Brazilian chef Alex Atala: "Cuisine is the most important link between nature and culture"

Last month Brazilian chef Alex Attala — whose restaurant D.O.M. is currently ranked sixth on the World's 50 Best list — visited the Netherlands to promote the release of his cook book in Dutch: D.O.M. De ontdekking van nieuwe Braziliaanse ingrediënten (English title: D.O.M: Rediscovering Brazilian Ingredients).

Alex Atala’s restaurant D.O.M in São Paulo has built its unique style of cuisine on the discovery and exploration of Brazilian ingredients combined with a commitment to finding sustainable solutions to sourcing them to the benefit of the Amazon and its people.

Alex Atala, a former punk DJ who was classically trained as a chef in Europe, refuses to import ingredients such as caviar, truffles and fois gras, staples in many high-end restaurant kitchens, into Brazil and instead scours the Amazon for indigenous produce to fuse with classical techniques in his cooking. He then works with the Amazon’s native communities and small-scale producers to extend the availability of these native products around Brazil.

"D.O.M.: Rediscovering Brazilian Ingredients is an exclusive look at one of the world’s most exciting chefs, his unique relationship with the produce of his native Brazil and the food he creates from it."

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Find more information about the book in Dutch on www.terralannoo.nl 

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