Interview: Massimo Bottura

We speak with the poetic Italian chef about the flavor of cars

Chef Massimo Bottura, owner of three-Michelin star Osteria Francescana, in Modena, Italy is a master and an artist who speaks like a poet. Given their shared hometown, Maserati partnered with Bottura to look at cars through the lens of food and brought him to the Geneva Motor Show for an unexpected food-focused press conference. “I compress in to edible bites my passion,” he said during …

California Dreaming with Tank Garage Winery

The Napa Valley gas station-turned-winery's new soulful release

On the shelf, there’s little way to judge wine except by its label, and Calistoga, California-based Tank Garage Winery does an impressive job of conveying its uniqueness via image alone. A photo from a 1950s college chemistry lab denotes their experimental “Dark Science” red wine. For “The Heavy” Cabernet Sauvignon: a black-and-white portrait of John L Sullivan, the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing (and …

MOLD: a New Magazine About the Future of Food

Launched in 2013, MOLD is now embarking on one of their most exciting endeavors to date: a print magazine. Focused on the future of food (somewhat anchored by the UN’s prediction that by 2030 there will be more people on Earth than food to feed them), the publication will be much more than a glossy mag about trendy recipes. MOLD promises to be highly researched, …