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Italy Itself Has 21 Different Micro-regions. You Go Within Each Of Those Regions, There's Even Super-micro-regions; And The Beauty Is That When You Go From Place To Place, Although There's A Common Thread Of Pasta And Joie De Vivre - In The Way That They Approach Their Meals And The Simplicity Of Cooking, Celebrating More The Product Than The Chef - There's Still So Much Variety That As You Go, It's Always An Exciting Moment.

As They Say In Italy, Italians Were Eating With A Knife And Fork When The French Were Still Eating Each Other. The Medici Family Had To Bring Their Tuscan Cooks Up There So They Could Make Something Edible.

One Of The Most Important Leadership Lessons Is Realizing You're Not The Most Important Or The Most Intelligent Person In The Room At All Times.

It's Fascinating To Travel Around Italy And Realize Just How Many Different Ways They Make Spaghetti.

The Pendulum Of Cookery Techniques Became More Significant Than The Actual Experience. And When That Happens, The Customer's Satisfaction Becomes Secondary To The Chef's Satisfaction. And In That Case, You Have An Upside-down Equation. Because The Customer Is The Basis Of Our Restaurant, First Of All, And If The Chef Becomes The Most Important Person At The Table - Even More So Than The Guests - Then Suddenly You're Left With Something That Doesn't Really Work.