Alvaro is a passionate advocate of using fresh,
seasonal produce and traditional methods of cooking.
He insists that Italian food is specifically regional and a generic generalisation is incorrect.

Alvaro believes that 'if a chef cooks like his mother, he is a great chef.
If he cooks like his grandmother, he is even greater!'

The fact that Alvaro's restaurant is still fashionable after more than thirty years
says something about La Famiglia's food and the man himself.