Italians prefer to order ethnic dishes rather than cook, due to laziness or tiredness, and slowly “forget” traditional recipes. The alarm comes from chef Alessandro Borghese, protagonist of the Sky program 4 restaurantsduring a chat with Stefano Rapone and Daniele Tinti in their podcast Dyeing. After talking about his origins and approach to cooking, Borghese also talks about his style as a chef: «I’ve never understood this thing that cooks have to be bad», he replied to those who consider him a “good chef” , «cooking is a serious thing because eating is a serious thing, but therefore I am not a heart surgeon even less. Eating is joy, sharing, fun, family, culture. It’s a stressful job, but you don’t necessarily have to throw plates, I get pissed off from time to time too, but not that much. Then I have an open kitchen so you can see if I get pissed off.” Then came the sore points, namely the distancing of Italians from traditional dishes which is leading to an impoverishment of our cuisine. «Eating is joy and culture, every student should know at least one dish from their region», the chef’s reflection, «no one cooks anymore, we all live on Glovo and Just Eat and it is full of Japanese and poke, but we are forgetting about cuisine Italian regional»
