Mozza
26th October 11
“Yes, there was a platter of toasted artisanal breads of the type she pioneered in Southern California 22 years ago. There was a ramekin of soft butter topped with sea salt. There was Blue Bottle coffee, and very soon, once Ms. Silverton lost the sunglasses, there were some hard truths served along with the bread. A mother of three children, divorced since 2007 from Mark Peel, the executive chef at Campanile, she made $6 million from the sale of La Brea Bakery in 2001 and entrusted it all to an investor in Beverly Hills, Calif. He, in turn, entrusted it to Bernard L. Madoff. She lost everything.”
- from Alex Witchel’s profile of Nancy Silverton at the NYT
I want her cookbook. Also, Burrata has recently become my favorite cheese.
