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Massimo Bottura: The Picasso of pasta

Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana, in the Italian town of Modena, has twice been named the world’s best restaurant. Emiko Davies steps inside its kitchen.

Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana has twice been named the world’s best restaurant. Situated in Bottura’s hometown of Modena, a place renowned for racing cars and balsamic vinegar, the triple Michelin-starred establishment blends traditional Italian cooking with a truly avant-garde sense of design and creativity.

Bottura is the leader of the culinary movement that sees food as edible art. His dishes are inspired by and dedicated to Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei, among other artists. He has even had his own exhibition at Paris’ Palais des Beaux-Arts.

Food journalist and cookbook author Emiko Davies spends a weekend in Modena with Bottura and his restauranteur wife Lara Gilmore. Davies goes behind the scenes of a working kitchen and gets behind the wheel of a sports car to discover how Bottura transforms his passion for art and design into novel ideas for unimaginable recipes.

Presenter: Emiko Davies
Producer: Jude Shapiro
Executive producer: Jack Howson
A Peanut & Crumb production for 91Èȱ¬ World Service

Image: Massimo Bottura at Osteria Francescana (Credit: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images)

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