Massimo Bottura - Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef

Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef by Massimo Bottura celebrates Osteria Francescana and the chef’s twenty-five year career. Presented as a recipe and restaurant book, it traces the evolution of the three-Michelin-star Osteria Francescana.

Key details

• Author: Massimo Bottura
• Focuses on Osteria Francescana
• Organised into four chapters covering different periods
• Includes 50 recipes with accompanying explanatory texts
• Photography by Stefano Graziani and Carlo Benvenuto

Synopsis

Created as a tribute to Osteria Francescana, this book reflects on the restaurant’s development alongside Bottura’s work over twenty-five years. It also notes the restaurant’s recognition as number one in the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2016.

Across four chapters, the recipes are paired with texts that set out the chef’s inspirations, ingredients and techniques, with contemporary art cited as a key influence on his approach to Italian culinary traditions. Bottura is also referenced as appearing on Netflix’s Chef’s Table, and the volume is described as his first book.

Rackhams Reference : RKTCX226V8