The network of BiCE restaurants spanning the world began 90 years ago in Milan, Italy with Beatrice Ruggeri—also known as “Bice.” She was the first child in a family of 10 and had to help her parents raise her younger siblings as if they were her own. They lived on a farm where all had to work on the land and help with chores and she learned a lot of things that would help her create her future. For years she was encouraged to open her cucina (Italian for “kitchen”) to the public as she was known for her extraordinary culinary skills, hospitality and personal warmth. In 1926, when her husband Gino asked her to move to America with him, she decided…