After years of working in high profile Italian restaurant kitchens in NYC-and owning my own Salumeria, I travelled to Bologna in 2020 to learn how to make traditional pasta "fatto a mano". While there I also staged in several restaurants-Amerigo 1934, Salumeria Bruno e Franco and Hosteria Giusti.

Now I live in Bologna Centro, a city that I love, in a region that has the best food in Italy! I'm a local chef and Italian trained and certified food tour-accompagnatore turistico( tour leader)

I’m cooking at a popular restaurant Enoteca La Zaira e Ciapaso in Bazzano, Valsamoggia-in the Colli Bolognesi area of Bologna.

Follow my travel adventures, restaurant reviews, food tour experiences and city guides~the plentiful slow food valley awaits you!