Mamma Agata..From Italy with Love, and In Town Tonight

Spaghetti del contadino (Farmer's Spaghetti); Parmigiana di melanzane (Eggplant Parmigiana); Dolce al limone di Mamma Agata (Frank Sinatra's favorite Lemon Cake)

Sometimes you meet someone and you feel like they are family.  This is how Chiara Lima and her husband, Sommelier, Gennaro Petti from the Mamma Agata  cooking school on the Amalfi Coast make you feel upon meeting them.  Within two minutes you feel like you are at home with your family (a good Italian one) making dinner with a focus on simple, expressive and genuine flavors.  Chiara’s “Mamma” has been cooking since she was 8, and now at 70 has cooked for everyone from Humphrey Bogart and Elizabeth Taylor to Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson.  Continue reading "Mamma Agata..From Italy with Love, and In Town Tonight"