If you downloaded the Italian Adventure Blog you may have noticed the picture above on the front cover. This is the page from Massimo Bottura's book that he signed for me in Italian. The video below is Massimo with my brother Paul as he signed the book. He claimed it was the first time he had been asked to sign a book in Italian while in the United States. True or not - I was thrilled. I had spoken of Massimo many times and watched several videos just a few weeks earlier. When Paul called me to say Massimo was in Denver for a book signing, I insisted that he try and get it signed in Italian for me. Needless to say, it was my motivation for my Italian Adventure and it hangs on my way for daily encouragement. During my adventure, I traveled to Modena just to see Osteria Francescana... Massimo was there but I did not see him. I loitered around the outside of the Number 1 ristorante in the world, taking pictures of people by the front door. I cannot wait to eat his food some day and I continue to learn from him as I can. Massimo has a wonderful class on the MasterClass website and it has fundamentally changed the way I cook. Some pictures from Modena are below (Massimo drives the white car) as well as his MasterClass cookbook. Enjoy! Meeting Massimo - See my post on Osteria Francescana to see how I finally met Massimo and had the distinct pleasure of eating at the best restaurant in the world... With Betsy, of course...
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