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Hall, NY

Jun 17, 2008

Not-so-frugal gourmet a shrine to Italian food

MILAN - Some people journey to this northern Italian city to gaze at 'The Last Supper,' Leonardo da Vinci's 15th Century masterpiece. Then there are men like Philip Creighton who come with more earthly suppers in mind and head straight to Peck, a jaw-dropping Italian larder.

'We fly in private planes from Spain just to get the tomatoes or olive oil,' said Creighton, a private chef who landed one recent day at the Italian food emporium with a shopping list for a villa near Lake Como. 'If you're a billionaire, you just come and get what you need.'

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