Carla Capalbo
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Carla Capalbo is an American-born British food writer, journalist, and author. She specialises in Italian and Georgian wine and cuisine.
Early life and education
[edit]Capalbo was born in New York to parents Italian and Irish descent. After spending her early childhood in Paris, Capalbo grew up in Chiswick, West London upon her mother remarrying.[1]
Capalbo attended St Paul's Girls' School. She graduated from the University of Sussex with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History of Art and Saint Martin's School of Art.[2]
Career
[edit]Capalbo writes regularly for magazines and newspapers, including Decanter, National Geographic,[3] BBC Olive, The Independent, The World of Fine Wine, Bon Appétit, Departures, and Food & Wine. She is a long-time member of Slow Food, the Guild of Food Writers, and the Circle of Wine Writers and has won Italy's Luigi Veronelli prize for best foreign food writer.[4] In 2017 she featured in the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme's documentary on the food and wine of Georgia.[5]
Saveur called her book Tasting Georgia "without question the best book ever written in English about Georgian food and wine."[6]
Selected works
[edit]- The Ultimate Italian Cookbook (1998)[7]
- The Food and Wine Lover's Companion to Tuscany (2002)[8]
- Tasting Georgia (2016)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Shoard, Catherine (23 January 2019). "Patricia Lousada obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Amanda (13 December 2020). "Meet The Member: Carla Capalbo". Circle of Wine Writers. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Notes from an author: Carla Capalbo". National Geographic Traveller (UK). June 10, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ "Carla Capalbo". Zester Daily. Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ "Feast Like a Georgian: A Food Guide to the Caucasus". BBC. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ Kemper, Benjamin (September 13, 2017). "The Definitive Cookbook on Europe's Great Unsung Cuisine Has Arrived". SAVEUR. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ^ Carla, Capalbo (1998). The Ultimate Italian Cookbook: Over 200 Authentic Recipes from Italy Step-by-Step. Heywood, Amanda. New York, NY: Smithmark. ISBN 9780765108548. OCLC 40837128.
- ^ Carla, Capalbo (2002). The Food and Wine Lover's Companion to Tuscany (Completely rev., updated, and expanded ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811833806. OCLC 50038468.
- ^ Carla, Capalbo (2016-10-15). Tasting Georgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus with Over 70 Recipes. Northampton, MA. ISBN 9781566560597. OCLC 936349670.
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- Living people
- Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
- Alumni of the University of Sussex
- American emigrants to England
- British expatriates in Italy
- British food writers
- British people of Irish descent
- British people of Italian descent
- Georgian cuisine
- People educated at St Paul's Girls' School
- People from Chiswick
- Writers from the London Borough of Hounslow