Cappon Magro

This dish is at once very Ligurian and yet not at all typical of any other food preparation. In its opulent show of excess it is antithetical to everything Ligurians hold dear. Yet in its attention to quality, to festivity, and to subtlety, it suits Liguria perfectly. With ingredients piled high like a maritime pyramid of Cheops, Cappon Magro is the extravagant consummation of the wedding of the land and the sea. In that this dish is food as architecture, which became all the rage among fan