Luca Dusi is from Verona, and is a wine expert. He has his own wine bar called Passione Vino in Shoreditch in London, UK, and imports Italian wines. As well as being a loving dad and food lover, his own mum is one of our Pasta Grannies! You can watch Luca's mum, Angelina, in action here making papparelle: https://youtu.be/lRhOixYnMZw?si=ZxyUUF43gRpEwqzm which we actually chose not to recreate this episode, as chicken livers aren't for everyone!

Luca eventually settled on making bigoli con salsa, a simple but delicious pasta using anchovies for the sauce. Luca brought a delicious white wine with him to perfectly paired with the pasta dish, called Maso Furli - sunshine in a bottle! Luca discusses with Vicky how to pair wine with food, and they chat about how to know when your wine is corked. Listen to become a wine expert yourself!

Watch Rosanna from Venice make bigoli con salsa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utx2eeEKv30

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Meliz Berg is a self-taught cook, recipe developer, TV presenter and content creator. She grew up in London, England and is of Turkish-Cypriot decent which is reflected in her delicious food. Meliz has just released her second cookbook, called Dinner Tonight. On today's episode, Meliz has chosen to make Rina's orecchioni, a ravioli stuffed with a 3 cheese and chard filling, although Meliz and Vicky have swapped the chard for spinach which was what was available at the time. The stuffed pasta is dressed with melted butter and sage. As they cook, Meliz tells Vicky all about her mum's influence on her cooking, and together they discuss the many comparisons between Italian food and the Turkish-Cypriot cuisine Meliz grew up with.

Watch Rina make her stuffed orecchioni served with butter and sage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJ1fEJYFyg

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Angelo Coassin grew up in North East Italy but has lived in America and now lives in the UK. Angelo is a professional dancer and an actor, but he is best known as the creator of the successful Instagram channel @cookingwithbello where he shows off his passion for Italian cooking. He's just brought out his first cookbook ‘Cook Like A Real Italian’ which is full to the brim with Italian recipes passed down from generations in his family. In this episode, as well as discussing a lot about delicious Italian food, Angelo tells Vicky about the origins of his internet-famous catch phrase 'super sexy' and even teaches Vicky how to say it, Bello style!

Watch the video of 96-year-old Isolina make her delicious gnocchi with pesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlhq1kIPpPc

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Produced by Megan Macqueen. Edited by Dave Depares.

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