What to do to get away from meat? Of the star spoke with Pietro Leemann, the first chef to win a star with vegetarian cuisine in Europe. With his restaurant Joia, Leemann is still regarded as a pioneer of the vegetarian movement. He doesn’t really want to proselytize himself.
Mister Leemann, what would you prepare for me to get me irrevocably enthusiastic about vegetarian cuisine?
A risotto. A really good Risotto Milano. It doesn’t need more.
I would be converted forever?
You would like it. But I don’t want to convert.