Interviews

The people who make Italy interesting are rarely the ones in the obvious places. The ceramicist in Grottaglie who learned her craft from her grandmother and now sells to design studios in Tokyo. The winemaker in Etna who walked away from a law career to make skin-contact wines from a variety that was nearly extinct. The chef in Turin who trained under three Michelin-starred kitchens and then opened a twelve-seat restaurant that takes no reservations and serves only what arrived at the market that morning.This section publishes conversations with the artisans, producers, chefs, and cultural figures who are doing something in Italy that is worth understanding on their own terms — not as subjects of a trend piece, but as individuals with a practice, a philosophy, and a point of view.