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"I was blown away by Piazza Duomo Alba, a 20-year-old restaurant with charming pink walls and frescoes by artist Francisco Clemente. Chef Enrico Crippa's dishes are celebrations of the rolling hills of the Piedmont region and his love for herbs, flowers, and vegetables. I also visited Al Gatto Verde, a new restaurant by Massimo Bottura on his Casa Maria Luigia estate."
"Both restaurants reminded me of visits to Maido in Lima, Peru, the transformational palace of Nikkei cuisine by Mitsuharu Tsumura (recently named best restaurant in the world), and Noma, the Copenhagen landmark of multiple iterations, whose shifting focus stems from René Redzepi and team's sojourns to Mexico and Japan. In each of these dining rooms, guests are immersed in vision and inspiration, the chefs' ideas playing out in every course."
"To some degree, the best restaurants in the world are self-portraits, easily identifiable by the chef's history, background, ambition, and ability to shape the culture of hospitality and dining more broadly. These are the dynamics that set a great neighborhood or city restaurant apart from the best of the best. That sensibility is apparent in the restaurants that make up Bon Appétit's 2025 class of Best New Restaurants."
Summer meals in Italy included visits to Piazza Duomo Alba, a 20-year-old restaurant with charming pink walls and frescoes by Francisco Clemente, where Enrico Crippa's dishes celebrate the rolling hills of Piedmont and his love for herbs, flowers, and vegetables. Al Gatto Verde on Casa Maria Luigia presents a maternal homage by Massimo Bottura, serving comforting dishes by Jessica Rosval with Canadian flourishes. Similar immersion appears at Maido in Lima and Noma in Copenhagen, where culinary vision and travel shape menus. The best restaurants act as self-portraits, reflecting chefs' histories, ambitions, and influence on hospitality and community; Bon Appétit's 2025 Best New Restaurants exemplify that sensibility.
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