by John Rabe

Do you like good olive oil and balsamic vinegar? Buffalo mozzarella? Good Italian wine? Then thank Piero Selvaggio. Food cognoscenti agree that you can't overstate Piero's historic role in the modern food scene.

I talked with Selvaggio about his long career over a lunch at his Santa Monica restaurant Valentino, served by chef Nico Chessa. This is one of the things you need to understand about Selvaggio: he is not a celebrity chef who runs a restaurant.

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