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60 Minutes

Sunday, December 30, 2018

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Nestled in a city in northern Italy, Osteria Francescana has topped this year’s list of the top fifty restaurants in the world. Lesley Stahl talks with restaurateur and chef Massimo Bottura to discover what sets his harmonious flavors apart. Steve Kroft assists the late Bob Simon in unveiling an island off the coast of Scotland – a hidden gem responsible for brewing some of the world’s most expensive whiskey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

0:03.9

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

0:07.0

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

0:11.0

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

0:14.6

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you catch your podcasts.

0:21.6

Tonight on this special edition of 60 Minutes Presents,

0:25.4

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry.

0:28.8

The restaurant ranked number one in the world

0:32.0

is in the little-known town of Madonna, Italy.

0:34.9

Austria, Francescana, where you have to wait months to get a reservation.

0:41.7

Chef Massimo Batura says it wasn't always like this.

0:45.2

Those are flowers?

0:46.6

All flowers, edible flowers.

0:48.8

That his avant-garde eatery might never have become number one,

0:52.8

if not for a simple and spectacular dish of old-fashioned Talia Telly.

0:58.2

So that turned everything around?

1:00.5

Totally.

1:01.6

You are known as the Maestro.

1:04.4

Yeah, now.

1:05.5

Before they want to crucify me in the main piata.

1:10.8

60 Minutes is constantly on the lookout for places we've never been before.

1:15.0

So when our late colleague, Bob Simon, heard about a magical place in the Hebrides Islands off

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