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Permission to eat traditional foods, their own traditional food. what are the great mother sicilian classic dishes? >> the anchovy. anchovy and parmesana. [ speaking foreign language ] >> thats with the sardine. >> yeah, but its an explosion of flower, but this plate, its arab, born in the period when sicily was very poor. >> this i like. i even remember it. pasta al fino, actually a true sicilian classic made with fennel, pine nuts, saffron and anchovy, served alongside some sardines that have ...

A foolhardy venture in the chef world. >> guess what? we like good food too. were not space aliens. people say -- they often say, thank you. we just moved back from chicago, we lived in chicago the last six years, lived in l.a. six years, thank you, this is exactly what weve wanted. what youve done is counter intuitive. there is sort of a conventional career path for chefs. >> right. >> instead, you decide to go to detroit. >> yeah. not detroit, come back home. people think im crazy for going ba...

Were not space aliens. people say -- they often say, thank you. we just moved back from chicago, we lived in chicago the last six years, lived in l.a. six years, thank you, this is exactly what weve wanted. what youve done is counter intuitive. there is sort of a conventional career path for chefs. >> right. >> instead, you decide to go to detroit. >> yeah. not detroit, come back home. people think im crazy for going back to detroit. >> then another tribute to classic detroit. potato-filled pier...

A foolhardy venture in the chef world. >> guess what? we like good food too. were not space aliens. people say -- they often say, thank you. we just moved back from chicago, we lived in chicago the last six years, lived in l.a. six years, thank you, this is exactly what weve wanted. what youve done is counter intuitive. there is sort of a conventional career path for chefs. >> right. >> instead, you decide to go to detroit. >> yeah. not detroit, come back home. people think im crazy for going ba...

A foolhardy venture in the chef world. >> guess what? we like good food too. were not space aliens. people say -- they often say, thank you. we just moved back from chicago, we lived in chicago the last six years, lived in l.a. six years, thank you, this is exactly what weve wanted. >> what youve done is counterintuitive. there is sort of a conventional career path for chefs. >> right. >> instead, you decide to go to detroit. >> yeah. not detroit, come back home. people think im crazy for going ...

Pasta, a true sicilian classic made with fennel, pine nuts, saffron and anchovy. serving alongside some sardines that have been curing in chestnuts and salt for days then lightly fried in oil. >> we have to use our hand, use our hand to eat the fish. >> no problem. i must have shrunk back to bed somehow, collapsed in a sodden drunken heap of self-loathing. i would ordinarily have turned on a porn channel and loaded up on prescription meds but theres no tv at the agri tourismo. ou a. seeker of th...

Sea they almost eat a roll. >> yes. >> but fisherman only, fishing communities only or in restaurants? >> no. >> always as long as you could arrived, you see crudo like this? >> no, i see it in poor families. >> the japanese sort of gave everybody permission to eat traditional foods, their own traditional foods. what are the great mother sicilian classic dishes? >> the anchovy. anchovy and parmegiana. [ speaking foreign language ] >> thats with the sardine. >> but its an explosion of flower, bec...

>> right. yes. >> fresh shrimp sauteed in butter and garlic and herbs. >> ive noticed over time that every great and enlightened culture when confronted with a shrimp or a prawn, right away. >> thats the way you see if its fresh or not. >> so typical day, when you were 15 years old what did you eat for lunch? >> never missing pasta for lunch. >> pasta and meat? or pasta and fish. >> fish and pasta. of course something locally. basically you have to go right behind the corner to find your product...

Really, really good. thats sicily right there. >> right. yes. >> fresh shrimp sautes in butter and garlic. >> ive noticed over time that every great and enlightened culture when confronted with a shrimp or a prawn, right away. >> thats the way you see if its fresh or not. >> so typical day, when you were 15 years old what did you eat for lunch? >> never missing pasta for lunch. >> pasta and meat? or pasta and fish. >> fish and pasta. basically you have to go right behind the corner to find your ...

Everybody permission to eat traditional foods, their own traditional foods. what are the great mother sicilian classic dishes? >> the anchovy. anchovy and parmegiana. >> thats with the sardine. >> but its an explosion of flower, because its arab. born in the period when sicily was very poor. >> this i like. i even remember it. pasta, a true sicilian classic made with fennel, pine nuts, saffron and anchovy. serving alongside some sardines that have been curing in chestnuts and salt for days then ...