I almost feel like Ed Sullivan when he scheduled the Beatles on his show…. Massimo Bottura is coming to Trattoria Cuoco!!! Next Wednesday, the 8th of October, Italy’s most celebrated chef, and by some accounts the best chef in the world today, will be stopping in Seattle to promote his new book, Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef. We have arranged a welcoming celebration and would love to have all of you join us for food, music, and conversation.
Chef Botturas’ Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has received both a Michelin “three star” and a San Pelligrino “top 50,” placing it among the world’s most highly acclaimed restaurants. These certainly are honors to be proud of. But what I enjoyed most in researching Massimo’s history is his devotion to all the arts- musical, visual, and literary.
There is much to be admired about the state of culinary ambition worldwide today. As a chef I draw inspiration from Nathan Myhrvold and the raw science that drives Modernist Cuisine… from Ferran Adrià and his obsessive devotion to flavor and texture… and from Rene Redzepi who is at root a forager extraordinaire.But Massimo brings the artist’s eyes and ears to food.
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The music of Thelonious Monk is tasted through his dish “Blackout,” while another plate transmits the ultra visual democratic art of Joseph Beuys. In Massimo’s own words: “Art is essential for humanity. I don’t cook to feed empty bellies but to feed hungry minds.”
As a chef, you take from the past and deal with its reality- maybe there has been a war or a famine or maybe refrigeration hasn’t been invented yet. Then you forge ahead through sheer passion to create a new translation into a new time and era with today’s sensibilities, not disregarding the past but simply building on that foundation. Massimo builds on that foundation like no other, respecting his ancestors while driving his Ferrari through all boundaries full speed ahead.
Ticket info is below. Hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Tom Douglas
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