11-12-2018
A few days ago Ferran Adrià visited Identità Golose Milano with Paolo Marchi and Claudio Ceroni
A few days ago, we attentively followed two different events with Ferran Adrià in Milan. The first was a dinner at Identità Golose Milano, the International Hub of Gastronomy in Via Romagnosi 3. Here the Catalan chef dined while four chefs representing Le Soste di Ulisse cooked, starting with president Pino Cuttaia, from La Madia in Licata (Agrigento), author of the dessert, and then, following the long menu, Gioacchino Gaglio of Gagini in Palermo, Angelo Treno of Al Fogher in Piazza Armerina (Enna), Damiano Ferraro of Capitolo Primo in Montallegro (Agrigento).
Ferran the other night with the four guest chefs representing Le Soste di Ulisse: Angelo Treno, Damiano Ferraro, Gioacchino Gaglio and Pino Cuttaia
Adrià with the brigade at Identità Golose Milano (plus the Sicilian guests)
Adrià with the staff at Identità Golose Milano
Alessandro Rinaldi’s casatielli: the Catalan chef loved them
Mercado Little Spain in New York, work in progress
The online list of bullinianos
Schemi su elBulli 1846
A brigade at elBulli, in 2007
An old photo of Adrià in front of elBulli
Adrià with Giuseppe Lavazza during the press conference for the presentation of Coffee Sapiens, a book published with the contribution of Lavazza to the great Bullipedia project
The evening draws to an end. Ferran is speaking of another project, a sort of "Cooks’ Tripadvisor", with a global audience of selected professionals - chefs, sommeliers, journalists, food writers – who will be able to give their assessment, «it won’t be a best-of list. I’m thinking of the 200 who even today, without the support of an organisation behind them, are naturally influential. Not a clan, but a group of free thinkers capable of sharing their truth. Brilliant minds: Philippe Regol, Giles Coren, Paolo Marchi». He discusses global trends: «The only two great gastronomic cultures that still need to be developed are the Indian and Arab ones. Unfortunately, they’re stuck in 1100». Finally, he leaves with a tasty memory: «The best pizza I’ve ever had? At Enzo Coccia’s in Naples, at pizzeria La Notizia. But I had a marvellous one, this small (and using his hands he mimes a small dessert plate) in Barcelona». Unfortunately, he can’t remember the name of the pizzaiolo, «he’s Italian, he’s been working there fore 15 years». Clues are welcome.
Translated into English by Slawka G. Scarso
An outdoor trip or a journey to the other side of the planet? One thing is for sure: the destination is delicious, by Carlo Passera
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journalist born in 1974, for many years he has covered politics, mostly, and food in his free time. Today he does exactly the opposite and this makes him very happy. As soon as he can, he dives into travels and good food. Identità Golose's editor in chief