You ready?
You guys ready?
Make sure you say "Wow," okay?
[People behind camera] WOOOWWW
THIS
IS
HOW
MOZARELLA
IS MADE
My name is Orazio Carciotto
I'm the owner of Casa Della Mozarella; [with] my son,
[Carlo] And we make fresh mozarella for the city of New York.
[Orazio] This is the mozarella curd
You get a piece of curd like that,
to cut through the guitar
and make these small pieces
Because our to do list [is] to warm it up
with the hot water from the sink
Pour some salt, give a little taste,
because every day, it's gonna be different
Okay, now, you guys ready?
Now, come the big paddle
[Carlo] From someone—like he's been doing for twenty six years,
so I could say the hardest part, is that
knowing when it's enough water, and when it's not
Once you put too much hot water,
it messes it up
[Orazio] It's by feeling;
you see now it starts to to melt already?
Looks like the water poured was just right
[Carlo] It's actually unbelievable, sometimes,
how water and a paddle could create something like this,
'cause it just became a work of art
[Orazio] Okay, now we ready for this shot? 'Cause I'm pulling up now
Okay, now, Carlo will make the Bocconcini; I'll make the mozarella
[Carlo] But the main thing that some people don't understand is, as you can see,
we're not wearing gloves
Everything is clean, but there's no way that you can make mozarella with gloves,
because the mozarella's so hot it'll melt the plastic,
and you can't get the feel of the touch
In art, you sculpt, you design,
and you start from scratch on the canvas,
so for me, this is an Italian culture of art,
displayed in food
[Orazio] I have the best job in the world;
from 1993 to now; that's 24 years
You feel good when people appreciate what you're doing
They treat me like I'm God, but I'm not
I'm just making mozarella, that's it
[Carlo] Y'know, everyone has an idol, right?
Some people like [artist's name], some people like [other artist's name],
not many people can say like, their father's their idol;
To see from what he drove in 1993 until what he drives now,
not that it matters, but to see the sacrifice he put in,
to see how in Christmas, he would sleep in the store, in the basement,
just to make the extra mozarella
People from Italy come here to say,
"I've never had mozarella like this in my life."
That makes this, for me, coming here everyday, satisfying
I'm happy that he's my father
This, to me, is like a story and a work of art,
and a canvas, that's too beautiful to not keep using as a canvas
It's what makes me hungry and determined to keep this,
because at the end, I feel like, as great as this is,
there's another chapter,
and I want to be that person to write that chapter for when it's done