Miss Willmott’s

When I was asked to create a restaurant in the Spheres, the incredible glass-walled conservatory built at Amazon’s headquarters, I looked for a connection between the gardens and the Italian food I wanted to serve. I uncovered a British Italophile, the horticulturist Ellen Willmott, and named the restaurant after a pretty thistle that bears her name: Willmott’s Ghost. I’d have loved to know her. She traveled the world to discover n