The main ingredient of the perfect tomato sauce is love. It is love for the main ingredient, the tomato, and love of the process and what it takes to make a perfect sauce. The colour, texture and taste of a tomato varies. It depends on the variety, it also depends on the sun and the season when it is picked. Making a tomato sauce might sound like the most trivial thing to … [Read more...]
No new 3 Michelin star restaurants in Italy
There were no new three Michelin star restaurants in Italy when Michelin announced its list for 2017. The eight 3 Michelin star restaurants have all retained their stars. While there were 5 new 2 Michelin star restaurants announced, the number of new entries in the one star category was 27 bringing the total of starred restaurants in Italy to 343 in total.There are now 41 … [Read more...]
A future for Amatrice – how you can help
When the hilltop medieval town of Amatrice was recently devastated by the recent earthquake that rocked central Italy, the founder and president of Slow Food Carlo Petrini launched an appeal aimed at all restaurants around the world to help rebuild the town. "Through this iconic dish that is the gastronomic symbol of Amatrice we hope to share the values of solidarity and … [Read more...]
Food as poetry: Massimo Bottura, the cultured chef at the top of the culinary world
When the World's 50 Best Restaurants announced earlier this week that Massimo Bottura's Modena restaurant Osteria Francescana had made it to the top of the list for the first time few in the culinary world were surprised. His rise to the top of the culinary world has been progressive and constant. What may have been surprising was the time it took for him to achieve the … [Read more...]
Massimo Bottura’s soup kitchen is going viral
Massimo Bottura's soup kitchen is going viral. After the success of the soup kitchen at the Refettorio Ambrosiano in Milan which landed the Italian chef the award of European chef of the year, the chef from Modena will be working together with the Antoniano in Bologna to feed the city's poor in the evening. The Italian chef, famous for his award-winning Osteria Francescana … [Read more...]
