March 8 is not about decorations or commercial gestures. It’s a day for reflection. For awareness. For acknowledging the women who have shaped our lives — often quietly, often behind the scenes, but always with strength.
In the world of food, many of us carry personal memories connected to women. A grandmother stirring a sauce. A mother preparing Sunday lunch. A relative who showed us that patience in the kitchen matters. When we speak about women shaping our understanding of homemade food, we speak about memory — about our own experiences growing up. Not because women have to represent home cooking. Fortunately, today many men and fathers cook for their families with the same care, pride, and responsibility. Cooking belongs to everyone. Respect belongs to everyone.
There is something deeply symbolic about lasagna when you think about it this way. It is built slowly. It requires attention. It holds different elements together to create something whole. Just like so many women have done — in families, in communities, in workplaces — often without recognition.
On International Women’s Day, we think about the women who shaped our understanding of homemade food — from our personal memories, from the people who taught us that cooking from scratch is an act of care. Not a role imposed, not an expectation, but a human gesture of love and dedication.
At the same time, March 8 is not only about nostalgia. It is about the present and the future. About equality. About dignity. About opportunity. About the simple and essential idea that women everywhere in the world deserve
to be fully respected as human beings — in their rights, in their work, in their voices, in their choices.
The restaurant industry, like many others, has long been demanding and unequal. Behind many kitchens, many businesses, many projects, there are women combining professionalism with resilience, creativity with discipline. Their contribution should not be exceptional — it should be normal, visible, and valued.
Food cannot fix injustice. But it can create space. Space for people to sit at the same table. For conversations to begin. For respect to be practiced in everyday gestures. A warm portion of comfort food can be simple, but sharing a table is never insignificant.
Maybe that’s why lasagna feels right today. Not because it is extravagant, but because it is generous. It is meant to be shared. It says: there is room for you here.
We believe in craftsmanship. In quality ingredients. In cooking from scratch with respect for Swedish produce and key Italian imports. But above all, we believe in people. In fairness. In dignity. In equal opportunity.
So on March 8, we offer a sincere wish: that women in all parts of the world will be fully respected as human beings — not symbolically, not occasionally, but every single day.
Life is made of layers. And equality must be one of them.
But behind every layer, there is a story.
