The first two U.S.-based Refettorio projects -- the no-waste soup kitchens and cultural centers from Massimo Bottura and his partner, Lara Gilmore -- are showing signs of life. With help from New York's Italian consulate, Refettorio Harlem will open at Emanuel AME Church (37 W. 119th St., Manhattan). While the actual spaces aren't open to the publi...

In Palazzo Vecchio in Florence lies a more modern contribution to Italian art. This is the Gucci Garden, created in 2011 by Alessandro Michele, Gucci’s current creative director. The exterior of the structure at first glance looks like many of the other ancient buildings in Florence, but with a baby pink banner hanging from some stones. However, th...

You're taking Stradello Bonaghino in San Damaso, a small hamlet of Modena, trusting in the navigator's indications since there are no signs to reassure you that you are on the right track. The only one in evidence reads Acetaia Fabbi which is not your destination. Still, it makes you happy anyway because it confirms that you are in the heart of Emi...

In 2015 I made a small contribution to a crazy, unprecedented and wonderful feat. A group of visionaries managed to bring the great actor Tony Lo Bianco to Rome, where in a historic evening at the Sala Umberto he staged his show "The Little Flower," the story of Fiorello La Guardia, the most beloved mayor by his citizens in the history of New York....

Just days ago, world-renowned Italian chef Massimo Bottura convened with leaders at the World Economic Forum to discuss the future of food. As a newly appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador tasked with reducing food waste, the Michelin-starred chef from Osteria Francescana shared plenty of insights. “Food is not just economy," he said. "Food is culture,...

November 16, 2020 - 3:00 PM ET. Zoom Webinar in English. Register here. On the occasion of the 5th Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, join us for a conversation with Netflix world renown talents. The talk, featuring celebrity chef Massimo Bottura ("Chef's Table"), David Gelb (creator of "Chef's Table") and Phil Rosenthal ("Somebody Feed Phil") w...

Nuovo premio per Massimo Bottura: grazie a Kitchen Quarantine su Instagram vince il Webby Awards nella categoria chef. Si tratta degli Oscar del Web, premio che viene assegnato a New York ai migliori format online. La motivazione riportata riguarda il fatto che Bottura ha dato ai suoi follower lezioni libere e informali su come riesce a creare piat...

Kitchen Quarantine is the name of chef Massimo Bottura’s appointment with his Instagram followers on. During Covid-19 quarantine, the Michelin-starred Italian chef is indeed sharing recipes from his home kitchen. Now these videos have ‘conquered’ the prestigious US weekly magazine New Yorker. In addition to a long article celebrating Bottura’s orig...

Multi-Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura is no stranger to uniting people from all over the world through our love of food.  In May 2012, when two earthquakes devastated the region of Emilia-Romagna threatening to destroy 360,000 wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano that take a minimum of 24 months to make, Massimo came up with the idea of a global coo...

Gucci is set to open a restaurant on the top floor of its flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, Joshua Levine of the Wall Street Journal Magazine reports. The restaurant, Gucci Osteria, is the latest high fashion branded restaurant to open in the past few years, though it's not Gucci's first foray into the culinary sphere. The...