Il Nostro Manifesto

Several movements around this bountiful country, and the entire world, are consciously turning away from
the industrialized food morass. 

Twenty years ago, Carlo Petrini started the Slow Food Movement as a protest to Fast Food and Fast Life. 
Alice Waters in California and Peter Hoffman in New York revolutionized the restaurant industry by
re-introducing the working chef to the working farmer therefore fostering sustainable food practices. 

Viva la rivoluzione!

Through the re-discovery of lost and forgotten varieties of fruits and vegetables, promotion of slow-growth
heritage breeds of poultry, sustainable farming and animal husbandry practices, chefs and growers all
over the world are bringing back traditional methods and time-tested techniques. Regional cuisines and
culture are back in the lime light thus further forging the relationship between the farmer, the chef and the table.

At Fratelli Lyon, our mission, public declaration, our Manifesto, is to distance ourselves from purveyors of
heavily marketed and mass produced food stuffs and their sources. We feature a traditional Italian menus panning the regions of Friuli and Piedmont in the north to Sicily, Sardinia and Campania in the south focusing on using ingredients with integrity and history. Our recipes include Italian DOP cheeses, artisan olive oils, heirloom legumes from Puglia, grass-fed meats, sustainable seafood products, Ad infinitum.  Even baking daily breads, producing fresh pastas and hand-selecting wines from small wineries. 

Great care has been used in sourcing ingredients, preserving the rich culinary heritage of Italian cuisine. 
Ask almost any Italian what makes the food taste so good in Italy – from the quintessential home kitchen
to the local trattoria, to the fine dining establishments – the answer is almost always the same; three key
components - #1 use the best ingredients available; #2 keep the cooking very simple and authentic;
and #3 add lot’s of love. 

With this being said, get ready to be transported from Miami to the streets of Italy, even if just for a little bit,
and take the time to experience and live the flavors of the good life, the slow life, or as they would say
in Italy, “la dolce vita.”   Buon Apetito!