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Exploring Food and History in Rome: A Conversation with Katie Parla

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Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 | 536 views

Katie Parla eating in Rome and her latest cookbook, Rome

Cookbook author, food journalist, and tour guide Katie Parla launched her latest volume, Rome, focusing on the food and history of the eternal city. We discussed creating the book, Rome’s culinary history, and more.

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Pizza’s Global Journey from Naples and Back Again: A Conversation with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza

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Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 | 792 views

Luca Cesari, author of the history of Pizza and the book cover

Photo by Thomas Prior



Historian Luca Cesari is an expert on Italian food. In his new book, The History of Pizza, he explores the origins of this iconic Neapolitan dish, looks at the migration of pizza to the United States, and the evolution of the dish from working-class flatbread into global sensation. I caught up with him earlier this month to talk about the book.

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Marcella Hazan’s Secret Sauce: A Conversation With Filmmaker Peter Miller

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 | 3,771 views

Marcella film poster and Marcella Hazan in front of her cookbooks, image courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment

Marcella a documentary examining the life of Marcella Hazan will premiere in New York City on May 9. Image courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment

Marcella Hazan changed the way Americans cooked and thought about Italian cuisine. Now filmmaker Peter Miller has made a documentary about her life. We had a chance to speak to him about the making of the film, Marcella’s philosophy, and cooking Italian food.

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Baking Up Personal Experience: A Conversation with Renato Poliafito

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Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 | 3,934 views

Renato Poliafito, a pastry chef based in Brooklyn and the cover of his latest cookbook, Dolci

Pastry chef and Ciao, Gloria owner Renato Poliafito launched his latest cookbook, Dolci!: American Baking with an Italian Accent. We caught up with him to talk about how he curated the recipes in the book, flavors, and baking techniques.

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Q&A With Agata De Santis: New Short Film Looks at E Rossi & Company

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Monday, October 30th, 2023 | 3,660 views

E Rossi and company is the oldest souvenir shop in Little Italy

E Rossi Company is a souvenir shop in Little Italy, Manhattan, the oldest in the neighborhood


E. Rossi & Company is the oldest souvenir shop in Manhattan’s Little Italy. Over the last century its had three locations and faces an uncertain future. Filmmaker Agata De Santis has a new film celebrating the shop and the owner, Ernest Rossi. I spoke to her about the project screening this week at the Big Apple Film Festival.

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