The culture of fine dining has long been seen as toxic. David Kinch just closed his three star Micheline restaurant, Manreza in California. An investigation last year by the Financial Times claimed that Noma's kitchen was almost 50% unpaid interns. When Noma decided to start paying their interns last year, their costs shot up by $50,000 a month.
The global elite’s annual Alpine jamboree may have lost some of its convening power, our editor-in-chief says, but the many encounters it enables still have enormous value. Our correspondent considers what the closing of Noma, a legendary Danish restaurant, means for the world of fine dining. And remembering Adolfo Kaminsky, whose expertly forged documents saved thousands of Jews’ lives.
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