Chef Umberto speaks to his hastiness of cooks in a voice rich and robust as ragù. “I want you all to remember that we are sorcerers of taste and scent. Scientifically speaking, smell and the memory are linked by the biological makeup of our brains. Emotion and smells are inextricable because they are stored in our olfactory bulb as one memory. And we must create a visual extravaganza on every plate because we humans smell in color.”
