We talk with Agata De Santis about her new book, Sundays With La Famiglia

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.