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In Ratatouille, the food critic Anton Ego declares innovative a dish that is actually quite traditional. Today, many great chefs offer reinterpretations of homemade dishes from childhood. But what happens when even avant-garde cuisine becomes nostalgic, asks Italian chef and writer Tommaso Melilli.
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Chefs and restaurants are increasingly taking over visual pop culture. Why can’t we stop watching these sizzling storylines?
This classic Paris address, which inspired the movie Ratatouille, is even more fancy — and delicious — in real life.