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Silvano Marchetto is the host-owner of the Da Silvano restaurant, the not-so-secret hideaway of New York’s cultural and celebrity elite, a gathering place where the luminaries of publishing, cinema, art, and music come together to enjoy refreshingly simple Italian food, the humble but stylish setting. But Da Silvano isn’t just for the famous; over the years, it has become known for treating all of its guests with the same warmth and attentiveness, in the true Tuscan spirit. Though Da Silvano has the look (and reputation) of a traditional trattoria, Marchetto's new book, the Da Silvano Cookbook: Simple Secrets from New York's Favourite Italian Restaurant, makes clear that some of the secrets of its success derive from Marchetto’s inclusion of international ingredients (discovered in New York and in his travels around the world) in the recipes. |
