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GIANCARLO ZIGANTE: ISTRIA’S KING OF TRUFFLES
text ©2010 On November 2, 1999, a white truffle or Tuber Magnatum Pico, the most prestigious of underground “mushrooms,” forever changed the life of Giancarlo Zigante, born on June 23, 1950 in Plovanija, in the northwest corner of Istria, not far from the common...
Emanuele Scarello: President of Italy’s “Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe”
Interview ©2010 Emanuele and Michela Scarello Born in Udine on the 11th of July 1970, Emanuele Scarello is the chef/owner of “Agli Amici” in Godia, a charming rustic town, famous for its potatoes, five miles from Udine. “Agli Amici” has had a Michelin star...
ELENA KOSTIOUKOVITCH: PROFESSOR, LITERARY AGENT, TRANSLATOR and AUTHOR
Interview ©2010 photos courtesy of Elena Kostioukovitch Elena Kostioukovitch was born in Kiev in 1958, studied in Moscow, and moved to Italy in 1988. She is a professor at the University of Milan, an essayist, a translator, a literary agent and an author. Her 1988...
GENNARO ESPOSITO: THE BEST CHEF OF ITALY’S CAMPANIA REGION
text ©2010 An Aries, Gennaro Esposito was born 37 years ago at Vico Equense, a charming if chaotic town on the breathtakingly beautiful Amalfi Coast. There were two determining moments in his professional formation: an internship with Gianfranco Vissani, Italy’s...
ILARIO MOSCONI:
THE ONLY ITALIAN CHEF OUTSIDE ITALY WITH TWO MICHELIN STARS Interview ©2009 by Lucy Gordan Born in Ponte di Legno, a small town in Lombardy’s province of Brescia, Ilario Mosconi, aged 51, moved to Esch-Sur-Alzette in southern Luxembourg when he was thirteen....
LÉA LINSTER: The only woman to win a “Bocuse D’Or”
Interview ©2009 Léa Linster photo by Marc Theis A born gourmet, buoyant Léa Linster (www.lealinster.lu) put Luxembourgian cuisine on the world map when in 1989 she became the first female prizewinner of the Bocuse d’Or, the highest distinction in the...
SYLVIE BISDORFF: CHAMPION OF LUXEMBOURG’S CUISINE
Text ©2009 Photos ©2009 by Guy Hoffmann As the book flap of her splendid book, Culinary Luxembourg, says “Sylvie Bisdorff is the owner of Hotel-Restaurant Bisdorff in Berdof. This address is known throughout Luxembourg for its traditional cuisine: at the...
ANDREW NUTTER:
FROM CHILD-PRODIGY TO TV CELEBRITY CHEF text ©2009 photos by Tim Bradley, Rochdale Observer A gregarious and flamboyant Virgo, dynamic Andrew Nutter won his first cooking award at age 13 and opened his first restaurant named Nutters sixteen years ago at...
HYPE ABOUT TRIPE
Text & photos ©2009 Few foreigners would ever dream that along with pasta and gelato another multi-regional Italian dish is trippa or tripe, inexpensive, often stewed in tomato sauce and topped with grated cheese. An acquired taste even for Italians,...
RESTAURATEUR VINCENZO CONTICELLO: No more “Pizzo” in Palermo
Text ©2009 Owned by the Alaimo/Conticello family for five generations, since 1834 L’Antica Focacceria San Francesco (Via A. Paternostro 58, tel. 011-39-091-320264) has been an institution in Palermo, and since 1939 a national monument. With a university degree...
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