In the second part of our interview with Enrico Crippa, we fire some quick questions and get spontaneous responses from one of Italy's most talented chefs. Read on to discover what the chef of one of the most acclaimed restaurants in Italy, Piazza Duomo has to say about innovation, tradition, upcoming Italian chefs and his best meal ever among others. What is the best dish you have ever created? The salad. When someone tastes it, they become really enthusiastic. The most curious thing is that this is a dish created by a chef but there is no cooking involved. What do you like to eat at home? Pasta or rice because can be done very quickly, gives me energy, I can eat it before I do sport. Do you cook at home? Yes from time to time. I cook as much as I go out to eat. What is something that is in a professional kitchen and which should be in a domestic home? I would say it is a chiller. It is a piece of equipment that brings down the temperature very quickly and … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
Preparations in full swing as GELINAZ! DOES UPPER AUSTRIA is just one week away
When the tickets for GELINAZ! DOES UPPER AUSTRIA went out on sale on Thursday 13 July they did not take long to sell out. Within 7 minutes, all the 140 tickets had been sold in what promises to be the most ambitious project undertaken by this collective of chefs. GELINAZ! co-curator Alexandra Swenden, who curates the events together with Andrea Petrini told Food and Wine Gazette that this was a completely new concept which not only involved chefs but also artists. "It was very exciting to create the concept but it is much more complex to other GELINAZ! events that have been organised before," she said. Meanwhile, a competition is being organised called a Paparazzi Flashmob on Wednesday August 16th from 6.30pm to 7.40pm at Steirereck im Stadtpark. The winner will win one ticket for the GELINAZ! performance on August 20 at Mühltalhof. Those taking part need to grab their camera or cellphone and head to Steirereck at the time when the chefs are arriving and take as many pictures … [Read more...]
VILD MAD Festival in Copenhagen encourages people to take up foraging
In August, Danish chef René Redzepi has become been accustomed to organise the MAD Symposium in Copenhagen though sometimes it is organised on alternate years. This year, the team behind the world famous restaurant noma is organising VILD MAD, a wild food programme with a public festival in Copenhagen on Sunday 27 August. And for people who will not be in the Danish capital on that day, the team behind noma is encouraging people to find a local expert anywhere in the world and try out foraging for the first time. The VILD MAD team say that if you are in Copenhagen that weekend they would love to see you there because entry to is free and the event is aimed for the general public. It will be a day of foraging, sampling wild food and enjoying the outdoors in the company of rangers and chefs in Naturpark Amager (Amager Fælled). Visitors to the festival will be able to wander the trails, snack on and sip wild flavors, or bring their own picnic to enjoy with friends and family. … [Read more...]
Enrico Crippa: “I am no longer afraid of the moments when I am not creative”
It is not unusual for chefs today to be inspired by art. At the highest levels, food can also be considered as the highest expression of art and Enrico Crippa, the Italian chef of Alba based restaurant Piazza Duomo takes it to the next level. While his primary focus has always been the quality of the produce he uses, the visual aspect is also something he attaches a lot of importance to. He even goes as far as to say that food could be even more artistic than a work of art. “I can make a dish which you can see, turn, touch but once you taste it and eat it, it is gone for ever and only a memory remains. The experience ends once you have eaten it. It is actually more complete than any other form of art. When you look at a sculpture or a painting it is physically there so you can see it, return back to it after a day or two and experience it again maybe seeing something different. But even a simple plate of spaghetti may look the same but when you eat it, it will be different. So a … [Read more...]