A volume that aims to present and tell the work of a chef, Matteo Grandi, through his thoughts and his research on taste. A journey that starts from the vision of the Venetian territory and of a city like Vicenza, very important from a historical and artistic point of view, with its links to the East and Northern Europe, as a "faithful daughter" of the Serenissima. Elements that are found in Grandi, who embodies the collective memory in his personal experience: from his stay in the Far East, which trained him as a professional and as a chef, to the assimilation of classic French cuisine, which still constitutes the backbone of his culinary aptitude; passing from the success of the international television program Hell's Kitchen, to the conquest of the prestigious Michelin Star which marked the "homecoming" with the establishment in the central square of Vicenza, right in front of the Palladian Basilica which serves as an example for his research and harmony of taste with perspectives and chiaroscuro constructed both for the eye and for function.