y-salvo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/la-gastronomia-salva-vidas-y-salvo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:02:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EqSM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F384c9bda-8422-48e2-9413-81776b5c0e4f_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5>A d&#243;nde van los sentidos cuando las emociones est&#225;n perdidas.</h5><p></p><p>Hay un momento (o varios) en la vida donde todo lo que era estable deja de serlo.<br>No importa c&#243;mo se llamaba tu carrera o cu&#225;l era tu plan.<br>Todo se tambalea. Todo dice que no. Y est&#225; bien. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><br>De pronto, un abrazo sin raz&#243;n aparece. Un plato caliente. Una cocina llena de aromas que no preguntan por tu curr&#237;culum, o tus expectativas a futuro con la empresa.<br>Una receta que no exige m&#225;s que estar ah&#237;. </p><p>La gastronom&#237;a se convirti&#243; en eso para m&#237;: <strong>un espacio donde no ten&#237;a que demostrar. No ten&#237;a que venderme. Solo estar presente.</strong></p><h2>cuando servir platos, te sirve a vos misma</h2><p>Despu&#233;s de tomar un trabajo en gastronom&#237;a, pens&#233; que estaba haciendo algo temporal, algo &#8220;mientras tanto&#8221;, para salir del apuro.<br>Un trabajo para pagar cuentas, esperar a que lo m&#237;o volviera.</p><p>Pero en ese imp&#225;s sucedi&#243; algo m&#225;s.</p><p>Me permit&#237; probar nuevos platos, al mismo tiempo que una nueva parte de mi.</p><p>Aprendiendo la historia detr&#225;s de un cl&#225;sico, la nostalgia dentro de un pan, o el proceso que transcurre detr&#225;s de una cocina hasta que el plato llega a la mesa, encontr&#233; partes de mi que hab&#237;an quedado atr&#225;s, lejos.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;6758f194-382d-4ed2-9c97-30ff46101e9b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Sin darme cuenta, tambi&#233;n estaba probando una nueva forma de ver mi realidad. </p><p>En la gastronom&#237;a encontr&#233; lo que ninguna oficina me hab&#237;a dado: <em><strong>ritual, pertenencia, empat&#237;a, y abrazos.</strong></em></p><h2>los sabores hablan por vos</h2><p>Pens&#233; que solo me estaba salvando, pero tambi&#233;n estaba sanando.</p><p>Cada sabor ten&#237;a algo que decirme, cada plato contaba una historia nueva.<br>Los clientes que me compart&#237;an an&#233;cdotas de su d&#237;a, mis compa&#241;eros que me ense&#241;aba a componer un plato, o las lecciones que recib&#237;a para hacer buen caf&#233;. Sin saberlo, <strong>cocinando una parte m&#237;a que estaba rota.</strong></p><p>Los platos no solo me nutr&#237;an<br><strong>Narraban. Calmaban, Reun&#237;an.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EqSM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F384c9bda-8422-48e2-9413-81776b5c0e4f_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EqSM!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F384c9bda-8422-48e2-9413-81776b5c0e4f_3024x4032.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EqSM!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, 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Tampoco cre&#237; que hiciera tanta falta. </p><p>Por eso a la hora de elegir un espacio que me tomara para su equipo, eleg&#237; por aquellos que me ped&#237;an que fueras parte de su &#8220;algo&#8221;, que te integraras y pudieras describir los platos con la misma dedicaci&#243;n y paciencia que aquel chef que lo cre&#243;.</p><p>Ah&#237; aprend&#237; que los platos no solo se cocinan.<br>Se discuten, se prueban, se comparten.<br>Se espera la reacci&#243;n del degustador. El brillo en sus ojos, o una fuerte respiraci&#243;n ser&#225;n aquellos indicadores que te marcar&#225;n que lo hiciste todo bien.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YlAR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2a6c774c-88e2-470b-a0cd-149a06cf8aa4_4032x3024.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YlAR!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2a6c774c-88e2-470b-a0cd-149a06cf8aa4_4032x3024.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YlAR!, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Cada receta es un pa&#237;s, una familiar, una lengua, un duelo.<br><strong>Una cocina no solo alimenta, sino que recuerda.</strong><br>Y al recordar, te hace parte.</p><p>Record&#225;s la dedicaci&#243;n con la que alguna vez viste cocinar a tu abuela un domingo, o la paciencia de tu t&#237;o preparando un asado, o la exitaci&#243;n de un &#8220;la comida est&#225; lista&#8221; mientras esper&#225;s ansioso en tu cuarto.</p><h2>donde aprend&#237; a escucharme</h2><p>En ese espacio inesperado, encontr&#233; algo que no buscaba: <strong>una versi&#243;n m&#237;a que no recordaba.</strong></p><p>Una que no necesitaba briefings ni estrategias.<br>Solo oler, probar, re&#237;r. Una que entiende que servir es acercarse.</p><p>Y fue ah&#237;, entre panes tibios y recetas de familia, que record&#233; algo olvidado: <em><strong>a disfrutar.</strong></em></p><p><br>A&#241;os atr&#225;s me permit&#237;a tomar decisiones sin intenci&#243;n estrat&#233;gica. Me permit&#237;a jugar, cocinar, inventar, y grabar. Inventar recetas y jugar a ser ellas.</p><p><br>Quiz&#225;s todo esto siempre estuvo ah&#237;.<br>Solo necesitaba espacio para aparecer de nuevo. </p><h2>a veces la vida no te pide planes, te pide presencia</h2><p>Cuando la vida se desmoron&#243;, la cocina qued&#243; en pie.<br>Y en esa mesa me sent&#233;. No como invitada. Como parte.</p><p>No era solo un trabajo.<br>Era un refugio sensorial.<br>Una forma de estar sin tener que explicarme.</p><p><strong>La gastronom&#237;a me devolvi&#243; a m&#237; misma, plato a plato.</strong><br>No me pidi&#243; que sepa qu&#233; hacer con mi vida,<br>solo que me presente, y huela, y pruebe.</p><p>Y eso, a veces, es m&#225;s que suficiente.</p><p>-Abi</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regresar también es una forma de partir]]></title><description><![CDATA[La magia de volver a un lugar que ya no es hogar.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/regresar-tambien-es-una-forma-de</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/regresar-tambien-es-una-forma-de</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:25:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PmLi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb5f7a28b-e01e-4373-aed1-f419e8acce1b_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nunca pens&#233; que iba a querer volver a verla. Tampoco que la iba a extra&#241;ar, ni mucho menos que alg&#250;n d&#237;a iba a contemplar la idea de gastar mis ahorros en un pasaje solo para reencontrarnos. Nunca imagin&#233; hacer una valija cargada de emociones que jam&#225;s supe c&#243;mo mostrarle, ni recordar an&#233;cdotas que nunca lleg&#243; a escuchar.</p><p>Jam&#225;s me exalt&#243; pensar en ella. No cre&#237; que su aroma pudiera tener ese lugar tan n&#237;tido en mi memoria. Tampoco que su ausencia pudiera doler tanto. Ni siquiera contempl&#233; la idea de una vida sin ella.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Pero un d&#237;a volv&#237; a Buenos Aires, y todo eso me pas&#243;.</p><p>Descolocada ante una oleada de emociones que cre&#237;a haber dejado atr&#225;s &#8212;a los 26 una siente que ya super&#243; la emocionalidad incontrolable   &#8212;, solo pod&#237;a preguntarme: <strong>&#191;es posible extra&#241;ar algo profundamente, y aun as&#237; no elegirlo?</strong></p><p>La contradicci&#243;n de sentir dos cosas tan opuestas al mismo tiempo me dej&#243; sin palabras. As&#237; que, como siempre, me puse a buscar respuestas.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PmLi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb5f7a28b-e01e-4373-aed1-f419e8acce1b_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PmLi!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb5f7a28b-e01e-4373-aed1-f419e8acce1b_3024x4032.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PmLi!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_848, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, 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La palabra misma ya implica movimiento, sea de cuerpo o de mente. Puede ser una sesi&#243;n de terapia que te sumerge hacia adentro, o una aventura en la Patagonia que te lanza hacia lo desconocido. Pero el efecto es el mismo: un antes y un despu&#233;s en la forma en que entend&#233;s la realidad.</p><p>Viajar es descubrir. Viajar es transformarse.</p><p>La previa se siente como una mezcla perfecta de ansiedad y organizaci&#243;n. Todo gira en torno a lo que viene, lo que no conoc&#233;s, lo que puede sorprenderte. Sal&#237;s de la rutina, y de golpe todo se vuelve m&#225;s brillante. Hay algo profundamente humano en emocionarse por lo nuevo, en imaginarse habitando escenarios distintos a los de siempre.</p><p>Con los a&#241;os, esa emoci&#243;n se modula. La vida ya te ense&#241;&#243; que no todo sale como plane&#225;s, y aprend&#233;s a bajar la expectativa, a ir m&#225;s liviana.</p><p>Pero hay emociones que no entienden de edad ni de experiencia. Y este marzo, volver a casa me llen&#243; de exitaci&#243;n.</p><p>Lo curioso fue que esta vez no se trataba de lo nuevo, sino de lo conocido. De lo cotidiano, lo habitual, lo que alguna vez llam&#233; &#8220;m&#237;o&#8221;. Pude manejar mis emociones al mudarme al otro lado del mundo, pero nadie me ense&#241;&#243; c&#243;mo hacer con las que aparecen cuando volv&#233;s. Cuando volv&#233;s a casa. A Buenos Aires.</p><p>Y frente a lo familiar, lo que surgi&#243; no fue calma. Fue p&#225;nico.</p><h2>Me olvid&#233; de mi siembra</h2><p>Hacer las valijas e irte de tu casa puede tener mil motivos. En mi caso, fue un recreo, una pausa de Buenos Aires. Un par&#233;ntesis que, sin querer, se volvi&#243; punto final.</p><p>Mudarte lejos es quedarte sin referencias, sin recuerdos. Nadie te conoce, ninguna esquina te melancoliza. Tus prioridades dejan de tener peso, tus chistes en ingl&#233;s no causan tanta gracia, y tus vecinos te saludan en otro idioma&#8212;si es que te saludan.</p><p>Te enfrent&#225;s a una p&#225;gina en blanco.</p><p>Con tanto espacio disponible, descubr&#237; que soy profundamente influenciada por el contexto. Me estimulo f&#225;cil. As&#237; que, si el terreno era f&#233;rtil, no iba a quedarme quieta: <strong>agarr&#233; la pala y empec&#233; a cavar</strong>.</p><p>La supervivencia tiene ese efecto. Te empuja a explorar rincones internos que ni sab&#237;as que estaban ah&#237;. Nuevos territorios emocionales, ideas que antes parec&#237;an imposibles. Cada paso fue una apuesta. No cavar era rendirse, y eso, para m&#237;, nunca fue una opci&#243;n.</p><p>De julio a marzo, me dediqu&#233; a construir algo que hablara de m&#237;. Que se sintiera propio. Trabaj&#233; mucho, me expuse a&#250;n m&#225;s, y encontr&#233; refugio en personas que empezaron a entender mi humor y caf&#233;s que aprendieron c&#243;mo me gustaba el <em>capuccino</em>. Estaba s&#243;lida.</p><p>Pero tambi&#233;n estaba en tr&#225;nsito. Mis certezas eran fr&#225;giles, mis decisiones variables, mis respuestas te&#241;idas de grises. No era la misma. Y como no ten&#237;a cerca a nadie que pudiera recordarme qui&#233;n hab&#237;a sido, empec&#233; a dudar.</p><p>Hay algo muy profundo en la validaci&#243;n de tus decisiones alrededor de las personas que te conocen, ellos saben lo que es propio de tu personalidad, e inconscientemente, validar&#225;n o no lo que hagas.</p><p>Yo hab&#237;a sembrado, pero abandonando una cosecha sin despedida.</p><h2>Ordenar los chanchullos</h2><p>Armar una vida nueva tiene algo de experimento, algo de valent&#237;a y mucho de caos. Es fascinante, s&#237;. La posibilidad de empezar desde cero, con m&#225;s conciencia de qui&#233;n sos o de qui&#233;n quer&#233;s ser, es un regalo que no siempre se valora en el momento. Yo lo tom&#233; en serio.</p><p>Con la ambici&#243;n como motor, me propuse construir algo grande. Algo que no solo se viera bien, sino que fuera honesto, s&#243;lido, m&#225;s alineado a lo que hoy entiendo como vivir bien. <strong>Repar&#233; errores, redefin&#237; prioridades, tom&#233; decisiones</strong> que antes evitaba. Pero si la base est&#225; floja, por m&#225;s linda que sea la torre, todo tiembla. </p><p>Volver a Buenos Aires, o a tu pa&#237;s natal, es una sacudida. Te enfrenta con tu origen, pero desde otro lugar. Ya no ten&#233;s cuarto propio, tus pertenencias se mudaron con vos, y en esa ciudad que jugabas de local ahora sos visitante. El primer regreso es una prueba silenciosa: &#191;sigue firme lo que armaste? &#191;O se tambalea al primer reencuentro?</p><p>Y entonces llegan las preguntas. Muchas. Directas, invasivas, llenas de amor pero tambi&#233;n de duda:</p><p><em>Pero c&#243;mo vas a seguir ahora? Y habl&#225;s todo el d&#237;a otro idioma? Para qu&#233; te fuiste si ac&#225; lo ten&#237;as todo? O, cuanto tiempo te pens&#225;s quedar? </em></p><p>No tengo respuestas. No todas, no todav&#237;a.</p><p>Si lo que armaste es fr&#225;gil, el viaje te desarma. Pero si est&#225; bien plantado, el volver lo refuerza. Y eso fui a hacer: <strong>a desarmar para entender</strong>. A vaciar roperos, ordenar chanchullos, y cerrar cap&#237;tulos con la misma entrega con la que una vez me fui. </p><p>La inconsistencia en mis respuestas no era debilidad ni indecisi&#243;n. Era el eco de haber dejado del otro lado del mundo una parte m&#237;a. La parte que naci&#243; entre el ruido, el caos y la belleza cruda de esta ciudad que me hizo quien soy. Cuando una puerta queda abierta, inevitablemente, algo de vos sigue escap&#225;ndose por ah&#237;.</p><h2>Buenos Aires, m&#225;gica</h2><p>Buenos Aires tiene esa manera m&#225;gica de hacerse sentir como un abrazo. Es ca&#243;tica, intensa, exagerada, pero tambi&#233;n tan viva que te atraviesa. Buenos Aires me ense&#241;o a mirar el mundo con ojos curiosos, a contar historias con palabras y gestos (muchos), a entender que todo lo que soy hoy se fue cocinando entre colectivos repletos, baldosas rotas y caf&#233;s donde la charla no tiene fin. Volver es un torbellino de emociones que te reacomoda las piezas, porque aunque uno intente reinventarse en otras ciudades, hay algo de Buenos Aires que siempre nos tira de vuelta: <em><strong>su ritmo, su gente, su verdad sin filtro.</strong></em></p><p>Es m&#225;gica porque te conoce como nadie. Volver a ella no es solo caminar calles conocidas, es reencontrarte con la versi&#243;n tuya que dejaste en pausa. Te enfrenta con tus decisiones, te hace preguntas dif&#237;ciles, pero tambi&#233;n te da se&#241;ales, certezas, y una dosis de nostalgia que abriga. Aunque te desaf&#237;e, aunque ya no sea hogar en el sentido tradicional, tiene el poder de hacerte sentir que pertenec&#233;s, incluso cuando vos misma dud&#225;s de d&#243;nde es ese lugar ahora.</p><p>Sin embargo, nostalgia no es destino, y hoy no es hora de volver.</p><p>Elegir Buenos Aires ser&#237;a quedarme en una versi&#243;n de mi que abrazo con mucha fuerza pero ya no existe. Hay etapas que se honran mejor desde la distancia. Y a veces, lo m&#225;s honesto es aceptar que algo nos dio todo lo que ten&#237;a para darnos. </p><p>Buenos Aires es parte de m&#237;, pero hoy tengo otras preguntas, otros paisajes, y el coraje de ver hacia d&#243;nde me lleva lo desconocido. </p><p></p><p>para todos los que est&#225;n lejos de casa &#10084;&#65039;</p><p></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day I was rejected was the day I learned to enjoy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A manifesto in favour of taking pauses.]]></description><link>https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/the-day-i-was-rejected-was-the-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://abilombardi.substack.com/p/the-day-i-was-rejected-was-the-day</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Life Menu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:32:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k3gz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fadf80796-d1ad-457a-a81f-80be3b7cd85b_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago, we bid farewell to 2024, and the temptation to look back and take stock became irresistible&#8212;at least for those of us faithful Instagram users. A reflection we could really do any time of the year, but the collective vibe of farewells, nostalgia, and new beginnings calls us to join in (well, almost all of us).</p><p>I grab pen and paper, open the notes app where I&#8217;ve kept daily tasks all year, and dive into a gallery of memories. What happened this year? How did it affect me? What did I learn? Everything becomes a jumble of dates, and as I scroll through them, I find it impossible to do my usual end-of-year wrap-up. Something has changed. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>Plans for the Future</h2><p>Unlike autumn in Berlin, when I holed up to sort out my life and boost my spirits due to survival-mode circumstances, December brought plans. I reached that point where I cracked inside jokes with colleagues, became indispensable in a project, and became known at home as the early riser making noise in the mornings. I&#8217;ve started to feel part of a community that, until now, felt foreign. And believe me, when you feel like you&#8217;ve achieved that far from home, it&#8217;s massive.</p><p>I&#8217;ve met new people from all over&#8212;Americans, Germans, Brazilians, Portuguese. What do they all have in common? Nothing, except one question <em>everyone</em> asks when they hear my story in Berlin: <strong>&#8220;So, what&#8217;s your plan now?&#8221;</strong></p><p>Even writing the question gives me chills. But I pause. I sit with it.</p><p>I decide to time travel and revisit all my past year-ends. How did I reset?</p><ul><li><p>Analysing the year and hunting for jobs.</p></li><li><p>Setting goals for a better salary.</p></li><li><p>Sticking a motivational checklist on the fridge (the prototype of the &#8216;Cosmopolitan girl&#8217;).</p></li><li><p>Even a little box labeled &#8220;learnings,&#8221; where I&#8217;d save a note each month about what I&#8217;d learned (impossible to maintain, let&#8217;s be honest).</p></li></ul><p>An entrepreneurial&#8212;and at times obsessive&#8212;attitude helped me achieve many of these goals, ultimately leading me to where I am today: writing to most of you from the other side of the world. But after 10 years of relentless commitment to work responsibilities, contracts, expectations, training, and bosses of all kinds, my answer to that insufferable question today is solid: <em><strong>I don&#8217;t know, I think I&#8217;ll enjoy myself.</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k3gz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fadf80796-d1ad-457a-a81f-80be3b7cd85b_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k3gz!, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/w_424, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/abilombardi.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Embracing what I&#8217;ve achieved, absorbing what I&#8217;ve learned, and pausing my mind.</p><p>Being aware of the achievements, challenges, and strain you&#8217;ve put on your body and mind throughout the year is also part of a productive life. And while these reflections can be done anytime, joining the solar calendar&#8217;s rhythm helps you feel part of a collective sentiment. A world united by the same questions (generalising, of course).</p><p>2024 threw its punches&#8230;</p><ul><li><p>bureaucratic nightmares</p></li><li><p>unemployment</p></li><li><p>navigating appointments in a language I barely speak</p></li><li><p>lost friendships</p></li><li><p>rental contracts</p></li><li><p>unexpected infections</p></li><li><p>a lack of hugs</p></li><li><p>endless expense calculations</p></li><li><p>breakups</p></li><li><p>border crossings without documents</p></li><li><p>CV drops on foot</p></li><li><p>scams</p></li><li><p>disappointments</p></li></ul><p>Yet by the end of the year, a few things became crystal clear: I control nothing, and resilience is my best friend.</p><p>The year shook me, and maybe it shook you too. So, it&#8217;s time to embrace what we&#8217;ve accomplished. To pause and let go of certainty. </p><p>Ironically, a not-so-distant version of myself would have judged me harshly, accusing me of laziness or frustration at not having the energy for new projects. But today, this feels like the most honest goal I can set for myself&#8212;even if my grandfather thinks I&#8217;ve turned into a hippie and veered off course.</p><p><strong>Why do the goals we set at the start of the year hold more weight than &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;ll discover it&#8221;? And why do achievements matter more than failures?</strong></p><p>A mistake, a misstep, or a rejection can completely shift the course of your life&#8212;and sometimes, that&#8217;s for the better.</p><h2>Loving the &#8220;No&#8221;</h2><p>In a success-driven society, the answers to these questions are obvious. Success is celebrated, while blunders, rejections, and failures are swept under the rug. I used to be like that too.</p><p>But I was mistaken. After so many &#8220;nos&#8221; in 2024, I&#8217;ve learned to enjoy getting lost. I&#8217;ve realised the key isn&#8217;t in setting rigid goals and achieving them but in having directions to move toward, paired with enough flexibility to pivot when new paths appear.</p><p>Think of it this way: someone fixated on a single destination is bound to struggle more than someone <strong>adaptable and willing to embrace</strong> the road that unfolds before them.</p><p>Sometimes, a &#8220;no&#8221; is the only tool pointing you toward the right path and helping you navigate unfamiliar terrain. <strong>Where do you go, when what you thought you wanted is taken away?</strong> When do you keep pushing, and when do you let go?</p><p>That uncomfortable survival zone can become fertile ground for redefining priorities. Letting go of the mental blocks dictating how things <em>should</em> turn out frees you to re-evaluate your choices.</p><h2>What Criteria Do I Choose?</h2><p>Since October, when I started piecing my conditions (and psyche) back together, I made a decision: I&#8217;d only commit to places where I&#8217;m welcomed with a hug.</p><p>I know&#8212;how cheesy.</p><p>The body speaks, and in a stressful context where the mind can&#8217;t think rationally, trusting your physical sensations is all you have left. In Berlin, we&#8217;re all strangers. Nobody knows where you come from or what your intentions are, and at first, the only thing you have in common is choosing to move to this wonderfully chaotic city. Your criteria are all you&#8217;ve got to guide you in deciding who to surround yourself with and establishing it isn&#8217;t easy.</p><p><strong>Trust takes time</strong>&#8212;feeling at home even more so. But by following those spaces that welcomed me without hesitation, I found new &#8220;homes.&#8221; This time, I was sure it wasn&#8217;t about salary, a position, a lifestyle, or even status.</p><p>Now, a simple pat on the back is enough to know whether it&#8217;s worth diving into everything else.</p><h4>And So...</h4><h2>10 things I learned in 2024 thanks to being rejected</h2><ol><li><p>Discomfort can become fertile ground for experimentation.</p></li><li><p>I don&#8217;t always control my happiness or achievements&#8212;they usually surprise me.</p></li><li><p>My intuition is far wiser than I give it credit for.</p></li><li><p>Unconsciously, we make decisions that, if we&#8217;re open enough, always make sense eventually.</p></li><li><p>Everyone in your life has something to teach you. Let them.</p></li><li><p>Go with the hugs, not just the words.</p></li><li><p>When you reach a goal, take a moment to pause.</p></li><li><p>Sharing will save you a lot of unnecessary struggles.</p></li><li><p>You need a community more than you think.</p></li><li><p>Some problems are only solved by dancing.</p></li></ol><h2>Enough Unboxing, Give Me the Good Stuff</h2><ul><li><p>New Year&#8217;s Eve in Berlin blew my mind&#8212;it&#8217;s unlike anything I&#8217;ve ever seen. The streets become a war zone of fireworks. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD1qKKiMEza/?igsh=XzAxSmZCdVJP">Watch this video</a> to see what I mean&#8230;</p></li><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Py4iHLT1CPUOB6UJCrKeq?si=nE-JO1lVQ9Oy_7falF-p5g&amp;context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A1oyF52n5Za9DFmSC2t0KMN&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=fd4d7a86b97c4644">This song</a> helps me stay present&#8212;I usually listen to it on the morning train.</p></li><li><p>A local newsletter I love: <a href="https://handpickedberlin.com/">Handpicked Berlin</a>. It&#8217;s got great insights on startups, careers, and growth. They even featured me in a piece about <a href="https://handpickedberlin.com/how-to-get-a-german-freelance-visa-in-2025/">freelancing in Berlin</a>&#8212;check it out!</p></li></ul><p></p><p>Happy New Year, readers! 2025 is here, and it&#8217;s sure to bring plenty of surprises.</p><p>If you haven&#8217;t subscribed yet, it&#8217;s time.</p><p>xoxo,<br>Abi</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://abilombardi.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading life menu! 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