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Susan Gravely is the founder and CEO of Vietri, a lifestyle brand offering handcrafted Italian tabletop and home and garden accessories. Her love for handpainted dinnerware started after a trip to the Amalfi coast with her mother and sister in 1983 - and when they returned home, they built Vietri to share this beautiful craft. Vietri has since become the largest importer of Italian ceramics in the US. To celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary, Susan has written a memoir and cookbook: Italy on a Plate: Travels, Memories, Menus, and in this episode, we chat about her book, the friendships and partnerships in Italy that have made Veitri so successful, the parallels between Italian and Southern hospitality, and more!

Learn more about Vietri at https://www.vietri.com and Susan Gravely at https://susangravely.com.

Follow Vietri on Instagram: @vietriinc

Podcast Show Notes: https://kitchenconfidante.com/italy-on-a-plate-with-vietri-founder-susan-gravely

Tita Bosio's recipe for Carrot and Zucchini Strudel.

Karista Bennett is a recipe developer, former culinary instructor, photographer, and the author of The Oregon Farm Table Cookbook. Her recipes have been featured in Home by Design, Hobby Farms, and she recently released a new book, For the Love of Seafood: 100 Flawless, Flavorful Recipes That Anyone Can Cook. In this episode, we talk about her surprising love story with seafood, the coastal cities she has called home, and her travels that inspired the flavors in her book.

Learn more about Karista at https://karistabennett.com

Follow Karistsa on Instagram: @karista_bennett_author

Podcast Show Notes: https://kitchenconfidante.com/for-the-love-of-seafood-with-karista-bennett

Maggie Zhu founded the popular blog Omnivore’s Cookbook in 2013, sharing traditional Chinese and Chinese American dishes with approachable recipes for western kitchens. Her recipes reflect her cooking journey from her native Beijing to her current kitchen in New York. More recently, Maggie has been enjoying a more plant-based diet and published her first cookbook, Chinese Homestyle: Everyday Plant-based recipes for takeout, dim sum, noodles & more. In this episode, we chat about how she was inspired by Chinese Buddhist cuisine, her experience recreating traditional dishes for plant-forward eaters, special tips and ingredients to add extra flavor, and more!

Learn more about Maggie at https://omnivorescookbook.com

Follow Maggie on Instagram: @omnivorescookbook

Podcast Show Notes: https://kitchenconfidante.com/chinese-homestyle-with-maggie-zhu
Maggie’s Stir Fried String Beans with Tofu in Black Bean Sauce: https://kitchenconfidante.com/stir-fried-string-beans-with-tofu-in-black-bean-sauce

Sisters Patrizia and Graziella Pasqualetti represent generations of tradition in the art of Italian gelato. The renowned Gelateria Pasqualetti was founded by their father Giuseppe in Orvieto, Italy, where they share their passion and love for good ingredients with every gelato flavor they produce. Patrizia brought this passion and generations of gelato expertise to California. As the former master gelatiere at Gio Gelato, Patrizia's artisanal creations can now be found in Eataly Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. Graziella meanwhile, holds down the fort in Italy with the locations that have expanded beyond Umbria.

Learn more about Patrizia at Eataly at https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/silicon-valley/silicon-valley-counters/il-gelato-silicon-valley/

Learn more about Gelateria Pasqualetti at https://www.ilgelatodipasqualetti.com/en/

Follow Patrizia on Instagram: @patrizia_pasqualetti

Podcast Show Notes: https://kitchenconfidante.com/traditional-italian-gelato-with-california-ingredients-with-patrizia-pasqualetti

Molly Chester and her filmmaker husband, John, left the urban jungle of LA to purchase and rehabilitate a neglected piece of land northwest of the city into a lush, biodynamic farm. They shared the inspiring process, along with the struggles and its success, in the award-winning documentary, The Biggest Little Farm. Apricot Lane Farms has since expanded to 234 thriving acres, where they continue to research, restore, educate, grow, and inspire. Molly recently published The Apricot Lane Farms Cookbook, which brings the farm's bounty to all of us! In this episode, we chat about how human gut health and soil health are interconnected, the importance of biodiversity on the farm, and how the farm comes to life in the cookbook.

Learn more about Apricot Lane Farms at https://www.apricotlanefarms.com/
Follow Apricot Lane Farms on Instagram: @apricotlanefarms
Podcast Show Notes: https://kitchenconfidante.com/apricot-lane-farms-with-molly-chester

Vicky Bennison is the creator of the immensely popular - and endearing - Pasta Grannies. What began in 2014 as a channel on YouTube filming grandmothers making pasta by hand in their Italian kitchens has since grown to a following of over 2 million over social media, and her first book, Pasta Grannies: The Official Cookbook, which was the recipient of a James Beard Award. She is back with a second book, Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking. In this episode, we chat about the nonnas and the traditional regional dishes they share, their secrets to staying young and active, and what the next generation of pasta makers in Italy will look like.

Learn more about Pasta Grannies at https://www.pastagrannies.com/

Watch Pasta Grannies on YouTube.

Follow Vicky Bennison @vickybennison and Pasta Grannies @pastagrammies on Instagram

Podcast Show Notes: https://kitchenconfidante.com/comfort-cooking-with-pasta-grannies