Tiberio Simone: Cucumber Slices On Naked Bodies, So Yes, I’ll Eat My Vegetables

Former Italian Special Forces paratrooper and James Beard Award-winning chef Tiberio Simone made the risky decision to move to Seattle for love. The relationship didn’t last, but that risk led him to take another: using fresh ingredients on naked bodies as a new art form. With photographer Matt Freedman, he published La Figa: Visions of Food and Form, a book of sensual photography, which quickly became his calling card around the world and led to new adventures.

Tiberio discusses being a homeless teenager and a prostitue, dealing with the Mafia in Italy, falling in love, learning English, the importance of family, stealing food to live and sexual happiness.