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are. In other words, those who read well and drink well, also fish has the task of triggering all the suggestions of the sea,
think well. It is a process of civilisation that has perpetuated the and with them, of opening new perspectives, from a theoreti-
course of human evolution, producing artefacts at the service cal and an empirical point of view. This is the meaning of the
of man and for man, with the ultimate aim of ‘pursuing virtue precious publications accompanying all the editions of Krug
and knowledge’, to paraphrase Dante, as the artisan does even x and of this Krug x Fish - A Sea of Stories, a ship’s log of evoc-
before the artist, be they a wine producer or, in our specific ative images taken by Les Others, which the Maison entrust-
case, a fisherman. Krug knows ed to the pen and the imag-
this well, and since 2015 has ination of Lindsey Tramuta,
built ties with the craft world, Below, between the pages, from left, chefs and fishermen together; a bubbly American writer liv-
the Majorcan village of Cala Figuera; the salute to the
renewing them annually with Mediterranean from Californian chef Michael Cimarusti. Other page, on the ing in Paris. Among the many
a wealth of worldwide encoun- right, Robin Zavou, of The Krug Room in Hong Kong, casts his net. merits of this edition is its cel-
ters dedicated knowingly and ebration of the virtuous circle
hedonistically to its ‘ingredient x’. It all began with the hum- of humanity investigating the satisfaction (also of the libido)
ble potato (in 2015), then moved to the germinal faculties of that follows the exquisitely crafted effort of a night’s fishing off
egg and mushroom (in 2016 and 2017) and now culminates the port of Cala Figuera, Majorca. The experience created by
with the iridescent world of the sea and its fruits: with fish the Krug restores the taste for the craftsman’s work, for the chef as
totemic ingredient of this tale. In concert with the Maison, fisherman, bringing mastery and ritual, and even some super-
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