27-02-2015
Fabio Pisani and Alessandro Negrini, co-chefs at Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia in Milan on the stage of Identità Milano. With Danilo Giaffreda, author of this article, they gave life to a lesson focused on the records of our culinary tradition, the forerunners of many of today’s trends in international fine dining (photo Brambilla/Serrani)
Two weeks ago I was on the stage of the Auditorium at Identità Milano, speaking with Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani, the two young chefs of Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia. The pretext was the story of the historic restaurant in Milan, as seen through their perception. The – more ambitious – objective was to speak about Italy and the Italian restaurant scene starting from their experience. I accepted to do so because these themes are very dear to me and because I’m strongly convinced that the story of Il Luogo is a paradigm of how one can get out of the identitarian impasse of a great part of the Italian restaurants while reaffirming records that are often wrongfully claimed by the international one. It would have been enough to listen to some of the speeches that preceded us, to realise that the most recent trends in international fine dining have for a long time been an essential part of our culinary tradition, they are its solid background, from which one only needs to draw and get inspired. I refer to products that are unique, to high gastronomic craftsmanship, to producers who are handing over cultivations and cultures, to the great family cuisine that continues changing appearance yet not substance, to the many territories full of resources and to the chefs, who are stubborn ambassadors of this priceless heritage.
The Lamb torcinello presented by Negrini and Pisani at Identità: great raw materials that cross the entire country
Fabio Pisani, Alessandro Negrini and Danilo Giaffreda
Reviews, recommendations and trends from Italy, signed by all the authors of Identità Golose
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Architect, photographer, food-blogger. Born in Apulia, a nomad by profession, he goes across Italy looking for wine and food love stories. Words and images that get caught in the memory and become an illustration of these passions. He’s the author of www.ilventredellarchitetto.it