Turin - the first vegetarian city in Italy?
A loud hum comes from the kitchen of the luxury Italian restaurant Villa Somis in the hills outside Turin. Maybe it's a coffee machine or a prosciutto slicer. But when chef Antonio Chiodi Latini comes out, he's holding two glasses of light green "plant extract," the Guardian reports. Chiodi Latini, 56, was known locally three years ago for his intricately beautiful dishes, such as pasta with seafood and edible flowers or perfect slices of beef cut into cylinders. The current menu at his new restaurant, Chiodi Latini New Food, is no less impressive, but it lacks any animal products.