I am not a chef. I am just a moderately proficient homecook (you can check what I cook on my Instagram account @fparasecoli) I have not been to culinary school (although maybe… at some point…). I have never gone through any kind of formal process to learn...
Within a week, two important professional events have taken place for me: my new book Food has been published by MIT Press in its Essential Knowledge series; and the exhibition Food: Bigger than the Plate, for which I was an external advisor, opened at the Victoria...
Interest in Polish cuisine is growing fast, and it has started putting itself on display. In mid-May, 50 of the most visible Polish chef got together for the Taste Masters event, which we previously announced on Gambero Rosso. Organized by Justyna Adamczyk, director...
I originally published this article on the Huffington Post back in 2016. It was the beginning of an adventure that took me to unexpected experiences: cooking on a wood stove from the 1940s; writing an essay for a book on food, memory, and imagination; and contributing...