Gualtiero Marchesi, 87, pioneer of Italy's new cuisine, dies

Gualtiero Marchesi, a pioneer of Italy's new cuisine and the first Italian chef to be awarded three stars by the Michelin guide, has died. The Corriere della Sera reports today that Marchesi was surrounded by his family at his home in Milan. The cause of death was a tumor. Marchesi famously became the first Italian…

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