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Passalacqua. Haute cuisine of the 18th century
Viviana Varese brings the cuisine of 18th-century Italian nobility back to life with a contemporary twist.
This Italian chef brings her innovative cuisine to a luxury hotel on Lake Como. Drawing on her studies of 18th-century French cuisine and the Monzu cuisine of the Bourbons, as well as contemporary influences, Varese offers us a journey through the haute cuisine of three centuries ago.
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