Eating Ecosystems

Thoughts on Central being awarded #1 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurant list.

Ingredients gathered and grown in the Tambopata rainforest in southeastern Peru. Photo: Nicholas Gill.

“At Central, we cook ecosystems,” we wrote in the book Central, published in 2016. I can see to some, how that might seem like some frivolous statement that chefs routinely make these days, but I assure you it is far from it. The idea demands extensive …