17% of food produced globally each year is wasted. In 2020, 811 million people around the world went hungry. When I interviewed chef Massimo Bottura in 2017, we talked about his consuming passion to end hunger. Massimo believes we can restore dignity to society's most vulnerable people with a sense of community and food. Massimo was warm and friendly. We had an instant connection over our shared interest in decreasing food waste and he was delighted with this photo of me dressed in cabbage leaves that accompanied my article in the Toronto Star in 1992: How to be a Green Cuisine Queen! We chatted about the success of his brainchild Refettorio Ambrosiano at the 2015 Milan Expo. Refettorio Ambrosiano was created as a hub to feed the city's homeless and refugees with food that would have otherwise been discarded. You can find my lively conversation with Massimo Bottura here: https://www.marionkane.com/uncategorized/cookbook-bread-gold-chef-massimo/



I can highly recommend Massimo Bottura's book, Bread is Gold. I tried six recipes from the book and all worked brilliantly. You can read my thoughts on Bread is Gold – and find a recipe for caramelized bananas – in my blog post here: https://www.marionkane.com/uncategorized/cookbook-bread-gold-chef-massimo/