From one of Italy’s most legendary restaurants, a must-have cookbook for lovers of fine Italian cuisine. Founded in 1966 by Vittorio Cerea, Da Vittorio is today one of the most beloved restaurants in Italy. The first-ever cookbook from the Michelin three-star institution, this volume presents fifty never-before-published recipes adapted for discerning home chefs.

Nestled in the foothills between Milan and Bergamo, Da Vittorio’s renown lies in its artful seafood dishes and locally sourced ingredients. A blend of Italian tradition and culinary creativity, their cuisine is at once sophisticated and authentic, innovative and classic. From paccheri pasta with three different types of tomatoes and a fritto misto of fish and vegetables, to a chocolate-hazelnut cake, the recipes featured in this volume are accompanied by mouthwatering photographs and insightful anecdotes from the Cerea family.

About the Authors

Enrico Cerea and Roberto Cerea are the executive chefs at Da Vittorio. 

Giovanni Gastel is a renowned Italian photographer. 

Joan, Joseph, and Jordi Roca are the chef-proprietors of El Celler de Can Roca restaurant in Spain.

Haute cuisine comes home. Europe’s most creative chefs reveal their inner sanctum

Ours is the era of the celebrity chef. Like never before, we’re fascinated by fine food and the personalities who create it. Newspapers follow the antics of our favourite cooks both in and out of the kitchen, bake-offs of all kinds become hit TV shows, and chef-owned restaurants have lines trailing around the block. Amid this media frenzy, the world of fine dining can feel removed from our lives.

Inside Chefs’ Fridges brings the heavenly cuisine back down to earth. Touring the European continent, it profiles 40 of Europe’s top chefs alongside their personal home fridges. The result is a revelation, through images and words, of the inner sanctum of culinary creativity, with each chef revealing their dependable fridge contents, their favourite local ingredients, as well as two of their most treasured home recipes.

Stars of this European edition include Joan Roca, Massimo Bottura, Fergus Henderson, Yotam Ottolenghi, Marco Pierre White, Hélène Darroze, Inaki Aizpitarte, Mauro Colagreco, Thierry Marx, and Christian F. Puglisi. Eschewing the media dazzle, this book is instead an inspiring and accessible collection of exclusive insider secrets in which culinary genius meets domestic reality.

This book includes:

- Entries by 40 top chefs from all over Europe, with nearly 60 Michelin stars shared between them.
- Chef #1 and #2 from the World’s Best Restaurant list 2015 and best female chef of the year, Hélène Darroze.
- Two recipes from each chef, with an emphasis on local ingredients and specialities.
- Useful index for quick recipe access.
- Addresses of each chef’s restaurants.
- Illustrations of all 40 fridges plus additional details by Aurore d’Estaing.
- Foreword by Modernist Cuisine’s Nathan Myhrvold.

The photographer:

American born and raised, Carrie Solomon moved to Paris in 2002 and has become one of France’s most well respected culinary photographers. She was awarded the 2011 Prix Eugénie Brazier for her book Saveurs Sauvages, and the laureate prize at the 2010 International Culinary Photography Festival.

The author:

Adrian Moore was born in Toronto and raised in the United States by British parents. He has written articles about culinary trends for a variety of international publications and is currently Assistant Chef Concierge at Mandarin Oriental, Paris. This is his first book.